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Deepak Puri's avatar

What could drive the election interference? Check the billionaire 'freedom city' called Prospera in Honduras in which Peter Thiel and Marc Andreesen are major backers. They are also close to Trump. Connect the dots for yourself with this relationship map and decide for yourself.

Why did Trump pardon former Honduran President? Follow the money to Próspera — the crypto billionaire controlled island in Honduras.

https://thedemlabs.org/2025/12/04/trump-pardons-former-honduran-president-prospera-peter-thiel-andreessen/

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George Leone's avatar

The situation in Honduras highlights how fragile democracy can be when internal corruption and external interference intersect. Allegations of systemic fraud, combined with direct U.S. influence, undermine not just the vote count but public trust in the entire electoral process. Whatever the official outcome, the real challenge will be restoring legitimacy and protecting the sovereignty of Honduran institutions.

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Randy Weinstein's avatar

I truly appreciate the granular reportage here and freely admit that I can’t totally follow it on a single pass! But here’s my admittedly dumb-ass takeaway: do NOT expect that the recent upticks in resistance to anti-kleptocrat political power in

special US elections will inevitably favor dems in the ‘26 midterms. “They” will be doubling down and so should “we.”

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Ann Peters's avatar

There is no other country in our hemisphere that has been more closely controlled by US interests than Honduras. The long shadow of United Fruit; the bases for the US 'Contra' proxy war on Nicaragua; the hand-in-glove relationship with a narco-cracy that assassinated both environmental activists and locals defending their lands and communities.

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Jon Notabot's avatar

Anyone who's read William Blum's brilliant book "Killing Hope" will have a difficult time not seeing the hand of Trump's US behind the electoral turmoil in Honduras. It's as if we're living in a very unfunny cartoon at this point - everything seems so obvious.

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Rob Roy's avatar

Don't forget what Obama, mainly Hillary Clinton did to Honduras in 2009, removing a good man from the presidency. Someone should write a book on the harm the Clintons have caused in the world since the early 90s.

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