Editing Honduras (section)

=== Political culture ===
[[File:Xiomara Castro 2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|170px|Incumbent President [[Xiomara Castro]]]]
In 1963, a military coup removed the democratically elected president, [[Ramón Villeda Morales]]. A string of authoritarian [[Military junta|military governments]] held power uninterrupted until 1981, when [[Roberto Suazo Córdova]] was elected president.

The party system was dominated by the conservative [[National Party of Honduras]] (Partido Nacional de Honduras: PNH) and the liberal [[Liberal Party of Honduras]] (Partido Liberal de Honduras: PLH) until the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] removed [[Manuel Zelaya]] from office and put [[Roberto Micheletti]] in his place.
[[File:Zelaya con sombrero.jpg|thumb|right|The 2009 military coup ousted the country's democratically elected President [[Manuel Zelaya]].]]
In late 2012, 1540 persons were interviewed by [[Radio Progreso & ERIC-SJ|ERIC]] in collaboration with the Jesuit [[Central American University (San Salvador)|university]], as reported by [[Associated Press]]. This survey found that 60% believed the police were involved in crime, 45% had "no confidence" in the Supreme Court, and 72% thought there was electoral fraud in the primary elections of November 2012. Also, 56% expected the presidential, legislative and municipal elections of 2013 to be fraudulent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|title=Honduras: sondeo muestra pesimismo y desconfianza|last=Arce|first=Alberto|date=22 January 2013|language=en-US|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415093558/https://news.yahoo.com/honduras-sondeo-muestra-pesimismo-y-desconfianza-192021621.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Then-president [[Juan Orlando Hernández]] took office on 27 January 2014. After managing to stand for a second term,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|title=Él problema de la reelección ¿Cómo JOH logro inscribirse? |website=libertaddigitalhn.com|date=18 December 2016|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011219/http://libertaddigitalhn.com/politica/el-problema-de-la-reeleccion-como-joh-logro-inscribirse/|url-status=live}}</ref> a very close [[2017 Honduran general election|election]] in 2017 left uncertainty as to whether then-President Hernandez or his main challenger, television personality [[Salvador Nasralla]], had prevailed.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Opposition calls for re-run of disputed vote |author=Freddy Curves |date=3 December 2017 |agency=AP |publisher=Bay Area News Group |work=San Jose Mercury-News| page=A5}}</ref> The disputed election caused protests and violence. In December 2017, Hernández was declared the winner of the election after a partial recount.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |title=Hernández announced winner of disputed Honduras election |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203005522/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42388313 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, Hernández was sworn in for a second presidential term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |title=Honduran President Hernández sworn in amid protests |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203004101/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42843644 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Xiomara Castro]], the leader of the left-wing [[Liberty and Refoundation|Libre Party]], and wife of Manuel Zelaya, on 27 January 2022, becoming the first woman to serve as president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honduras swears in Xiomara Castro as first female president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |work=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204023040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/honduras-swears-in-xiomara-castro-as-first-female-president |url-status=live }}</ref>