Short Biography: Carlos Flores

My name is Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse and I am the presiding electric chair of the Liberal Party. I was innate(p) on March 1, 1950 in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa to Oscar A. Flores and Margarita Facusse Flores. I am a graduate from LSU, get an undergraduate in industrial engineering and a master degree in international flock and finance. While at LSU, I developed my leadership qualities by becoming the prexy of the Honduras Student connecter and chartering the first and only Hispanic fraternity on campus known as Phi Iota Alpha.Outside of academics, I would excessively find my future wife Mary Flakes at LSU soon after receiving my masters degree, we got get married in 1974. After getting married, my wife and I returned to Honduras where I began sidetrackicipating in private and overt committees such as the Honduran Central Bank and the Institute of Social Security. Additionally, I went to work at La Tribuna, the largest newspaper in Honduras that my father co-foun ded. During the 70s, I became part of political life, joining the Liberal Party.I would fashion a congressman, representing the department (similar to a province) of Francisco Morazan. This experience served as a stepping stone to my later success in the fellowship as I became Minister of the Presidency (equivalent to Vice President) under the rule of liberal president Roberto Suazo from 1982 to 1984. In 1994, I became President of the Congress four years later, I was nominated and eventually became the President of Honduras.During my presidencys infancy, I was hit with the huge challenge Hurricane Mitch. Hurricane Mitch killed thousands of battalion, displaced millions more, and destroyed the national economy Honduras was facial expression at a minimal of 20 years to recover from what little we had. I orchestrated the thriving raising of over $600 million of international aid from financial institutions and countries and these funds were directed at rebuild Honduras infrastruc ture, agricultural and industrial economic sectors.My presidency was also marked by strengthening of the constitution, reducing the advocator of the military in the political operations of the demesne, and passing a new penal code, which in part created a new, independent Supreme Court. As to the issues at hand, I am deeply concerned with the thoroughfare that President Zelaya is on. Although on the surface he portrays a people-oriented, country-enhancing dogma to his constituency, the actions President Zelaya are fashioning estimate a different vision entirely one that Latin American countries begin seen all in like manner well.From siding with ALBA soon after his presidency began to economic and social policies that hurt non only his party but the Honduran people to siding against the United States (one of our trusted allies), President Zelayas work so far should remind even the highest supporters of Zelaya of Venezuela and their woes with Hugo Chavez. As the head of his party, I and the Liberal Party have been break of where his loyalties lie and his true motives as president as he consistently alienates his party supporters by doing things roughly unilaterally.Now, with these new developments of peaking the country in order to change the constitution and consider re-elections is absurd. We as a party, a people, and a country cannot stand to watch Honduras become Venezuela when we have been democratic for so long thus, I, along with others I hope, will do what is necessary within our respective areas to not only prevent this poll from happening but to reign in Zelaya in order to remind him that he is in feature the President of Honduras and not the President of himself.In the same vein, fixing the world-beater struggle between the three branches of politics can be done with functioning parts, starting with the President. If the President and the Congress are unwilling, for whatever reason, to communicate, compromise, and fall in when necessa ry, then all that can be accomplished is a war between the abusive power of the President versus the manipulation of the law by those who write it. When I was the President of Honduras, I made slightly changes in the way the legislative, judiciary, and exe imposeive branches worked together in order to get the most order in the country.I moved judicial and penal reforms forward, established an anticorruption commission, and got the passage of a new penal code establish on the oral accusatorial system and a law that created an independent Supreme Court. I did this in the hopes of creating a ground work for more accountability toward the stronger legislative and executive parts of our country. Additionally, while windlessness being loyal to my party, I have respected both sides of the isle in policy making and debate to ensure that the best laws were written and discussed for the sake of the people.Unbalance of power starts with an open President who doesnt have himself as number on e. It quickly branches outward to demanding the respect of the Congress and receiving due communication between the President and the other two branches of the government. Lastly, each branch has to be strong independent of the others and able to work separately of the other parts while cognizant of how their actions affect the other branches. When we are able to enact a plan like this, then and only then will see the cohesiveness of a people and a country of Honduras.The foreign policy of Honduras and the problems thereof are strongly tied to the problem of our President. Because of his actions, our kindred with the United States is weakening while our bond to Venezuela and to a lesser extent Cuba are becoming not only more evident but stronger. This problem in my eyes is relatively simple cut the source to kill the head. We as a body need to find creative and advantageous ways to remove the ties to Hugo Chavez and remind our President that he presides over Honduras the democrat ic country and not Venezuela the dictatorial country.By positioning ourselves with the U. S. , we are able to not only keep the freedoms we have but able to prevent jeopardizing our countrys international image by associating with a volatile government as Venezuelas. As we opine in Spanish, Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres (Rough English translation Birds of a join flock together) Honduras would be much better off flying with the United States. Although there are a few(prenominal) specific actions that can be considered mine in any of the topics, I am highly apprised of the power I hold and the actions I am able to produce.As the leader of the Liberal Party, I am able to lead 48. 5% of the Congress in order to make decisions not only near our Presidents queries on constitutional reformation but also about rebalancing our branches of government and to a lesser extent Honduran foreign policy. Additionally, I believe that my work in the private and the usual sector and m y previous presidential role allows me to communicate and work with business sectors and the legislative and military sectors via preliminary experience to help any other situations that might arise.