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Biography of Carlos Roberto Flores FacusséName: Carlos Roberto Flores FacusséBirth Date: March 1, 1950 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Nationality: Honduran Gender: Male Occupations: politician, engineer, publisher Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé It was his "New Agenda" platform that helped to sweep Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé (born 1950) into the presidency of Honduras in December of 1997.Oscar A. Flores and his wife Margarita Facussé de Flores became parents for the first time on March 1, 1950. They named their son Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé. As was the custom in Honduras, he would have both his father's surname, Flores, and his mother's, Facussé. The future political leader of Honduras was born in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Almost a half a century later, thousands would cheer for him in the same city as he took the presidential oath of office.Like most of his nation, Flores was born into a Catholic family. He was not born into the same poverty, however, that had much of Honduras in its grip. Even by the 1990s, the average annual income for Hondurans was estimated at 0 …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…in World Profile, the Making of a President, "We have had four consecutive constitutional presidents. That is very positive.... People have learned to respect the constitution as a permanent guarantee of principles. They have the conviction that the system works, that government will respond to their expectations." Further Reading Honduras, A Country Study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1994.Martz, John D., Central America, the Crisis and the Challenge, University of North Carolina Press, 1959.Schulz, Donald E., and Deborah Sundloff Schulz, The United States, Honduras, and the Crisis in Central America, Westview Press, 1994.World Profile, the Making of a President (alumni report), Louisiana State University, 1995.Associated Press, December 1, 1997; January 27, 1998.United Press International, April 2, 1998."Biography and New Agenda," www.partido-liberal.hn (March 30, 1998)."Hondurans Vote In Lackluster Presidential Poll," November 30, 1997 (March 30, 1998); "Gunmen Attack Honduran Minister, One Wounded," April 4, 1998 (April 4, 1998). CNN Interactive, http://cnn.com,Honduras This Week, www.marrder.com, November 30, 1996 (March 30, 1998). |