The lead-up to Sunday’s vote has been marred by finger-pointing and fears of election manipulation by campaign rivals.

The lead-up to Sunday’s vote has been marred by finger-pointing and fears of election manipulation by campaign rivals.

Critics say Honduras’s long-running state of exception created a system of impunity for the country’s law enforcement.

In Jalisco, volunteers found an ‘extermination site’. Now, critics are asking why the government did not find it first.
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As the June 2 election nears, experts say the PRI remains weak, limping to a lacklustre result in the presidential race.

A US court convicts former right-wing President Juan Orlando Hernandez of narco-trafficking.

A witness in the trial accused an unnamed member of the Israeli embassy in Colombia of participating in a cocaine ring.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez faces accusations he transformed Honduras into a drug-trafficking ‘narco-state’.

President Xiomara Castro’s government must do more to protect those fighting for environmental rights, critics say.
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New investigation reveals allegations of torture, evidence-planting and extrajudicial killings by security forces.

Berta Cáceres’s daughter has alleged that Dutch state-run bank ignored signs of embezzlement, violating laws.
