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Defend America on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:58:36 AM
Hondurans Pick a Leader to End Limbo
Conservative Rancher Wins Presidential Election, but International Acceptance Isn't Guaranteed
By
NICHOLAS CASEY
TEGUCIGALPA,
Honduras -- A conservative rancher named Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo took the
Honduran presidency in elections Sunday, five months after the
country's last elected president was forced out of the country at
gunpoint. Now Hondurans must wait to see if the international
community, which has been divided over the crisis, accepts the winner
as legitimate.
The results gave Mr. Lobo 56% of the vote, well ahead of Liberal
Party candidate Elvin Santos at 38%, confirming voters' expected
punishment of the Liberals -- party of both the deposed president and
the interim government that ousted him.
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