Honduras elections: a step forward
Baku, November 26, AZERTAC
This Sunday, Honduras is holding its third presidential election since the coup.
The central plank of President Hernández's platform is security. These and other security forces are frequently deployed in areas with mining, agricultural, industrial, hydroelectric and tourism enterprises that displace and negatively impact poor indigenous and Afro-Honduran communities. Eight other candidates are standing against President Hernández.
His main rivals are Salvador Nasralla of the Opposition Alliance and former university rector Luis Zelaya of the Liberal Party.
Six more candidates are also in the running but have fared badly in pre-election opinion polls.
It is the largest number of candidates to ever run for the presidency in Honduras, where the winner is decided in a single round.
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