Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ first woman president yesterday, with US Vice President Kamala Harris in attendance, as her government faces tests over a sharply divided Congress, rising debt and relations with China.
“My government will not continue the maelstrom of looting that has condemned generations of young people to pay the debt they incurred behind their back,” she added to thunderous applause. Castro assumes office embroiled in a dispute with dissidents in her own party. Rival candidates have declared themselves head of Congress, undermining her ability to pass legislation.
During her meeting with Castro, Harris will discuss economic opportunity, the fight against corruption and managing migration, US officials said. But her legislative programme has been jeopardised by renegade politicians from her leftist Libre party, who over the weekend allied with the conservative opposition National Party to vote for one of its members to head Congress.
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