US Demands Fair Foreign Elections, Just Not Their Own
Donald Trump, champion of 'election integrity' at home (when it suits him), threatened Honduran officials with 'hell to pay' as their presidential vote count stalled. The Guardian reports his preferred right-wing candidate, Nasry Asfura, was in a 'technical tie'. This, of course, comes from the same political establishment that routinely decries 'foreign interference' in US elections, proving that
some interventions are more equal than others. This isn't an isolated incident, but a well-worn playbook for the US in Latin America, from banana republics to proxy wars. The irony is as thick as a State Department dossier: a former US President, who actively undermined his own country's electoral process, now lectures a sovereign nation on transparent vote counting. One might wonder if the 'hell
to pay' line was uttered while recalling the millions funnelled into 'democracy promotion' in nations that inevitably align with US interests. Perhaps the 'technical problem' was just Honduras not immediately adopting the 'correct' technical outcome.