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November 2021 Elections in Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela
The month of November 2021 is filled with elections across much of Central America beckoning many of us to say that the hemisphere will look very different economically and politically at the end of the month versus how it is comprised today.
This month we will witness elections on:
November 7: Presidential Elections Nicaragua
November 14: Legislative Elections in Argentina
November 21: Presidential Elections in Chile and Regional and Municipal elections in Venezuela
November 28: Presidential Elections in Honduras
This episode will focus on the upcoming elections in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Honduras.
My guest co-host for this episode is Fred Mills, Deputy Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University. We are most fortunate to be joined in conversation by three knowledgeable representatives of each country.
The first elections this month are in Nicaragua on November 7. These will be Presidential elections with incumbent Daniel Ortega the front runner. Commentary is provided by Camilo Mejia. Camilo is a Nicaraguan activist based in Miami, Florida. Camilo is a veteran and conscientious objector of the war in Iraq, where he witnessed crimes against humanity by the U.S. military.
Next we discuss Venezuela where regional and municipal elections will take place on Sunday, November 21. Leonard Flores of CODEPINK's Latin America team leads the discussion. Leo holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Maryland. He dropped out of a master’s program at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy to work as an analyst of U.S.-Venezuela relations. Leonardo was born in Venezuela and maintains close ties to social movements that have transformed the country over the past twenty years.
In closing we discuss the November 28 Presidential elections in Honduras. Lucy Pagoada-Quesada joins us for this segment. Lucy is a NYC Department of Education teacher, Human Rights Defender, The Coordinator of The LIBRE Party US-Canada and The Producer of the program ‘Voices of Resistance' at WBAI 99.5 fm NY. Sunday’s at 1pm ET
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