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<strong>Euphoria
has reigned in
the streets of
Honduras since
Sunday night,
when it became
clear that
massive
turnout of
voters
propelled the
opposition
candidate,
Xiomara
Castro, to the
presidency. </strong>
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12 years after
the National
Party took
power in the
2009 military
coup,
Hondurans
resoundingly
rejected them
at the ballot
box. Historic
turnout
overcame the
ruling party's
vote buying
and attempts
to cling to
power. <strong>With
over half of
the votes
counted,
Xiomara Castro
led the ruling
party
candidate by
nearly 20
points, with
53% of the
vote. </strong>
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Castro is
slated to
become
Honduras'
first female
President. She
was
presidential
candidate of
an opposition
alliance that
brought
together her
leftist party,
LIBRE, as well
as center and
right parties
and those who
had grown
weary of the
ruling party's
widespread
corruption.
The election
was a
referendum on
outgoing
President Juan
Orlando
Hernandez,
whose eight
years in power
have been
marked by
brutal state
repression,
militarization,
massive
corruption,
and
state-backed
drug
trafficking.
In 2017, a 5
point margin
of victory for
the opposition
with over half
the vote
counted
mysteriously
evaporated
during
'technical
failures' and
Hernandez used
fraud, lethal
military
repression of
demonstrators,
and US support
to retain
power. </p>
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<strong>This
time, however,
the Honduran
people turned
out in
historic
numbers</strong>
- <strong>with
68% of the
population
voting - and
the 20 point
margin of
victory with
over half of
the vote
counted led to
massive
celebrations
around the
country
starting
Sunday night.
</strong>On
Tuesday, the
ruling party
candidate
finally
conceded. <strong>
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In her victory
speech, Castro
spoke of the
past 12 years
of resistance
by the
Honduran
people and
lifted up the
memory of the
numerous
martyrs who
lost their
lives opposing
the coup and
subsequent
regimes. She
also
emphasized her
plan to build
a government
of unity and
reconciliation.
As President,
she will face
huge
challenges.
Since the
U.S.-backed
coup, there
has been a
massive
looting of
Honduras, with
the violent
implementation
of extreme
right-wing
neoliberal
policies that
have plundered
both public
institutions
and natural
resources.
This has
resulted in
massive
poverty,
displacement,
migration, and
the
criminalization
and murders of
those who have
defended
nature and
human rights.
The damage
that was done
will not be
fixed
overnight, but
will take
sustained
organizing. As
Bertha Zuniga,
General
Coordinator of
COPINH, <a
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must rebuild
our Honduras
so that never
again are
people
murdered or
jailed for
defending
nature and the
rights of
Indigenous
peoples. The
Struggle
Continues.'' </p>
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<strong>As
Hondurans
embark on the
struggle to
rebuild, the
U.S. must not
interfere.</strong>
We know too
well that the
U.S. bears
significant
responsibility
for the
destruction of
Honduras over
the past 12
years (and
over the past
century). <strong>We
will not
forget that it
was U.S.
recognition of
Hernandez as
President that
enabled him to
stay in power
despite
massive fraud
in the 2017
elections. </strong>We
will not
forget the
U.S. training,
financing, and
equipping of
the military
and police
forces that
shot and
killed
demonstrators
in the
streets. We
will not
forget the
U.S. financing
of the
Hernandez
regime in the
name of
fighting the
drug war even
as his brother
was prosecuted
by the U.S.
for drug
trafficking.
We will not
forget the
U.S. training
of those who
carried out
the 2009 coup
at the School
of the
Americas. In
the days
ahead, as the
votes continue
to come in and
Hondurans
continue
organizing,
challenging
extremely
violent and
entrenched
powerful
forces, we
must remain
vigilant
against U.S.
interference
and demand
respect for
the will of
the Honduran
population. </p>
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While the road
ahead is paved
with
challenges, at
this moment <strong>we
lift up the
clear mandate
of the
Honduran
people and
what that
represents
after the past
12 years of
repression and
bloodshed. </strong>Congratulations,
Honduras! </p>
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