Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla

Who is Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla?

Juan Ángel Almendares Bonilla is a Honduran physician, politician and human rights activist. He ran as part of the Democratic Unification Party in the 2005 Honduran general election, finishing in third place with 1.5% of the vote. Almendares currently serves as the co-chair of the Honduran Committee for Peace Action. He is a trained medical doctor, and was the recipient of the 2001 Barbara Chester Award for his work with victims of torture. Almendares was an outspoken critic of the 2009 Honduras coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Manuel Zelaya.