What's at Stake in the Honduran Presidential Election?

Oscar Lopez / The New York Times

Vendors selling political party flags in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Friday, ahead of Sunday's national elections, which may be the most significant in a decade. (photo: Jose Cabezas/Reuters) 29 November 21

Hondurans head to the polls on Sunday, but widespread political violence during the campaign and questionable results from 2017 are looming large.

In what may be their country’s most significant elections in more than a decade, Hondurans will head to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president, a political contest that has been marred by violence and is being closely watched in Washington.

With issues like violent crime and poverty forcing an ever-increasing number of Hondurans to flee north, candidates are billing the race as a chance to alter the country’s destiny.

But with corruption seemingly ingrained in the highest levels of power, political analysts say the chances of truly transformative change are slim.

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