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Xiomara Castro
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“What would you do if people came into your house and beat you and beat your family, and then this aggressor wanted to sit down with you and say, “OK, be nice, and stay out of the country”? Imagine, they have violated President Zelaya's’s rights. They have invented accusations of crimes against him, when they never presented any order of arrest. They took him out, tied up, transferred him to another country, and now they sit him down to negotiate with the criminals.”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in “A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduran Election Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup, Democracy Now!, November 30, 2021 (Speaking in 2009 on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border after the co…
“This important act reflects the will of a people demanding unity, especially within the opposition, in order to defeat the dictatorship... I want a social pact with every sector, the productive sectors, with business, with workers, with teachers, with farmers and campesinos, with the informal economy and small and medium-sized businesses”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Could Honduras Shift Left? A Look at Xiomara Castro, by Brendan O'Boyle, America's Quarterly, October 14, 2021
“For 12 years the people resisted, and those 12 years were not in vain. God takes time but doesn't forget. Today the people have made justice.”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Xiomara Castro (2021) cited in: "Xiomara Castro poised to become first female president of Honduras" in The Guardian, 29 November 2021
“We are going to build a new era. Out with the death squads. Out with corruption. Out with drug trafficking and organized crime. No more poverty and misery. To victory! The people will always be united. Together, we are going to transform this country... (speaking November 28, 2021)”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in “A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduran Election Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup, Democracy Now!, November 30, 2021
“The economic catastrophe that I am inheriting is unparalleled in the life of the country and its impact on the lives of the people is reflected by an increase in poverty of 74% making us the poorest country in Latin America. This number by itself explains the caravan of thousands of people of all ages fleeing to the north, Mexico and the United States, looking for a place and a way to survive, regardless of the risk to their lives.” ... Having economic resources to invest in people is one of the fundamental missions of my mandate. The transversal axis of the next budget that I will send to the national congress will be transparency and anti-corruption. It is impossible to find another moment in our history so full of sabotage to our country, but I did not come today to elaborate a story full of complaints, nor to deduce historical accounts of the past. The justice system will take care of that... We are committed to our proposal for democratic socialism so that the events that have embarrassed us will never be repeated. The refounding of Honduras begins with the reestablishment of respect for human beings, the inviolability of life, the security of citizens, no more death squads. No more silence in the face of femicides. No more hit men, no more drug trafficking, no more organized crime.”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Xiomara Castro is Sworn in as the First Woman President of Honduras, by Soledad Quartucci, Latina Republic January 29, 2022
“We are going to concentrate our greatest efforts on 4 sectors permanently demanded by the citizens: Education, health, security and employment. They will be the real anchors to progress. Education will be an objective of supreme priority. Effective tomorrow, we start the dialogue with the teachers for the return of our children to in person classes.The government will not be alone, but will accompany the voice and opinion of the people through popular consultations...As part of my first decrees, I order that more than a million families who live in poverty and consume less than 150 kilowatts per month from this day no longer pay the bill for energy consumption. Electricity will be free in their homes.... Our vision of the world puts the human being before the rules of the market. We have the best disposition and spirit of dialogue. No more violence against women. I go with all my efforts to generate the conditions for our girls to fully develop and live in a free country. Honduran women, I will not fail you. I will defend your rights, all your rights. Count on me. To victory. Forever.”
Xiomara Castro (born 1959) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Xiomara Castro is Sworn in as the First Woman President of Honduras, by Soledad Quartucci, Latina Republic January 29, 2022