“People, I am not going to fail you!” tweeted Xiomara Castro de Zelaya who will become the first woman president of Honduras once the National Elections Council (CNE) declares her the winner. And that’s a given since the governing party, the National Party, has accepted defeat.
Honduras appears to have delivered a hammer blow to US regional hegemony after left-wing presidential candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory today. She promised to lead a government of reconciliation and strengthen direct democracy in the Central American country.