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El triunfo de la izquierda hondurena, tras ocho años de gobierno conservador autoritario y corrupto de Juan Orlando Hernández y un golpe de Estado en 2009, está marcado por una suma de desafíos y la posibilidad de frustración de las expectativas de cambio. Pero, en definitiva, las últimas elecciones abrieron una nueva etapa en el país centroamericano.

Xiomara Castro se convirtió en la primera presidenta de la historia de Honduras impulsada por libre, el partido fundado por su esposo, José Manuel «Mel» Zelaya, después del golpe de Estado que lo derrocó en 2009. Castro ha prometido un nuevo futuro para el país luego de 12 años de autocracia del Partido Nacional. Sin embargo, en estos primeros meses de mandato el pasado ha regresado en forma de una amnistía que, para muchos, rima con impunidad.

DOHA, Nov. 28, 2013 (IPS/GIN) - Honduras' electoral tribunal has declared Juan Orlando Hernandez the clear winner of the country's presidential elections, despite persisting allegations of fraud from the opposition candidate. [Xiomara Castro] has accused the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of manipulating 19 percent of the votes, in order to favour Hernandez. Her campaign has called for massive protests over the alleged fraud. \"On Saturday, we are going to summon people to protest. The Libre [Party] and Xiomara [Castro] have been robbed of their victory, and we are going to show it,\" Castro's husband, ex-president Manuel Zelaya, told Radio and TV Globo.

\"I don't know if there was fraud, I'm not sure about that. But I do know that the PN government will be tough on the people, and that it's good it won't have a majority in Congress; I hope the different political forces balance each other out,\" [Juan Sanchez] commented. \"They mounted a fraud against us, they dealt us a technical, democratic blow, but this struggle isn't over,\" [Xiomara Castro] said in a passionate speech. \"I am the president-elect of Honduras, and today's demonstration is a clear message for those who took part in the fraud.\" [Hernandez], 45, was president of the single-chamber Congress until June, when he threw himself into his campaign. \"He is an astute, skilled politician, and as far as I know he's already negotiating to be able to count on a majority in Congress,\" [Miguel Calix] told IPS. \"In the executive his performance will be sound, and there will be reforms and a high level of social concern,\" he predicted.

\"You feel a little bit safer when you see them in the streets,\" said [Karim Vargas], 28, the mother of a two-year-old daughter. \"But we know this won't last, because when they leave, the mareros [gang-members] will come back and spread fear and everything will be the same again. Libre, [Manuel Zelaya]'s party, stands a real chance of turning the PN and the PL into opposition parties. The party's candidate is Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, who is neck and neck with [Juan Orlando Hernandez] according to the latest polls, carried out in October. Ombudsman Ramon Custodio complained to IPS about the \"politicisation of insecurity,\" saying that tackling the problem is a priority for the state \"and should not be a platform for generating votes.\"