Are we witnessing the prelude to a ‘Central American spring’?

(HONDURAS: Archive / Wikimedia Commons)

The crowds gather on Fridays or Saturdays, bearing torches, national flags and protest signs along the main plazas and streets of Honduras and Guatemala’s capitals. They shout slogans, lead long marches toward government buildings and circulate social media hashtags calling for their presidents to step down. Anti-corruption protests have gripped Honduras and Guatemala in recent weeks,…