FILE PHOTO: Xiomara Castro, presidential candidate for the opposition Libre Party, speaks to supporters during a rally to present her campaign program, ahead of the November 28 election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez/File Photo
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran opposition presidential candidate Xiomara Castro will seek to negotiate a new debt deal with the International Monetary Fund, but opposes raising taxes or creating new ones, according to a senior adviser.
Castro, nearly 20 points ahead of her nearest rival in a preliminary vote count of Sunday's election, aims to lower debt service payments, said Hugo Noe on Tuesday, head of her campaign's policy platform.
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