NEW COLUMN: What the heck's going on in Honduras?

Honduras just can’t catch a break. The country’s so-called leaders always seem intent on wrecking the place.

I mean, doesn’t it feel like it was just yesterday that King K’ak’ Tiliw Chan Yopaa of Quiriguá led his army into Copán, where he beheaded rival king Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil — effectively ending the golden age of Honduras' greatest Mayan kingdom?

I mean, I know it was 1,271 years ago. I’m just saying it feels like it was yesterday.

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