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Well it happened, the electoral tribunal declared the current president of Honduras as the winner of the elections, there are already protests all over the country, I think this will get real ugly. Just after the announcement a lot of roads were blocked and I have heard of gunfire confrontations in Olancho which is the largest and the department (state) where guns are most readily available.

After the declaration, the OAS said that it couldn't recognize the results as there were too many errors and recommended new elections. This somewhat calmed down the protesters, but the national party which is the one that supposedly won is not ready to accept a second election because it is unconstitutional, well that is funny, because while a new election is not contemplated in the costitution, the postulation for the presidency by some one who has already been president is seen as a crime by the same constitution, so I don't think these guys have any moral ground to talk about this. As I have already said, I believe a new election is the only way out of this problem.

If a new election is not held, we will probably be expelled from the OAS, which is not good, in 2009 this happened and it hit us hard, the economy really suffered. The thing is now the whole situation is in the hands of the US State Department, if they decide a new election is needed, that is what will happen, if not, and they support Juan Hernandez then he will be the president. Why would they support him? Because he is considered to be a right wing president and is willing to do anything the US tells him to do. The fact that his government has been in involved in the largest corruption cases seen in this country, that his election is against the law, that he won via fraud, that he is a populist just like the left wing governments in South America, etc. will not matter.

I frankly believe the US will accept Hernandez' government and we will be up shit creek without a paddle, yesterday after the declaration, everybody went to the supermarkets to stock up on food and other stuff, today most supermarkets in this city were nearly empty of food stuff, so everybody knows there will be difficult times ahead.

I have heard of two deaths since yesterday but they have not been confirmed, there were a lot of people gassed, and wounded, but I don't think the people in the streets will stop their movements, they are too angry. I don't think we will be having a merry Christmas and I don't look forward to a happy new year here. I will keep you posted.

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