Dokument #1201286
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The following information was provided by
the municipal secretary (secretario municipal) of Puerto Cortes
during a 2 October 1997 telephone interview with the DIRB.
Dr. Marlo Lara Orellana was elected mayor
for a second term during the last municipal elections on 1 December
1996 in Puerto Cortes. However, Orellana resigned five months later
after declaring his intent to run in the November 1997 presidential
and legislative elections. Subsequently, Dr. Austin Beaumont became
mayor of Puerto Cortes on 6 June 1997.
Only two candidates ran during the 1
December 1996 mayoral race: Orellana for Liberal Party and Dr. Joel
Castro for the National Party. Julio Cesar Ortiz ran in the
internal election (elección interna) for the National Party
mayoral candidacy, but he lost to Castro.
Additional and/or corroborating information
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Reference
Municipalidad de Puerto Cortes,
Honduras. 2 October 1997. Telephone interview with the municipal
secretary.
Additional Sources Consulted
The Europa World Year Book
1997. 1997.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports. 1995-1996.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1995-1997.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1995-1997.
Latin American Regional Report:
Caribbean & Central America Report [London].
1995-1997.
Political Handbook of the World
1997. 1997.
Political Parties of the Americas:
1980s to 1990s. 1992.
Electronic sources: DIRB Databases,
Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR
database).