Government (Honduras)
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     Long-form name:
         Republic of Honduras
     Type:
         republic
     Capital:
         Tegucigalpa
     Administrative divisions:
         18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida,
         Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan,
         Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque,
         Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
     Independence:
         15 September 1821 (from Spain)
     Constitution:
         11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982
     Legal system:
         rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law; some influence of English common law;
         accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
     National holiday:
         Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
     Executive branch:
         president, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justica)
     Leaders:
       Chief of State and Head of Government:
         President Rafael Leonardo CALLEJAS Romero (since 26 January 1990)
     Political parties and leaders:
         Liberal Party (PLH) - faction leaders, Carlos FLORES Facusse (leader of
         Florista Liberal Movement), Carlos MONTOYA (Azconista subfaction), Ramon
         VILLEDA Bermudez and Jorge Arturo REINA (M-Lider faction); National Party
         (PNH), Jose Celin DISCUA, party president; PNH faction leaders - Oswaldo
         RAMOS Soto and Rafael Leonardo CALLEJAS Romero (Monarca faction); National
         Innovation and Unity Party - Social Democrats (PINU-SD), Enrique AGUILAR
         Cerrato Paz; Christian Democratic Party (PDCH), Jorge ILLESCAS; Democratic
         Action (AD), Walter LOPEZ Reyes
     Suffrage:
         universal and compulsory at age 18
     Elections:
       National Congress:
         last held on 26 November 1989 (next to be held November 1993); results - PNH
         51%, PLH 43%, PDCH 1.9%, PINU-SD 1.5%, other 2.6%; seats - (128 total) PNH
         71, PLH 55, PINU-SD 2
       President:
         last held on 26 November 1989 (next to be held November 1993); results -
         Rafael Leonardo CALLEJAS (PNH) 51%, Carlos FLORES Facusse (PLH) 43.3%, other
         5.7%
     Other political or pressure groups:
         National Association of Honduran Campesinos (ANACH), Honduran Council of
         Private Enterprise (COHEP), Confederation of Honduran Workers (CTH),
         National Union of Campesinos (UNC), General Workers Confederation (CGT),
         United Federation of Honduran Workers (FUTH), Committee for the Defense of
         Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH), Coordinating Committee of Popular
         Organizations (CCOP)