Talk:Carlos Roberto Flores

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This article should probably be renamed to Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse (without the é) to complete the last name, no?

No. See Javier Solana, Ricardo Maduro etc. There is no consistent policy, --SqueakBox 16:26, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

The section "Spanish family names" (No. 2.23 on Wikipedia:Naming conventions) provides a useful guideline: "Augusto Pinochet rather than Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. However, their full Hispanic-style name is supplied at the top of the article. As an exception to this guideline, the maternal surname may be used to disambiguate between individuals with the same first and paternal surname." And it's generally good practice to include the diacrits, with a redirect provided from the un-accented version. –Hajor 16:38, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] From Carlos Flores

Carlos Roberto Flores Facusse was born 10 March 1950 in Honduras. He is son to Honduran journalist Oscar Flores and Margarita Facusse de Flores. Mr. Flores attended the American School in Tegucigalpa and furthered his education by enrolling in Louisiana State University (LSU), where he graduated with a degree in industrial engineering. He later completed a masters degree in International Economics and Finance at the same institution. While at LSU he met his future wife, Mary Flake, who was a native of the southern state. Soon after, he returned to Honduras where he began managing the family business and participating in private and public committees, such as the Honduran Central Bank and the Institute of Social Security. During the 70's, Flores became part of political life, joining Honduras' Liberal Party. He later became a senator, representing the state of Francisco Morazan. He served as Minister of the Presidency under the rule of liberal president Roberto Suazo Cordoba from 1982 to 1984. In 1988 he ran for the presidency, eventually losing to his rival, Rafael Leonardo Callejas, a candidate of the opposing National Party.

In 1994, Flores became president of the Congress, and only four years later won the presidency after competing with Nora Melgar Castro, opposing candidate of the National Party. He was president of Honduras from 1998-2002. Carlos Flores' presidency was hit by one of the worst natural disasters to have affected Honduras in decades: Hurricane Mitch. Mitch left thousands dead and the national economy in shambles. It is estimated that it will take nearly two decades for Honduras to fully recover from such a severe blow to its delicate economy. After Mitch, president Flores engaged in soliciting international aid from several financial organizations and countries. The response was strong, and funds were directed at reinforcing Honduras' infrastructure, agricultural and industrial economic sectors. Flores also followed strict financial guidelines, imposed by the IMF and World Bank in order to reduce the high inflation threatning Honduras' monetary and economic system. President Flores also limited the power held by the military forces, forcing this institution to relinquish some power to the presidency. In 1998 the Ministry of Security was created for the purpose of combatting a rising tide of criminality that had been threatning Honduras' weak social order.

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There were 2 articles. Please take care, SqueakBox 15:48, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biased edit performed

I see today (April 9, 2007) three edits on former presidents. The Callejas edit was changed to a biased positive view, with many unsupported arguments. The Flores and Reina articles suffered the opposite, where unsupported statements and POV were added as facts. Unless someone has an argument against removing POV and anything unsupported, recent edits (April 9 2007) will be undone. Wikihonduras 20:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Afte 45 days and no discussion in this page has occurred, all unsource material, POVs and original research will be removed. Wikihonduras 00:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)