00:00In this context, President Xiomara Castro denounced an attempted coup d'etat in progress
00:04promoted by the United States and the drug trafficker and former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández
00:10and called for peaceful demonstrations in defense of democracy.
00:14Through a post on her ex-platform, the President wrote,
00:18To the Honduran people, I report with historical responsibility that based on verified intelligence information,
00:24Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned in the United States, is planning his entry into the country to proclaim the winner of the elections
00:32while an aggression aimed at breaking the constitutional and democratic order through a coup against my government is underway.
00:40Given this serious situation, I urgently request the conscience and peaceful support of the Honduran people.
00:46I call upon the people, social movements, collectives, grassroots organizations, activists and citizens
00:52to gather urgently and peacefully in Tegucigalpa to defend the popular mandate,
00:57reject any coup attempt and make it clear to the world that a new coup is being planned here.
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