Trump-Backed Candidate Wins, Newsweek Calls It 'Democracy'
Newsweek announced, with a straight face, that Trump-backed Nasry Asfura 'took the lead' in the Honduras election. What the corporate media conveniently forgets to mention is the 2009 US-backed coup that overthrew democratically elected Manuel Zelaya. That 'regime change' ushered in a succession of US-friendly, corruption-riddled administrations, including that of Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted
in a US court for drug trafficking. This isn't just an election; it's the inevitable ripple effect of 'democracy promotion' when it involves destabilizing a sovereign nation for perceived US interests. So, a Trump-endorsed candidate rising to power in a country profoundly shaped by US intervention isn't a miraculous democratic triumph. It's the carefully managed continuation of a political status
quo, presented with all the enthusiasm of a grand electoral event. How many times does a country have to be — for lack of a better term — interfered with, before we stop calling their manipulated elections 'democracy'?