A year and a half in to her presidency, many said Xiomara Castro had yet to live up to expectations. But as Honduras’ first female president, those expectations have been higher than usual. Much of the criticism against Castro comes from machismo and gender discrimination. She’s just one of two female heads of state of a Latin American country, as Michael Fox reported from the Honduran capital last summer.This story originally aired on July 7, 2023.
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