Honduras heads into Sunday’s general elections amid a climate of fear marked by political violence, threats against candidates and activists, and the extension of a partial state of exception affecting most of the country,

Polls closed Sunday in Honduras' knife-edge presidential election, after a campaign dominated by US President Donald Trump's threat to cut aid if a conservative candidate loses.

Incriminating audio. A military demanding oversight. And a powerful leader from abroad, trying to sway voters to the right. Those are just three of

In the hills above the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, Cecilia* points towards a vacant house, teetering on an eroding slope. Like so many in the neighbourhood, it was not so much abandoned as emptied at gun point. “One day the gang’s hitman showed up at ...