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A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro

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Honduras’s November 30 general elections took place in a highly polarized environment marked by institutional weaknesses, technical failures, foreign interference, and low public trust. Although reforms since 2021 improved the electoral framework, partisan divisions caused gridlock and delays in key decisions.

Technical problems—especially with the results transmission system—produced irregular data and inconsistencies, fueling fraud claims and a contentious, incomplete recount process. At the same time, public interventions by US political figures, including Donald Trump, added external pressure that may have influenced voters.

A CEPR observation mission found no evidence of fraud in the presidential vote but could not fully assess the impact of data irregularities due to limited access. Nasry Asfura was declared the winner by a narrow margin before all disputed ballots were reviewed, returning the National Party to power after a controversial post-2009 period marked by corruption and human rights abuses.

Civil society has raised concerns about a possible resurgence of authoritarian practices, especially amid recent contested removals of electoral officials by Congress.

 

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In Part Two of her report on Immigration Jails in Ohio Lynn Tramonte examines: 

  • The Timeline of ACLU and Immigrant Resistance against immigration Jails in Ohio 
  • How Cloumbus Responded: #ICEOutOfCbus

to read the report here

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In Part Three of her report on Immigration Jails in Ohio Lynn Tramonte examines questions such as:

  • How the Mauritanian Immigrant community in Ohio sparked resistance?
  • How the Covid 19 Pandemic enhanced the pressure for proper jail managment?
  • HowTrump 2 leaves us with a dramatic increase and the same challenges all over again? 

to read the report click here

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In Part Two of her report on Immigration Jails in Ohio Lynn Tramonte examines questions such as:

  • How does ICE's actions resemble the tactics of criminals?
  • How are we supposed to respond to our law enforcement being virtually indistinguishable to the perpetrators?
  • How is it that many of the enlisted agents have questionable criminal histories? 

to read the report click here

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In Part One of her report on Immigration Jails in Ohio Lynn Tramonte examines questions such as:

  • Why do Immigration Jails exist?
  • In what ways do they enable the mass deportation that is occuring?
  • What is the role of counties and municipalities in this ? 

to read entire report click here

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Arguing for ICE detention center to be recognized a system of concentration camps by presenting historically examplafyable criteria, this article aims to proactively push for precise language rather than euphemisms for people to heed heed the warnings of atrocities commited in the past.  

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Audio recordings published by Spain’s Canal RED suggest that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are allegedly working to facilitate the return of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to power. The media outlet published alleged audio recordings in which Hernandez, current President Nasry Asfura and a group of Honduran officials are heard discussing in detail a supposed operation driven by the US and financed by Israel to weave a network of corruption in Honduras, with the aim of turning the Central American country into a US investment hub.

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