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AS many feared, the aftermath of the fraudulent Honduran election of November 26 has now degenerated into harsh repression and violent death.
Opposition to the corrupt right-wing regime of President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the National Party has boiled up as it has become obvious that an effort is under way to steal the election.
It was originally expected that Hernandez, a close US ally, would win re-election easily, but as the first vote tally, announced on November 28, showed a solid lead for Salvador Nasralla, the candidate of the centre-left Alliance of Opposition to the [Hernandez] Dictatorship (Alianza de Oposicion Contra la Dictadura).
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