Honduras On Way to Electing First Female President
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Xiomara Castro, a democratic socialist, is holding a 20-point lead over Nasry Asfura so far, the National Party’s - a conservative right-wing party.
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Honduras On The Way to Electing First Female President
The Honduran election’s preliminary results are putting leftist candidate Xiomara Castro in the lead.
Castro had already declared victory as she is heading towards a seeming landslide win, with her supporters dancing outside her offices to celebrate the left’s return on the political scenery, 12 years after her husband was ousted in a coup.
Sunday’s election, which ran smoothly in contrast to the one held four years prior and ushered Honduras into a period of chaotic unrest due to the widely contested results, is set to give the country its first female president.
Castro, the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya who was ousted in a coup by business and military elites, is holding a 20-point lead over Nasry Asfura so far, the capital’s mayor and the National Party’s - a conservative right-wing party – candidate, leading to the desertion of the party’s offices.
The democratic socialist won the support of Hondurans who grew weary of the centralization of power by the National Party and the subsequent corruption.
Surrounded by her Libre Party members and family, Castro told supporters on Sunday that “we have turned back authoritarianism,” in reference to the National Party’s rule post-coup.
"We're going to form a government of reconciliation, a government of peace and justice," she added.
Early today, Castro expressed her gratitude to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Twitter for a message congratulating her.
