Honduras Begins Its Rightward Shift
President Nasry Asfura has legislative support for his austerity agenda, but the country's deep divides and endemic corruption will be hard to overcome.
TEGUCIGALPA— In another dramatic swing of the political pendulum, Honduras’s new President Nasry Asfura began his term promising austerity and small-government efficiency. In his inaugural address on January 27, he offered a marked contrast to the leftist government of his predecessor Xiomara Castro, vowing to shrink the public sector and declaring that “decentralization is essential for effective governance.” Asfura, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa (2014-22), plans sizeable cuts to the national budget, but has also pledged to improve health care, education, and...
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