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Latin America: standing in solidarity against right-wing reaction
Revelations that Britain has been selling spyware to Honduras show us that international solidarity matters, says CHRIS WILLIAMSON
Protesters unveil a banner reading No To the Dictatorship in Honduras last month

RECENT investigations have revealed that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been allowing the sale of spyware to the hard-right, anti-democratic government in Honduras.  

The regime is currently engaged in a brutal crackdown on protests. 

The Honduran state has received hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of British spyware that it has used to monitor, disrupt and prevent anti-government campaigning.

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