Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla addresses the media after the U.S. backed the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez despite allegations of fraud by the opposition, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 22, 2017. ( Reuters )
TRT: Honduran opposition leader accepts defeat as US steps in
Salvador Nasralla conceded shortly after Honduras' key ally Washington endorsed President Juan Orlando Hernandez's re-election, following a month of sometimes deadly street clashes.
Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla said his bid for the presidency was a "lost cause" on Friday after the United States recognised President Juan Orlando Hernandez as winner of the election.
"The situation is practically decided," Nasralla said in an interview with TV network France 24. "I no longer have anything to do in politics, but the people, which are 80 percent in my favour, will continue the fight."
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WNU Editor: Apparently the U.S. put a lot of pressure on Honduran opposition leaders to concede the election .... U.S. Spent Weeks Pressuring Honduras Opposition to End Protests Against Election Fraud (The Intercept). But while Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla has accepted defeat, the protests are probably still going to continue .... Democracy 'lost': Rights groups warn of more violence in Honduras as US recognizes president (ABC News).
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"US pressure" is regularly cited by sore losers and weaklings who lack the courage of their convictions to fight for what they believe in. Such peoole need to invent fairy tales of which the myth of "American pressure" is one of them.
America has no interst in Honduras worthy of such efforts. Even if it did America lacks any leverage to be able "pressure" Honduran officials to do anything. Furthermore if America did try and "pressure" a Honduran candidate or official the backlash against America and Americans would be devastating.
Even the fairy tale put forth by the sore loser will likely cause America problems as some eat up such nonsense. Our government needs to get out in front on this with the proper messaging to refute this.
Unfortunately American efforts at messaging are often slow and clumsy. As such, false narratives such as this one put forth by the Honduran candidate often become accepted as fact before they can be properly countered.
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