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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
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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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