Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first female president of Honduras in a ceremony attended by world leaders including Vice President Harris.
Iris Xiomara Castro de Zelaya or simply Xiomara Castro (born September 30, 1959) is a Honduran politician.
She was a candidate for the 2013 presidential election representing the left-wing Libre Party.
The wife of deposed former President Manuel Zelaya, Castro was a leader of the movement resisting the 2009 Honduran coup d’état that ousted her husband from power prematurely.
In Catacamas, Castro organized the women’s branch of the Liberal Party of Honduras and conducted a strong campaign in favor of her husband in the internal elections of February 2005, an occasion in which she was in charge of sub-political coordination of Catacamas.
She earned a degree in business administration despite not attending university.
She was very active in creating programs for families while living in Catamacas, Honduras.
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How to pronounce Xiomara Castro
Xiomara Castro is pronounced as [see-oh-MAH-rah KASS-troh].
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