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Suyapa Portillo Villeda, The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)

BC Guest Commentator Suyapa Portillo Villeda is associate professor at Pitzer College and author of Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras, which focuses on the working-class culture of resistance in Honduras.

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In Honduras, Victory of Leftist Woman President Rests on Other Women’s Struggles

By Suyapa Portillo Villeda, The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Guest Commentator

In the 1954 election, visibly rigged by the Nationalist Party apparatus, activists had to circumvent the military, intimidation, and corruption to vote.

Women have been at the forefront of struggle in Honduras throughout its history, from fighting dictatorships to challenging political corruption to seeking civil improvements such as…

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