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President Xiomara Castro smiles as she receives the presidential sash, as her husband former President Manuel Zelaya applauds during her inauguration ceremony, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 27, 2022. Castro signed a measure on Monday, April 25, 2022, to repeal a law that would allow the creation of special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

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Honduran economic zones in 'limbo' after government repeal
By MARLON GONZALEZ - Associated Press
Sat,04/30/22-10:46AM , 216 Reads
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A plan to create special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras has been thrown into limbo with the new government's repeal of a law many criticized as surrendering sovereignty.
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center in chains, is shown to the press at the Police Headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Police arrested Hernandez at his home, following a request by the United States government for his extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)

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Honduras judge says ex-president can be extradited to US
By MARLON GONZALEZ - Associated Press
Wed,03/16/22-10:04PM , 202 Reads
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former President Juan Orlando Hernández should be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges, a Honduran judge ruled Wednesday.

The country’s Supreme Court of Justice said late Wednesday via Twitter that the judge had decided to grant the U.S. extradition request.
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Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Honduras' 1st female president?
By MARLON GONZALEZ - Associated Press
Mon,11/29/21-1:42PM , 373 Reads
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the wife of ousted former president Mel Zelaya, has taken a commanding lead in Honduras’ elections, capping a 12-year effort.

If preliminary tallies from the election Sunday are confirmed, Castro de Zelaya would become the Central American country’s first female president.
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