Historic win of Xiomara Castro ends 12 years of far-right rule in Honduras
Channel: Peoples Dispatch
Date: 2021-11-30

Xiomara Castro of the left-wing Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) Party is currently leading in the  Honduran elections held on 28 November. Her victory would also mark the return of a leftist leader as president for the first time since her husband Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a US-backed coup in 2009. Castro has announced that she is going to form a government of reconciliation, peace and justice.