Published 2 years ago

Violence erupts in Honduras congress as MPs use Covid screens as shields

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Xiomara Castro's left-leaning party, Libre, broke out into a fight after MPs rebelled and voted against Ms Castro's choice of the congressional president. Luis Redondo was due to be elected after an agreement was made with her coalition partner, the Honduras Saviour Party. But fighting erupted after around 20 Libre party members did not back Mr Redondo and instead backed Jorge Calix.

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Violence erupts in Honduras congress as MPs use Covid screens as shields

VIOLENT scenes broke out in the National Congress of Honduras after President-elect Xiomara Castro saw a voting rebellion over the new congressional president, forcing MPs to use Covid screens as shields as projectiles were thrown.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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