First female Honduras president – level 1

First female Honduras president

03-12-2021 07:00

Xiomara Castro is a Honduran politician. She is the leader of the Libre group. She is 62 years old.

In Honduras people vote for a new president. The first votes show that Castro wins. She becomes the first woman president of Honduras. Nasry Asfura is the president now. His National group has many problems with organized crime and drugs. The National group is the leader in Honduras for 12 years.

Castro has many plans. She wants many changes in the government. For example, she wants to tax rich people.

People in the capital city celebrate. They are happy that Castro will be the new president. They dance in the streets.

Difficult words: female (a woman), organized crime (when groups of people do something that is against the rules of a country), tax (money which all people must pay to a government).

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