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H.L. VanBuren
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An old, retired dude with a variety of interests. He/him - DemSoc - FDT - Non-Theist - Progressive - Inclusive Heathen
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Full statement available here: https://www.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-hopes-honduras-will-one-day-be-free-from-us-imperialism/
Statement from the National Political Committee. DSA Hopes Honduras Will One Day be Free from US Imperialism. 1/4. 12/8/25. As socialists, we fight for a world where the working class of the Global South can exercise its democratic rights free from intervention by the United States. Once again, the US government has intervened, blackmailed, & manipulated the democratic process in the 2025 Honduran elections. A few days before Election Day on November 30, Donald Trump expressed support for the National Party of Honduras’s narco-candidate Tito Asfura & threatened to economically punish the Honduran people if a different candidate won. Less than one day after the elections, on 12/1, Trump pardoned and released former National Party leader & narco-dictator Juan Orlando Hernandez, a man so corrupt he was extradited to the United States in 2022 where he had been serving a 45 years sentence for trafficking drugs and weapons. His release casts a dark cloud over the people of Honduras. Statement from the National Political Committee. 2/4. Read the full statement at the link in our profile. Since Election Day, both the center-right Liberal Party and the democratic socialist Libre Party have denounced serious failures and irregularities in the vote counting process, including uneven shares of biometrics-verified votes across different parties and significant errors in the transmission of vote tally sheets. We join other international organizations and observers in calling for a complete and transparent counting of every ballot to protect the integrity of the election. Statement from the National Political Committee. Read the full statement at the link in our profile. 3/4. While the electoral future remains unclear for the people of Honduras, what is clear is that the interference by US actors in the electoral process is an expression of imperialism threatening the rights and sovereignty of Honduras and any nations of Latin America who refute the logic of extraction and exploitation in favor of social investment and public welfare. DSA stands in unwavering support for the democratic socialist party of Libre and el pueblo hondureño and unequivocal condemnation of US interference, be it by blackmail or at the end of a barrel as happened with the coup in 2009. Statement from the National Political Committee. Read the full statement at the link in our profile. 4/4. While Honduras is no longer a “banana republic” under the domination of the United Fruit Company (now known as Chiquita), its economy is still dominated by ten families who control 90% of the country’s wealth. This is at the behest of U.S. imperial interest with support from bloated war-mongerers from Miami, Florida such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Congressperson Maria Elvira Salazar, who would love nothing more than to return the country to its dark past. DSA is resolved to work in solidarity with the Honduran left to make sure it never does. En solidaridad, DSA
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Havamal 127 - I advise you, Loddfáfnir, to take this advice:
it’ll help, if you take it,
do you good, if you get it:
when you recognize ill will, speak out against ill will,
and grant no peace to your foes.

Good advice for all of us in this time.
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM