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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 07 September 2018

HONDURAS: An inauspicious start to dialogue

President Juan Orlando Hernández last week announced the relaunch of dialogue between the Honduran government and political opposition aimed at finding a solution to the post-electoral crisis. This stems from claims by the November 2017 presidential opposition candidate, Salvador Nasralla, that widespread fraud took place in the election. With Hernández continuing to face international criticism for his crackdown on anti-government protesters in the aftermath of the crisis, his announcement regarding the relaunch of dialogue comes as he faces further embarrassment over the high-profile ‘Pandora Box’ corruption case [WR-18-28]: last week the attorney general (AG) ordered the seizure of assets belonging to members of the ruling Partido Nacional (PN) (as well as the traditional opposition Partido Liberal [PL]) in relation to the investigation.

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