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Florida Republican representatives stand in solidarity with Honduran opposition candidate

Reps. Maria Salazar (R-FL) and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) demonstrated their support for the opponent of Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Monday.

With two weeks left until Election Day in the United States, Salazar and Gimenez are prepping for next year’s election in Honduras. A month after demonstrations took place in the country demanding Castro resign, the representatives held a press conference alongside her opponent, former Vice President Salvador Nasralla.

“I know Tegucigalpa very well. I know the country very well after my career as a journalist. I know the people are hard workers and good people and that they deserve — that deserve — better political leadership than they have,” Salazar told reporters in Spanish.

“We know that there are countries right now that aren’t free,” Gimenez said. “Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua. Other countries are headed in that direction. We have to stop what’s happening here.”

Castro has come under fire due to her alleged ties to drug traffickers. A video from a decade ago emerged of her own brother-in-law, Carlos Zelaya, negotiating with such actors.

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Salazar previously slammed Castro for undoing an extradition treaty with the U.S. shortly after the allegations against her brother arose. A week later, a video emerged of Zelaya interacting with alleged traffickers.

Notably, Castro is the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, who served from 2002 until 2006, when he was removed from office in a coup d’etat.

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