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Smeared as a baby killer by critics, Xiomara Castro faces a struggle to get political backing to loosen a strict abortion ban in Honduras

Xiomara Castro has made history as the first woman to be elected president of Honduras - now she faces another battle to ease the country's strict ban on abortion.

By Anna-Catherine Brigada TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Xiomara Castro has made history as the first woman to be elected president of Honduras - now she fac...

Observers hope the country’s incoming president will make a real effort to tackle corruption and socioeconomic crises.

Tegucigalpa, Dec 3 (EFE).- Honduras’ National Electoral Council (CNE) on Friday announced a 72-hour extension of the time allotted to candidates for challenging the ballots cast in the Nov. 28 general election. The CNE said the decision was made by the institution as a whole and extended the limit established by election law beyond a …

Honduras is celebrating renewed hope with the overwhelming victory of its first female president-elect Xiomary Castro, in elections held on the weekend. Castro’s victory comes 12 years after her popularly elected husband President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a US supported coup in 2009. The period since then had seen the installation of right-winged governments plagued with widespread corruption and producing despair which saw thousands of poor Hondurans taking the …

Honduras is celebrating renewed hope with the overwhelming victory of its first female president-elect Xiomary Castro, in elections held on the weekend. Castro’s victory comes 12 years after her popularly elected husband President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a US supported coup in 2009. The period since then had seen the installation of right-winged governments plagued with widespread corruption and producing despair which saw thousands of poor Hondurans taking the …

Honduras elected its first female president amid a peaceful transition, thanks in part to citizen observers, whose vigilance helped fend off fraud.

The victory of Xiomara Castro brings to an end a dozen years of rule by the National Party, which consolidated its grip on power through a US-backed coup in 2009.

The move leaves Xiomara Castro poised to become Honduras' first female leader