President Sheinbaum: Honduran President Castro Concerned About Foreign Interference in Elections

ByMexico Solidarity

Editor’s note: the Progressive International has warned of “a coordinated effort to distort, delegitimize, and ultimately interfere in the country’s sovereign democratic process,” originating from US interference and the of the local oligarchy. As well, recently leaked audio recordings reveal a conspiracy and multi-million dollar negotiations between business groups and right wing opposition figures who discuss exploiting and manipulating Honduras’ election to falsify preliminary results and declare former Pepsi CEO Salvador Nasralla the winner, a mirror image of a tactic used against President Evo Morales in the 2019 coup in Bolivia.

Mexico City. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reported that her Honduran counterpart, Xiomara Castro, expressed her concern about possible foreign interference in the elections next Sunday in that country.

“She was very keen to make us understand that it is crucial to respect the will of the Honduran people, that there be no interference or intervention from anyone, and that the people of Honduras be the ones to decide,” Sheinbaum said from the National Palace. She demanded that the popular will be respected.

Castro “came to share his concern that this might not be the case, and I hope that it will be, that the will of all peoples will always be respected.” She said that the Honduran president “has about four months left in her term and wants to finish” maintaining Honduras’s relationship with Mexico.

“It’s a good government. She reduced extreme poverty and poverty with programs similar to ours, also increasing the minimum wage, and with many social infrastructure projects. So, from my point of view, it has been a good government.”

And we, she stressed, “always respect all the peoples and governments of Latin America, particularly a progressive government like the one that governs Honduras today.” 

She thanked Xiomara Castro for her visit to Mexico. “Among other things, she came to express her gratitude for the support Mexico has given her during her administration: there is the Sembrando Vida program, and a second phase of Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro is coming, which was conceived as a cooperation initiative for development.”

“The best way to prevent migration is by investing in and supporting people in their places of origin,” she reiterated.