Why Hondurans are taking to the streets or leaving the country

[TomSea]

Why Hondurans are taking to the streets or leaving the country
By Jack Guy, CNN

Updated 0415 GMT (1215 HKT) July 6, 2019
Protests have coalesced around calls for President Hernandez to leave office.

 (CNN)Dead protesters, a "failed state" and accusations of high-level drug trafficking. This time it's not Venezuela in the headlines, but key US ally Honduras.

Protests over the last two months have left at least three people dead and are contributing to a growing political crisis for President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The recent 10-year anniversary of the coup that deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya in 2009 provided a focal point for protesters, who are angry about many of the same issues -- such as insecurity, poverty and a crisis of governance -- that are also a factor in driving growing migration to the United States.

"These challenges make many people seek a better, more peaceful, life further north," said Annette Idler, senior research fellow in politics and international relations at the University of Oxford.

Read more at: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/06/americas/honduras-protests-explainer-intl/index.html

[Absalom]

Lord Palmerston said it succinctly.
"Great Nation/States have neither allies nor friends; they simply have interests."
Honduras is neither ally or friend; nor should we have any interest in them and
their tribal mind set!!!

[Fishrrman]

Probably the only solution for most of the Central/Southern American hemisphere is for the USA to go down and colonize the place...

[Absalom]

Probably the only solution for most of the Central/Southern American hemisphere is for the USA to go down and colonize the place...

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As you're aware, Spain was the ranking World Empire before Britain.
They spent some 300 years trying to wean the descendants of the
Aztec, Inca, Toltec and the rest; from their tribal mentality; to no avail.
My sense is that we would have to bring the attitude and behavior of
Imperial Rome south of the Rio Grande to fundamentally change their dynamic !!!!

[Fishrrman]

Absalom wrote:
"My sense is that we would have to bring the attitude and behavior of
Imperial Rome south of the Rio Grande to fundamentally change their dynamic !!!!"

... and that is EXACTLY what I had in mind...!