Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the inauguration of Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro on Thursday – a socialist with anti-Semitic ties.
Tegucigalpa, Jan 23 (EFE).- The political crisis in Honduras on Sunday led to the election of two directive boards by two opposing sections of the newly-elected Congress, thus threatening President-elect Xiomara Castro’s ability to govern and carry out anti-corruption reforms she promised in her campaign. Castro, the leader of the leftist Freedom and Refoundation Party …
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers, in rival alliances, backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday a.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States embassy in Honduras on Saturday called for calm and dialogue after lawmakers brawled in Congress a day earlier amid a dispute over who would head up the legislative body, just days before President-elect Xiomara Castro takes office.
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States embassy in Honduras on Saturday called for calm and dialogue after lawmakers brawled in Congress a day earlier amid a dispute over who would head up the legislative body, just days before President-elect Xiomara Castro takes office. Due to the events of January 21, the United States calls on political actors to remain calm, engage in dialogue and refrain from violence and provocative rhetoric, and urges their supporters to express themselves peacefully while respecting the rule of law, the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa tweeted. Castro s legislative plans suffered a body blow on Friday when about 18 members of her Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) broke ranks and collaborated with the ruling National Party to elect a Libre lawmaker as the president of Congress. The dispute triggered chaotic scenes in Congress as the vote broke an agreement Castro had with Partido Salvador de Honduras (PSH), an allied party that helped her claim victory, to install a PSH figure as the Congress president. Castro, calling the move a betrayal , expelled the 18 lawmakers from her party. She also called for Libre members from around the country to converge in the capital Tegucigalpa for a vigil to prevent Sunday s election of a new board that would ratify Friday s vote. Castro promised ally PSH leadership of Congress after its candidate, Salvador Nasralla, stepped down from the race and pledged support to Castro, the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a coup in 2009. Going against the deal with PSH will likely impact Castro s ability to prevail in Congress, analysts say. Castro has threatened to refuse to be sworn in on Jan. 27 by the new president of Congress. (Writing by Drazen Jorgic)
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HONDURAS <strong>US urges calm after brawl</strong> The US embassy on Saturday called for calm and dialogue after lawmakers brawled in Congress a day earlier amid a dispute over who would head up the legislative body, just days before president-elect Xiomara Castro takes office. “Due to the events of January 21, the United States calls on political actors to remain calm, engage in dialogue and refrain from violence and provocative rhetoric, and urges their supporters to express themselves peacefully while respecting the rule of law,” the embassy wrote on Twitter. Castro’s legislative plans suffered a body blow on Friday when about 18 members
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers, in rival alliances, backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday a.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers in rival alliances backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday amid disputes between President-elect Xiomara Castro and dissident members of her party, warning of a new political crisis in the poverty-stricken Central American nation.