How citizen observers saved Honduran democracy from violence
The spectators cheered as each vote was counted as if watching a soccer game. But the stakes were much higher than a sports match.
In a worn-down school in a working-class neighborhood in the Honduran capital, dozens clamored during Sunday’s presidential election for no less than the future of Honduran democracy.
They joined citizens across the Central American nation – where democracy has withered since a 2009 coup – who became self-appointed electoral observers for the night. It was an effort to help fend off the kind of fraud that has marred the electoral process in Honduras over the past decade.
And their
