Honduras has just gone through one of the most chaotic and contested electoral processes in recent memory.
In this episode of the Review of Democracy podcast, Gabriel Pereira speaks with Rachel A. Schwartz about her recent Journal of Democracy article, “Why Honduras Is Facing Election Chaos.” They examine how logistical failures, elite conflict, and long-term democratic erosion combined to produce uncertainty over the outcome, how US backing shaped post-election politics, and what the new government may mean for Honduras’s democratic future.
Rachel A. Schwartz is Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma and Director of the Center for the Americas. She is the author of Undermining the State from Within: The Institutional Legacies of Civil War in Central America, which received the 2023 Donna Lee Van Cott Award from the Latin American Studies Association for the best book on political institutions.
The interview was conducted by Gabriel Pereira. Lilit Hakobyan edited the audio file.
