# Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest Date: 2022 ## The fact On 27 January 2022 [Xiomara Castro](/people/xiomara-castro) took the presidential oath in Tegucigalpa, succeeding [Juan Orlando Hernández](/people/juan-orlando-hernandez) after the 28 November 2021 general election. She was the Libre nominee associated with [Manuel Zelaya](/people/manuel-zelaya). ## Context Zelaya remains unresolved. JOH remains a neighbouring US-trial file. Castro did not sit as every CNE printer. 28 November 2021 election is parent. 28 August 2024 treaty note is a later child. Keep Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest on 2022-01-27 separate from neighbouring 27 January 2022 oath, 28 August 2024 extradition denunciation, 3 September 2024 Cachiros video, and 15 January 2026 transition order. The president of Honduras is head of state and head of government. She can denounce a treaty, order a transition, and appoint ministers. She does not sit as a CNE teller, a New York trial judge, or a Cachiros cameraman. ## Evidence and sources Presidency of the Republic of Honduras carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is transfer and Libre continuity: a completed oath after JOH. ## What is established and what is not Established: Castro took the oath on 27 January 2022 after the 28 November 2021 Libre victory. Not established: A unique later civic rebate from the oath hour, or that JOH’s New York sentence is this same afternoon. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Congress received the oath. Zelaya had founded Libre. JOH left on schedule.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest, not a later speech about Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest on 2022-01-27 is not a licence to treat every later Presidency of the Republic of Honduras communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Castro takes the oath as Libre president after the 28 November 2021 contest into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to CNE counted. Congress received the oath. Zelaya had founded Libre. JOH left on schedule. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Xiomara Castro: https://factrail.ai/people/xiomara-castro ## Drivers - Castro Libre narco-legacy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/castro-libre-narco-legacy - Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-hopes-buoy-honduras-president-elect-castro-with-harris-visit-2022-01-27/ - https://www.presidencia.gob.hn/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hn-castro-oath-2022