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Weekly Report - 28 September 2017 (WR-17-38)
HONDURAS: Hernández on course for re-election
With just two months to go until Honduras holds presidential, congressional and municipal elections, President Juan Orlando Hernández looks poised to retain power for the ruling Partido Nacional (PN) along with his majority in the 128-seat legislative assembly. The opposition Alianza de Oposición contra la Dictadura, which has selected Salvador Nasralla as its presidential candidate, insists that the contest on 26 November will be marred by electoral fraud.
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