Copyright: CNN, 29th November, 2012

In an effort to purge its national police force of corruption, the Honduran Congress voted to empower its military to carry out most police duties for at least 18 months. This will give the military a broad mandate over day-to-day crime fighting in the country, and gives the armed forces additional powers against organised crime. "We cannot have armed forces only for foreign threats when there are so many deaths in the country because of violence," Juan Orlando Hernandez, president of the Congress, said before the vote. "We are making this decision to support the Honduran people."

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