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The head of an anti-corruption organization on Wednesday demanded that Honduran President Xiomara Castro to resign after a video was released in which her brother-in-law allegedly received drug money.
Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ first female president Thursday in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Castro, a democratic socialist, won a landslide victory in last year’s presidential ...
I n late 2021, Xiomara Castro won the Honduran presidency by uniting the opposition and defeating National Party candidate Nasry Asfura in a decisive first-round victory. Much of the world cheered ...
When Xiomara Castro led a march through the Honduran capital in 2009, demanding that her husband, who was ousted in a military coup, be returned to power, it was the first time she seized the ...
Xiomara Castro, headed toward becoming her country’s next president, promises to expunge its legacy of corruption, but change may be tempered by her establishment ties and conservative opposition.
Xiomara Castro, Honduras’ new leader, faces high expectations to turn around her deeply troubled country despite a new legislative crisis. Honduras' 1st female president sworn in, with Harris on ...
But Xiomara Castro’s plans to overhaul Honduras suffered a major setback on Friday. A rebellion within her leftist Libre party has deprived her allies of control of Congress, ...
Leftist candidate Xiomara Castro was headed for the presidency after 12 years of rightwing governance, indicating a major shift for the deeply conservative Central American nation.
Xiomara Castro — the leader of Honduras’s leftist opposition — claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election. With 52.42 percent of votes counted, Castro held a 20-point ...
Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, presidential candidate of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre), gestures as she gives a statement after the closing of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras ...