November 2021 Elections in Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela

The month of November 2021 is filled with elections across much
of Central America beckoning many of us to say that the
hemisphere will look very different economically and politically
at the end of the month versus how it is comprised
today.  


This month we will witness elections on:


November 7: Presidential Elections Nicaragua


November 14: Legislative Elections in Argentina


November 21: Presidential Elections in Chile and Regional
and Municipal elections in Venezuela


November 28: Presidential Elections in Honduras


This episode will focus on the upcoming elections in Nicaragua,
Venezuela and Honduras.


My guest co-host for this episode is Fred Mills, Deputy Director
of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Professor of Philosophy
at Bowie State University. We are most fortunate to be
joined in conversation by three knowledgeable representatives of
each country. 


The first elections this month are in Nicaragua on November
7. These will be Presidential elections with incumbent
Daniel Ortega the front runner. Commentary is provided by
Camilo Mejia. Camilo is a Nicaraguan activist based in Miami,
Florida. Camilo is a veteran and conscientious objector of the
war in Iraq, where he witnessed crimes against humanity by the
U.S. military.


Next we discuss Venezuela where regional and municipal elections
will take place on Sunday, November 21. Leonard Flores of
CODEPINK's Latin America team leads the discussion. Leo holds a
bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Maryland.
He dropped out of a master’s program at the University of
Maryland School of Public Policy to work as an analyst
of U.S.-Venezuela relations. Leonardo was born in Venezuela
and maintains close ties to social movements that have
transformed the country over the past twenty years.


In closing we discuss the November 28 Presidential elections in
Honduras. Lucy Pagoada-Quesada joins us for this segment.
Lucy is a NYC Department of Education teacher, Human Rights
Defender, The Coordinator of The LIBRE Party US-Canada and The
Producer of the program ‘Voices of Resistance' at WBAI 99.5 fm
NY. Sunday’s at 1pm ET