Tegucigalpa, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The government of the elected president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, will review the appointments made by the outgoing administration of the National Party in state agencies, the transition team reported today.
Tegucigalpa, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) The maquiladora industry, affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, closed 2021 with a fully reactivated system and more than 10 000 additional employees, Honduran authorities in the sector reported Monday.
Havana, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday expressed Cuba's will to strengthen relations of fraternity, solidarity and cooperation with Honduras, after the elections held in that Central American nation.
Chavist candidate Xiomara Castro seemed on track Monday morning to become the first female president of Honduras after 38.94% of the votes had been counted. Castro, a former first lady whose husband Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a coup in 2009, had obtained 53.44% of the votes, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), after Sunday s elections.
Honduras goes to the polls Sunday amid growing concern over increasing violence, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (former Chilean two-time President Michelle Bachelet), the Croatian MEP Željana Zovko, head of the European Union s (EU) Observation Mission.