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InterviewsNovember 24 2010

Honduras' William Chong on the country's new stability

The Honduran finance minister tells The Banker that the country is moving towards a period of greater stability following an agreement with the IMF, the first with an international financial institution since elections in the country re-established civilian rule. Interview Brian Caplen and Jane Monahan
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Honduras' William Chong on the country's new stabilityWilliam Chong, finance minister of Honduras

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The ruling National Party in Honduras won a comfortable majority in the November 2009 elections (under the auspices of a military regime), but as the country's finance minister, William Chong, points out, the government of president Porfirio Lobo, a long-time conservative politician, has still included political opponents and is co-operating with opposition parties in Congress. Both measures reflect an attempt at national reconciliation after a military coup last year ousted the country's left-wing president.

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