Xiomara Castro becomes the 1st president of Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Honduras -

The new president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, was sworn in Thursday as the first woman to hold that position and proposed to socially recast a Central American country, which she said, is in bankruptcy.

Castro, 62, assumed in the middle of the excite.

"I promise to be faithful to the Republic, comply and enforce the Constitution and its laws," said the new ruler, who then received the presidential band from the President of the National Congress recognized by the ruler, Luis Redondo.

"The Presidency of the Republic has never been assumed by a woman in Honduras," said the new ruler in her inaugural speech.“They have had to spend 200 years since our independence was proclaimed.We are breaking chains, we are breaking traditions ".

He immediately took advantage to announce what - according to her - it is the "social and economic tragedy" facing her country."The state of Honduras has been sunk in these last 12 years and receives it in bankrupt.

Elections made without incident and a wide margin of votes on November 28 caused relief, but political weaves in the weeks prior to swear have altered the perspectives and diverted the attention of what should be a new hope hopeful after the twoperiods of President Juan Orlando Hernández.

Politics

In the days in which Castro had to present to the members of his cabinet, Honduras has been plunged into a dispute about who will preside over the Congress.Two legislative management teams have been formed - not.

The legislators of the Party, Freedom and Refoundation party, supported one of theirs to preside over the legislative power instead of supporting the elected by the president, agreed with his vice president in exchange for the support of his party of his party.None of the groups yielded, which led to the simultaneous celebration of two legislative sessions on Tuesday.

Luis Ruiz, a man who sells fruit near Congress and is a supporter of Castro, said that political disagreement threatened to divide the country."She (Castro) has to solve this situation through dialogue," he said, because "he has not sat in power and is already having problems.She must show her leadership ".

Unemployment, persistent violence, corruption, as well as problems with public health and education are only some of the challenges that await Castro.

The United States government, seeing the opportunity to win an ally in a region with few friends, has firmly supported Castro and has said that he is ready to provide his support.In a possible tensions signal in the region, the presidents of the neighbors El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were not scheduled to attend the swear of the new leftist leader.

American vice president Kamala Harris, who was assigned the task of finding ways to address the deep causes of Central American migration, heads the delegation of her country at the ceremony that takes place in a full football stadium.

Washington sees areas of cooperation in Castro's priority plans to combat corruption and increase economic opportunities in their country, two areas that could affect the decisions of Hondurans about whether to stay or try to emigrate to the United States.

"Honduras has been a very difficult partner for the United States, especially during the administration of Juan Orlando Hernández for a series of reasons, including the constant whirlwind of illegal activities around him and his family," said Jason Marczak, senior director of theCentro for Latin America Adrienne Arsht of Atlantic Council.

Castro has said that he plans to formally invite the United Nations to establish an anti -corruption mission in Honduras.

Harris planned to meet privately with Castro shortly after his investiture.Castro and Harris spoke on December 10.

In a call with journalists on Wednesday, senior officials of the administration of Joe Biden said that Harris hoped to expand that conversation to find ways to deepen the bilateral relationship.

Castro, 62, attended a religious act before making oath.She was the first lady during the presidency of her husband, Manuel Zelaya, who was interrupted by a military coup in 2009.

On Thursday, only a few hours before its inauguration, Castro announced those selected for their cabinet through Twitter, among which there are two women of the 16 posts announced.His son Héctor Zelaya will be his private secretary and the nephew of Manuel Zelaya, José Manuel Zelaya, is his choice for Secretary of Defense.

Carlos Hernández, 48 years old, said it is the time for a change of course in the country.

"This is now or never," said the Hondurans, who arrived with his family to the National Stadium to support the inauguration of the new leader."I do this by conviction, we want our president to not fail us".

"I had never voted, but the nationalists put me to the crown," added the man in reference to the National Party, of Hernández, in power in the last two four -year periods.

Francis Edgardo Martínez, 51, said that the president must surround himself with an ideal team of collaborators.“What is urgent is to lift the country, clean up finances.We know that the country was completely looted and what we need is to recover the economy and then urgently create employment sources, ”he said.