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By Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia

Xiomara Castro declared herself the winner early in the counting process, but had a 53 share with nearly half of votes tallied.

Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro headed for a landslide win in Sunday’s election, declaring victory yesterday as supporters danced outside her offices to celebrate the left’s return to power 12 years after her husband was ousted in a coup. Castro, 62, has pledged to tax the rich, overhaul the nation’s “failed neoliberal model” and consider whether to end the nation’s alliance with Taiwan. The election, set to give Honduras its first female president, seemed to have run ...

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran opposition leader Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's presidential election as initial results pointed to a landslide win that would put the left back in power for the first time since her husband was ousted in a coup 12 years ago.

Left-wing opposition candidate Xiomara Castro is the frontrunner in the Honduran presidential election, according to the first preliminary results.

Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro storms towards victory

Al Jazeera  reports : “Amid widespread fear of fraud and ensuing social unrest, Hondurans are preparing to vote in a tense presidential election that could end 12 years of rule for the conservative National Party, which has governed since a 2009 coup.

Honduran opposition leader Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's presidential election as initial results pointed to a landslide win that would put the left back in power for the first time since her husband was ousted in a coup 12 years ago.

HONDURAS-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV):Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro declares victory

Xiomara Castro declared herself the winner early in the counting process, but had a 53 share with nearly half of votes tallied.