The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Brian Nichols, met with Honduran officials on Monday, calling on them to hold a general election on November 27 in an atmosphere of transparency and peace.
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“Today in Honduras I spoke about the importance of guaranteeing transparent and peaceful elections,” the official wrote on Twitter.
Brian Nichols’ request comes in the context of the violence and assassinations during the electoral campaign that has left at least thirty politicians dead in the Central American country.
Nichols met in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, with the Foreign Minister, Lisandro Rosales, the Ministers of Defense, Fredy Díaz, and the Minister of Security, Julián Pacheco, and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces, General Tito Livio Moreno. , according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry of the Central American country.
We have done what corresponds to the Central Government to guarantee that the next electoral process in Honduras ends in peace and that the people’s decision is accepted; We discussed it this morning with Brian A. Nichols, @WHAAsstSecty . pic.twitter.com/Nc06d8kfeN
– Lisandro Rosales (@lisandrorosales)
November 22, 2021
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“It is a pleasure to be in Tegucigalpa at a key moment for both countries because it is time to celebrate democracy and to maintain and strengthen our bilateral relationship,” said Nichols during the meeting.
The Honduran Foreign Minister thanked Nichols for his visit, to whom he offered details of the preparations for the elections and some actions to guarantee the accompaniment of international observers in the country.
Welcome @WHAAsstSecty. He will meet with civil society, government institutions, the international community and key stakeholders before the elections. The US supports free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections that reflect the will of Hondurans.
– US Embassy Tegucigalpa (@usembassyhn)
November 21, 2021
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The US official arrived in Honduras to reiterate US support for the democratic institutions of Honduras, which next Sunday will hold general elections to choose the successor of Juan Orlando Hernández.
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