Honduras: Corruption Scandal Sparks Protests

Social movements in Honduras continue to mobilize in the streets around the massive corruption scandal involving embezzlement in the country's social security and health system. Earlier this week, President Juan Orlando Hernandez admitted that his election campaign had received money from the social security system via a company through which the funds were channeled. Popular discontent has mushroomed with the revelations and is feeding demonstrations demanding greater efficiency in the investigations. teleSUR