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Article: HONDURAS: POLITICAL PARTIES ACCEPT ARBITRATION TO END CRISIS OVER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
- Article from:
- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- November 9, 2000
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One year before the next presidential election, Honduras has been thrown into a political crisis regarding the eligibility of a popular candidate of the opposition Partido Nacional (PN).
The crisis stems from an attempt by the governing Partido Liberal (PL) to block Ricardo Maduro of the PN from running in the presidential elections next year. Polls show Maduro leading over all other possible contenders in the 2001 race.
In September, Liberals claimed Maduro was ineligible to run because he did not meet the constitutional requirement that a president must be Honduran by birth.
Maduro, who was born in Panama, says his mother is Guatemalan but ...