Wife of ousted Honduran leader to run for president [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Wife of ousted Honduran leader to run for president
13 Mar 2012 22:44
Source: reuters // Reuters

TEGUCIGALPA, March 13 (Reuters) - The left-wing party of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday named his wife as its presidential candidate in elections next year.

The new Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE), which is supported by unions, farmers and women's groups, said it would nominate Xiomara Castro to run for the top job in the small central American nation, which is racked by criminal violence.

Although the former Honduran first lady is a relative novice to politics, opinion polls have shown her running first or second in voters' preferences.

The Honduran army, acting on a court order with backing from Congress, whisked the left-leaning Zelaya out of the country in June 2009 after he tried to hold a referendum seen by the opposition as an attempt to extend his term as president.

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