Arturo Corrales Explained

Arturo Gerardo Corrales Álvarez is a former Foreign Minister and Security Minister of Honduras.[1] In October 2016, he became a special envoy to the United States “charged with improving ties with the United States as the two countries work together to stabilize the Central American region and reduce the surge of migrants to the north.“[2] [3] He was also President of the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras and ran for President on their ticket.[4]

Corrales resigned his position as Foreign Minister due to a scandal concerning an alleged cover up of police involvement in assassination plots while he was Security Minister.

He studied civil engineering at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) and earned a Master's Degree in Engineering, in Management Engineering, from the University of Florida, Gainesville.

References

  1. News: Honduras foreign minister resigns over police murder scandal . 9 June 2020 . The Tico Times . April 15, 2016.
  2. News: Ordoñez . Franco . Honduras willingly accepting 100s of U.S. deportees in hopes of greater cooperation . 9 June 2020 . McClatchy Washington Bureau . October 17, 2016.
  3. News: Trasciende el nombramiento de Arturo Corrales en Washington . 9 June 2020 . La Prensa . July 14, 2016.
  4. Web site: Curriculum vitae Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores y Cooperación Internacional Arturo Gerardo Corrales Álvarez . Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de Honduras . 9 June 2020 . 23 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523075409/http://www.sre.gob.hn/Curriculum%20Canciller%20Arturo%20Gerardo%20Corrales%20%C3%81lvarez.html . dead .