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==Government (2010-2014)== ===First year of government=== Porfirio Lobo was rejected by the Honduran citizenry in his first year in office. According to a survey conducted by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUDOP) in conjunction with the Reflection, Research and Communication Team (ERIC) of Honduras, Lobo Sosa was rated with an average grade of 5.11, on a scale of 0 to 10. At the end of 2010 almost half of the people (45.5%) believed that the country had worsened under the Lobo government. While 39.3% assured that things remained the same, and only 14.5% considered that the country had improved. However, when asked if Lobo's management represents a positive or negative change, 49% of those surveyed said that the change was positive against 38% that it was negative. 7.8% assured that the Lobo administration is more of the same. Among the achievements attributed to Lobo Sosa in his first year in office, the approval of the National Plan and the granting of Bono 10,000 stand out as the only two promises that the President has managed to begin to fulfill in 2010. The National Plan It has been analyzed since 1998, but it was not until the government of Lobo Sosa that its approval became a reality. Although it has not been fully implemented, some important aspects are already known, such as its first objective, which is to eradicate extreme poverty; educated, healthy citizens with social security systems by 2022. On the other hand, Lobo's main failures in his first year in office were the increased violence and insecurity, which represents one of the main sources of concern within the Honduran population. 63.4% of Hondurans believe that crime increased during 2010. 25.2% assured that things were the same and only 11.4% thought that crime decreased. Likewise, 51.75% of the population stated that the presence of [[drug trafficking]] had increased in the country. While 23.45% claimed to have been a direct victim of a criminal act. “A revealing fact related to the institutions responsible for ensuring the safety of the population is that 50.8% of Hondurans believe that the police are involved with crime, only a little more than a fifth 22.0 % consider that the police protect citizens, 18.9% think that some members of the police protect others who are linked to crime”, indicates the IUOP and ERIC survey. ===Police Corruption=== The murder of two university students in October 2011 at the hands of the police uncovered a wave of drug-related corruption in Honduras that infects virtually all layers of law and order in Honduras. The murder of the university students provoked the reaction of various sectors demanding the purge of the Police, among them the Human Rights Commissioner, Ramón Custodio, and the rector of the National Autonomous University, Julieta Castellanos, mother of one of the murdered students. According to the ''Miami Herald'', the Honduran National Police were closely linked to the drug cartels, which, in turn, have the protection of politicians, judges and prosecutors. According to Honduran police, military and human rights sources, the crimes committed by the Honduran authorities range from murder to extortion and carjacking. Even drug operations are often run by the police, with the complicity of their bosses, who drive around in luxury cars and live beyond their means. Arms stores of the police and the armed forces are stolen and the supplies go to Colombia. Faced with this problem, President Lobo insisted that "I never imagined the problem that existed in the Police", "I was confident that a minister who spent almost four years with (Ricardo) Maduro and two years" in his government "could solve problem," said Lobo, alluding to former Security Minister Óscar Álvarez, whom he dismissed on September 10, 2011, due to strong pressure from police headquarters. Before he was ousted by President Lobo, Óscar Álvarez had publicly accused the police of being "air traffic controllers" for drug planes, and announced the need to purge the police. The seriousness of the problem led President Lobo and his security minister (Pompeyo Bonilla) to meet in Miami with senior officials from the National Security Council and the United States Department of State to discuss the matter. . In addition to North American assistance, experts from Colombia and Chile, following a separate evaluation of the Honduran National Police, concluded that a purge is needed police. [[Category:Honduras]] [[Category:Eco Destroyer]] [[Category:Latin American Villains]] [[Category:Corrupt Officials]] [[Category:Modern Villains]] [[Category:Male]] [[Category:Egotist]] [[Category:Spoiled Brats]] [[Category:Failure-Intolerant]] [[Category:Wealthy]] [[Category:Bully]] [[Category:Greedy]] [[Category:Weaklings]] [[Category:Living Villains]]
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