A riot policeman kicks a tear gas canister to demonstrators, during a protest against the re-election of Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa Honduras January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran soldiers and police clashed with protesters blocking roads across the Central American country on Saturday, as discontent continues to fester nearly two months after a disputed presidential election.
At least one person died as security forces launched tear gas against rock-throwing supporters of the center-left Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship and tried to clear impromptu roadblocks of burning tires they had set across the capital Tegucigalpa and around the country, according to police sources and TV images.
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