Ladies and gentlemen, the future president of Honduras is…

[Catherina]

Ladies and gentlemen, the future president of Honduras is…
May 3, 2013 — Sabina Becker


Xiomara Castro de Zelaya

Looks like Honduras is slated to get a Cristina Fernández of its own, at least if polls hold true:

Honduran ex-foreign minister Patricia Rodas predicted the victory of candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya in the presidential elections of next November, in spite of threats and violence in the Central American country.

“On November 24, we will reverse the coup d’état,” affirmed the director of the Libertad y Refundación party (Libre), which has put forward the wife of former president Manuel Zelaya, ousted in 2009, as their candidate.

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She added that even now, there are still institutions in Honduras operating under colonial concepts. She stated that with the candidacy of Xiomara Castro, a process of profound changes will begin in that Central American land.

A Paradigma poll, conducted yesterday in Tegucigalpa, put the former first lady and now presidential candidate at the head of electoral preferences.

http://www.cubadebate.cu/opinion/2013/05/02/honduras-presagian-victoria-electoral-de-xiomara-castro-de-zelaya/

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Honduras has the highest murder rates in Latin America, and the coup d’état made that problem what it is today. You might hear a lot of bleating and blatting about Venezuela, but Honduras has higher per-capita murder rates by far. And if you’ve heard about that, you obviously didn’t get it from your mainstream media, either. Their stated objective, as far as Honduras goes, is to promote the coup and cover up its abuses, and paint Manuel Zelaya as the baddie in the whole sorry affair.

So it’s no secret why Xiomara Castro already enjoys great popularity going in. Her husband started a progressive program for the country, ushering Honduras into the beneficial ALBA alliance, and at the time of the coup, things were just getting underway for the constitutional rewrite that he had promised during his own election campaign. Had it not been for the coup, Honduras would have had a new, democratic constitution four years ago. And now, it’s getting the chance to do it again.

Adelante, adelante, la lucha es constante…

http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/festive-left-friday-blogging-ladies-and-gentlemen-the-future-president-of-honduras-is.html

Interesting...

[calimary]

1. Madam President!

I do like the sound of that, must say.

[Catherina]

2. Me too lol! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. Fantastic. Hope she has a REALLY powerful, reliable security team with her at all times.

She will need it every second of her life starting yesterday, after knowing what they did to her husband already, and what they have done to dissidents and politically undesirables from the days immediately following the coup.

Xiomara Castro is one brave, one outstanding person to go forward with this intention. She can only be admired with deep respect. She is most clearly NOT thinking of herself first at this point. She's going to have constant danger from the right, and everyone knows it. EVERYONE.

Viva Xiomara Castro. Best wishes for your safety.

[Judi Lynn]

4. In addition, who can forget her courageous journey with her pregnant daughter,

from Tegucigalpa up to the border with Nicaragua to meet with her husband who had been kidnapped and stolen from his home? The whole world watched over that time, many wondering if they would be murdered along the way.

One brave lady from one very brave family.

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[Judi Lynn]

5. The daughter in the red blouse, between Xiomara and her husband Jose Manuel,

is Zoe. The other daughter, in the 4th and 5th photos is the younger daughter, also named "Xiomara" and nicknamed "Pichu."

[bahrbearian]

6. Before we declare a winner, we should wait to see who John Kerry chooses.

[naaman fletcher]

7. good news. she sounds like a good candidate.

Sabina Becker writes some good stuff, but she would be better if she editorialized less about easily checkable things. A few weeks ago she misled her readers about when Nestor Kirchner died. In this article she says:

Venezuela, but Honduras has higher per-capita murder rates by far. And if you’ve heard about that, you obviously didn’t get it from your mainstream media, either.

Yet a quick google search shows it widely covered by the mainstream media.

[Judi Lynn]

8. The sheer noise generated between Venezuela's and Honduras'

records, as reported by the corporate media in the U.S. would support Sabina Becker in spirit, in every way.

On edit:

Absolutely no comparison, whatsoever.

[naaman fletcher]

9. I agree about the sheer noise

She is absolutely correct about that.

In fact, she is is correct about it, there was no need to embellish it with a false statement.

[flamingdem]

10. This would be fantastic nt

[ocpagu]

11. Wonderful.

Honduras desperately needs to get rid of the criminals ruining the country.

Best wishes to Mrs. Zelaya!