Dont Touch My Soul With Your Dirty Hands

Nizar Qabbani

original: “لا تخسر إمرأة رأت كل عيوبك و لا زالت تحبك.”

So, the presidential election was on Sunday but we don’t have a winner yet. People are protesting against the current president of the country, Juan Orlando Hernández, because he is running for president and the CONSTITUTION says that’s illegal. But that’s not the worst part of it: he is responsible of one of the biggest thefts in the history of Honduras. He - and his party, the nationalists - stole 9.2 million lempiras (about 400k dollars) from the Honduran Institute of Social Security. Hundreds, if not thousands, DIED because they were given FLOUR pills instead of their medications.

He also was involved in the murder of the activist Berta Cáceres. He is linked with drug trafficking too.

So, yeah. He is winning with 42% points against Salvador Nasralla with 41%. Nasralla is against corruption and he has a lot of support all over the country.

A lot of people believe that the Elections Tribunal is committing fraud.

So, the government suspended our “constitutional guarantees”. They imposed a curfew on us, for at least 10 days. It’s only been an hour and the military forces have already hit and shot a couple of people. Some are afraid there will be missing citizens in the morning.

Also, we can’t protest anymore. That would be a terrorist act. Yes, today was horrible: people went crazy and started burning roads, breaking in stores and stealing.

We are TERRIFIED. The military is taking over and apparently they are planning a coup. I’ve received voice notes saying that shit is going to get worst.

And we can’t do shit. They are going to kill, disappear and silence the country over a presidential election (oh, and we don’t have a winner yet, 6 days after the election). I don’t want things to be like this.