Overview
- Hondurans are casting ballots in a single-round, winner-take-all election with Libre’s Rixi Moncada leading some polls against Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla.
- UN-linked warnings cite extreme polarization as rival parties accuse each other of planning fraud ahead of the vote.
- The military has become a dominant actor, patrolling streets, running prisons and requesting election information, prompting criticism from journalists and rights groups.
- Castro’s government delivered new or improved roads, schools and hospitals and expanded social support, even as corruption scandals persisted in state institutions.
- A UN-backed anti-impunity commission was blocked in a June 28 parliamentary vote after years of justice-system resistance, while overall homicides fell but killings of LGBTQ people remained high and largely unsolved.