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Wild story from Alex Tsai, KMT ex-Legislative Yuan member on what exactly is the deal between Taiwan and Honduras
In
, arresting then president Manuel Zelaya and kicking him out of the country. At the time two woman, a pregnant lady and a middle aged woman from the presidential house hold fled to the ROC embassy seeking political protection. On order from Taipei the embassy accepted the pregnant lady on humanitarian ground but refused protection to the other woman accompanying her.
She than ran to the Brazilian embassy for protection and they took her in. Honduran military threatened to enter the embassy by force to search for her. The then (and current) Brazilian president Lula was furious and said if they dared to enter the Brazilian embassy uninvited he will order a military intervention. Thus the Honduran military gave up.
During the
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leaders fighting for land reform was pursued by military police and they ran into the ROC embassy for protection. On order from Taipei embassy staff evicted them and called in military police at the same time to arrest them, thus establishing a long term enmity between the left wing opposition party Libre and Taiwan.
In 2022 the Honduran opposition party won the general election. The new president is the same middle age lady that ROC embassy refused to offer protection back in 2009. Her name is Xiomara Castro, wife of the then president Manuel Zelaya.