Honduras, political violence by far-right sectors continues in the country

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The political violence in Honduras carried out by sectors of the right in this country was again in evidence, this time against the presidential candidate for the Free Party, Rixi Moncada. From Tegucigalpa, Karim Duarte with the details. teleSUR

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00:00And the political violence in Honduras carried out by sectors of the right in this country

00:05was again in evidence, this time against the presidential candidate for the free party, Rixi Moncada.

00:10Our colleague, Karim Duarte, with the details.

00:13In Honduras, controversy was ignited after the opposition mayor of San Pedro Río, Roberto Contreras,

00:22used a coffin with the image of presidential candidate Rixi Moncada

00:26in an act that has been condemned as an example of gender-based political violence.

00:31Moncada, the only woman among five presidential aspirants,

00:34assured that on November 30 the population will respond at the balut box

00:38to those who attack her in a rude and sexist manner.

00:45I feel sorry for him. It seems to me that he is unpresentable,

00:52and that the Society of San Pedro Sula deserves a better destiny,

00:56and I am also sure that the Society of San Pedro Sula will make its decision on Sunday, November 30.

01:09Because it is evaluating not only the conduct of a person who is in charge of running the city,

01:13but it is evaluating the conduct of a man who has dedicated himself in a rude manner

01:16to attack the only woman who is on that slate for the presidency of the republic.

01:20But above all, a hard-working, dignified, honest and honest woman like yours truly

01:30who is going to defeat him at the polls.

01:39This episode, described as misogynist by various social actors,

01:44adds to a long history of political violence against women in Honduras.

01:47A country that has already witnessed hate-filled campaigns when Samara Castro aspired to the

01:53presidency. Human rights defender Natalie Roku warned that these types of attacks transcend

01:58the figure of the candidate and become a discourse of hatred against all women in Honduran society.

02:03This political violence has a gender-based character, misogynist, macho violence that

02:15has again in the context of the electoral campaign, these characteristics that we have already seen

02:20for a whole decade when President Samara Castro was also a candidate, and that beyond only affecting

02:24the figure of the woman candidate, it is also transversalized as a hate speech for the whole

02:28society, for all women in society.

02:38In the same vein, Rodolfo Padilla-Sonseri, also a mayor candidate, regretted what happened

02:43and stressed that the use of hatred as an electoral tool divides even more a deeply polarized country.

02:49In his opinion, the only way out is public debate based on ideas, projects and proposals,

02:54since the contrary represents an intellectual poison that hinders the possibility of building

02:58national unity.

03:04Using hate in a political campaign is wrong, because we are too divided. And I believe that the only

03:12way we can move forward is with unification. That is why I ask and have always asked for debate,

03:17public debate to discuss ideas, to discuss plans, to discuss projects.

03:26Political violence against women in Honduras has been denounced by international organizations

03:34and constitutes one of the country's main democratic challenges. The case of Ritsi Mankara exposes

03:40how macho attacks seek to discredit women who dispute spaces of power, while feminist and

03:45political sectors demand that the electoral contest focus on proposals and not on agresions

03:50that weakens democracy.

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