Socialist President of Honduras Offers Free Electricity to 1 Million Families

Hondura's new president Xiomara Castro (C) walks next to her husband, former president Manuel Zelaya (R), as he raises his clenched fist while they arrive at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa on Jan. 27, 2022. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—At her inauguration ceremony on Jan. 27, socialist President Xiomara Castro unveiled a plan to give free electricity to 1 million Honduran families.

Castro said she intends to raise the electric bills of less economically disadvantaged residents to finance the measure.