We are mobilizing to Honduras. Here is why.

But as the country prepares for this decisive democratic moment, powerful domestic and foreign actors aim to undermine the integrity of the process and cast doubt on the sovereign will of the Honduran people.

In recent days, audio recordings were made public by the Prosecutor’s Office, showing a coordinated strategy by right-wing figures from the traditional political elite aimed at provoking post‑electoral chaos and manipulating the narrative of anticipated fraud. These recordings describe attempts to instrumentalize organizations accredited as observers, influence media coverage, alter public perception of the preliminary count, and even seek control over key electoral logistics such as transportation of materials and the timing of releases.

This domestic destabilisation campaign is being amplified by an escalation of interference from the United States. President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed the conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, while labelling the left-wing candidate Rixi Moncada a “communist” — an unmistakable signal to Honduran elites about which outcome Washington prefers.

At the same time, U.S. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar has weaponised congressional hearings and media platforms to portray Honduras’s government and the LIBRE party as threats to democracy. This narrative emerged alongside official U.S. warnings that Washington will “respond” to perceived irregularities. 

Another crucial battleground is the Preliminary Results Transmission System (TREP). In principle, the TREP is a tool for transparency as it transmits images of tally sheets from polling stations and aggregates them automatically to give the public an early — but provisional — picture of how the vote is evolving. But LIBRE candidate Moncada and electoral councillor Marlon Ochoa have warned that the danger lies in how certain political actors intend to manipulate what enters the system and when. They have raised alarms about scenarios in which carefully chosen tally sheets are uploaded first to manufacture an artificial trend, or where a potential “double transcription” of data opens the door to subtle alteration of figures that will be very difficult to correct in the court of public opinion. If the TREP becomes a threat for human interference, rather than a channel for transparent reporting, it will once again reproduce the patterns of fraudulent practice that Hondurans have seen too many times before. 

For the Progressive International, the conclusion is stark. What is at stake on 30 November is not only who will lead the country, but whether the Honduran people will be allowed to choose their future freely and without external pressure. The danger is not just that the election will be marred by irregularities, but that an alliance of local and external forces will try to convert any inconvenient result into a pretext for intervention, destabilisation, or outright reversal.

That is why the Progressive International is mobilising to Honduras. At the invitation of Honduran authorities, we will accompany the people of Honduras as they cast their votes and defend their right to decide. 

The Progressive International stands in solidarity with the Honduran people as they confront not only the ghosts of their own history of coups and narco‑dictatorship, but also the heavy hand of external power seeking once again to write the script of their future.