The former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Honduras, General Romeo Vásquez, was arrested Sunday as allegedly responsible for the murder of a protester by military officers in 2009, days after leading the coup against former President Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009). teleSUR
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00:00The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, said that her government has been focused
00:03on restoring the dignity of the nation after addressing for the first time the capture
00:08of coup leader General Romero Vázquez.
00:11President Xiomara Castro declared that her party, Libertad y la Fundación Nacional,
00:15has managed to recover the trust of the Honduran people in the politics and institutionality
00:19of the state after 12 years under the government of corruption and drug trafficking.
00:24Castro also rejected the opinion position by the right-wing media, which describes the
00:29capture of Vázquez as an alleged political persecution.
00:31Likewise, the head of state said that her administration is oriented to guarantee projects
00:35for the benefit of citizens.
00:37They not only stole the money, they stole the hopes and they stole the confidence in
00:55the politicians.
00:59Today this party is recovering even that, the confidence in the deputies, in the mayors,
01:14in the ministers, in the institutionality of a state.
01:25Even that is being recovered.
01:30Do not come to me and say that nothing has been done.
01:39And now that they see that this institutionality is working, they say, political persecution.
01:48You can imagine how far the cynicism goes, because they are used to that.
01:55In this context, President Castro stressed that her administration has been aimed at
01:59governing for the benefit of her people with projects that she has managed to implement
02:03throughout the national territory.
02:15That is why I tell you, they made a mistake during 12 years.
02:22They had the time to earn the people's trust.
02:28Today this woman who speaks to you is demonstrating how to govern for the people, with the people,
02:41with projects for the benefit of the people in every corner of our country, although the
02:51indifferent do not want to see, but they do listen.
02:59There are projects that come in one way or another, that are for the benefit of their
03:10communities.