"During her inaugural speech, Xiomara Castro said that she will work from her presidential office so that justice is done in the case of Berta Cáceres, an environmentalist murdered in 2016, and for whom the perpetrators were sentenced in 2019. During the campaign, Castro placed the protection of human rights as one of the priorities on her agenda, which also includes the issue of the rights of migrants and minority communities. The new president promised the release of political prisoners and defenders of the environment, she also spoke of relief for a million underserved families who will no longer pay for electricity. Xiomara Castro’s inaugural speech reproached the previous administrations for the high indebtedness with which they left the state coffers."
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Xiomara Castro is Sworn in as the First Woman President of Honduras, by Soledad Quartucci, Latina Republic, January 29, 2022
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Xiomara Castro
Xiomara Castro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsi.oˈmaɾa ˈkastɾo]; born 30 September 1959), is the current President of Honduras since 27 January 2022. She is the country's first female president. Castro has represented the left-wing Libre Party in the 2013, 2017 and 2021 Honduran general elections. She was the First Lady in 27 January 2006 – 28 June 2009.
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