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Xiomara Castro

b. 1959 · 20th century

Xiomara Castro (born 1959) is a Honduran politician who was president from January 2022 to January 2026, the first woman to hold the office. The wife of former president Manuel Zelaya, she led the resistance movement after his removal in 2009 and co-founded the left-wing Libre party. Her government repealed the law on charter cities and switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2023.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Xiomara Castro. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/xiomara-castro
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