Xiomara Castro, a former first lady, will take center stage as Honduras' first female president
Now, the former first lady is ready to take center stage as Honduras' first female president, promising a radical agenda to counter years of governance plagued by corruption and scandal.Castro, a democratic socialist, will be inaugurated on Thursday following a landslide victory in the November 2021 presidential elections.
The country is one of the poorest in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the World Bank. And poverty is on the rise, according to a 2021 National Autonomous University of Honduras report. US prosecutors say Honduras President helped send cocaine to AmericansPoverty rates increased from 59.3% in 2019 to roughly 70% in 2020, the report said, a situation that UNAH attributes to a"failed" Poverty Reduction Strategy implemented by the previous government and natural disasters.