Nine days after the presidential elections in Honduras an official winner has still not been announced, and the business sector estimates that the losses caused by looting, violence and paralyzed activities amount to $50 million a day.
Blockades in the main roads of the country, demonstrations, looting of businesses and widespread violence is what can be seen in some areas of Honduras, eight days after the disputed presidential elections.
Three days after the presidential elections in Honduras, all of the votes have not yet been counted, and as tension escalates, businessmen request political leaders to recognize the results declared by the Electoral Tribunal.
The most recent data published by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras shows that as of Tuesday, November 28, only 59% of the Receiving Electoral Tables (MER in Spanish) had been processed.
If the Honduran institutions do not recover from the recent elections, the country and the entire region could be seriously jeopardized.
And the near future of the country will depend in part on how differences over the election results are resolved.
An editorial in Nacion.com reports: "Against a background of institutional weakness, constant expansion of drug trafficking, petty corruption, gangs, violent crime and a rate of 86 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, the largest in the world, Honduras presidential election was held on 24 November."
The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise has called on political parties to respect the results of the elections held in the country.
"The private sector is calling on leaders of political parties to exercise leadership and make a call to their bases so that tolerance and respect for the law prevails," said the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep) .