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Article: NEW PRESIDENT FACES HUGE CHALLENGES.(Ricardo Maduro now president of Honduras)(Brief Article)
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- Caribbean Update
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Opposition leader Ricardo Maduro, who landed a clear victory in presidential elections, faces huge challenges in this poor nation where armed gangs terrorize urban streets, reports Reuters (Nov. 26, 2001):
Maduro, 55, a conservative entrepreneur from the National Party, beat the ruling Liberal Party's Rafael Pineda by a clear margin, 52.8% to 43.6%, drawing voters with his pledge of "zero tolerance" against escalating crime. The slaying of a congressional candidate from Maduro's party on the eve of the election in what police called a political murder marred an otherwise peaceful vote on Nov. 25;
After attending Angel Pacheco's funeral, Maduro told the ...