President Roberto Micheletti has just placed his votes. After inserting the ballots into the election boxes, he proclaimed “Viva Honduras!” The President of the Republic encouraged all Hondurans to exercise their right to choose the leaders of their country, and place their votes today.
Nicaragua and El Salvador closed on Saturday their customs posts on the Honduras border and will open them again on Monday to avoid any possible incidents linked to Honduras’ Sunday elections, Honduras police officers said. Nicaragua sealed its El Espino, Guasaule and Las Manos border posts beginning at 6 a.m. local time, police spokesman Orlin […]
The Inter-American Lawyers Federation (FIA) will send 17 observers to Honduras at the invitation of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, reported Renaldy Gutierrez, leader of the mission. “We received an invitation from the Supreme Electoral Court and the Bar Association of Honduras, a member of our association,” explained Gutierrez, president of a law firm based in […]
As is customary in Honduras during elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared the beginning of “dry law”. The measure will be implemented nationwide starting from 6:00 am Saturday the 28th (today) until Monday, November 30th at 6:00 pm. The law forbids anyone from providing public entertainment or selling or distributing alcoholic beverages. Whoever violates this […]
A total of 3,000 Honduran and over 300 international observers will monitor the November 29th presidential elections in Honduras, the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has said. International monitors will include EU observers, U.S. representatives of the Democrat and Republican parties, and a government delegation from Panama is also due to monitor the polls. Just recently […]