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Support those resisting the right wing in Honduras
We must stand in solidarity with the people of Honduras 10 years on from the coup writes COLIN BURGON
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IN recent weeks and months, Hondurans have swept onto the streets once again to call for the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH.)
Protests particularly intensified after the New York Federal Court found his brother, Tony Hernandez, guilty on charges of drug trafficking, use of weapons and lying to authorities.
During the court case, shocking new allegations had been made against the Honduran president that he personally took bribes from several Mexican drug traffickers, including US$1 million personally delivered by the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
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