Ex-president political party registered in Honduras, will compete in next election

[Judi Lynn]

Ex-president political party registered in Honduras, will compete in next election
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 4:46 PM

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has registered a political party that will be able to compete in the country’s next elections in 2013.

Honduras’ Electoral Tribunal says Zelaya’s party is called the Liberty and Re-Foundation Party, known as Libre.

The tribunal said Tuesday that Zelaya turned in 62,000 signatures supporting his party, well above the 42,290 signatures required.

Zelaya said the party’s presidential candidate in 2013 elections will be his wife, Xiomara Castro.

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[Judi Lynn]

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -- The left-wing party of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday named his wife as its presidential candidate in elections next year.

The new Liberty and Refoundation Party, which is supported by unions, farmers and women's groups, said it would nominate Xiomara Castro to run for the top job in the small central American nation, which is racked by criminal violence.

Although the former Honduran first lady is a relative novice to politics, opinion polls have shown her running first or second in voters' preferences.

The Honduran army, acting on a court order with backing from Congress, whisked the left-leaning Zelaya out of the country in June 2009 after he tried to hold a referendum seen by the opposition as an attempt to extend his term as president.

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