Honduran Electoral Chief Faces Threats Amid Final Vote Count—What Does This Mean for Democracy?

In the heart of Central America, a troubling drama unfolds that echoes far beyond Honduras’s borders. Ana Paola Hall, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), has publicly revealed she faces serious threats to her freedom and physical safety while overseeing the final stages of vote counting in Honduras’s recent general elections."We are advancing with enormous efforts, overcoming challenges and facing risks that could even affect our liberty and physical integrity," Hall declared on social media platform X. These threats are not new; they have escalated to death threats against her and her family — a stark indication of how...