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May 2, 2019

Honduras Cancels Education and Healthcare Privatization Plans Amid Protests
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In Honduras, lawmakers say they'll suspend ratification of a pair of
bills that would restructure the ministries of education and health,
after massive protests in the capital Tegucigalpa saw protesters clash
with riot police. The bills have the support of the U.S.-backed
president, Juan Orlando Hernández, but are deeply unpopular among
doctors and teachers, who say they're aimed at mass layoffs ahead of the
wholesale privatization of Honduras's education and healthcare systems.


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