Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

“The Organization of American States (OAS) is not a tribunal to judge the elections of Honduras, on the contrary, Honduras must be supported in order to rebuild the democracy of their country,” said Guillermo Alberto Coches, the Panama Representative to the OAS.

Coches believes the differing opinions of the representatives of the OAS, concerning the case of Honduras, only weakens the organization.

Honduras “is entitled to find their own destiny, and no one can impose one,” he concluded.

The special meeting convened on Friday to discuss the Honduran general election began at 3:00 p.m. and concluded at approximately 4:30 p.m. They could reach no consensus.

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Dr. Juan Carlos Zuniga of the Liberal Party has won the San Pedro Sula majority vote, after a short-lived campaign of only two weeks, The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) confirmed.

Dr. Arturo Bendaña of the Nationalist Party acknowledged his defeat in the race for mayor of San Pedro Sula.

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A government of national unity and austerity is what the president-elect of the Republic, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, said he was committed to creating.

The new president, who will take office on January 27, 2010, announced the creation of a government of austerity in which public officials may not use state vehicles, given the economic conditions facing the country.
He has said that a priority in his government will be to not generate any kind of tax affecting low and middle-income families.

Sosa also confirmed the formation of a national unity government that the different political parties will take part in, and all stakeholders of the national society.

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