Ricardo Álvarez Arias Explained

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias
Office:First Vice President of Honduras
President:Juan Orlando Hernández
Term Start:27 January 2014
Term End:27 January 2022
Predecessor:María Antonieta de Bográn
Successor:Salvador Nasralla
Office1:Mayor of Tegucigalpa
1Blankname:Vice Mayor
Term Start1:25 January 2006
Term End1:25 January 2014
Predecessor1:Miguel Pastor
Successor1:Nasry Asfura
Birth Date:4 February 1963
Birth Place:Panama City, Panama
Party:National Party

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias (born 4 February 1963) is the former mayor of Tegucigalpa and the former First Vice President of Honduras.

He ran for Mayor of Tegucigalpa and won the 2005 elections and was re-elected on the 2009 elections representing the National Party of Honduras.[1] In 2012, Álvarez ran for the National Party nomination for president, ultimately losing to Juan Orlando Hernández. Hernández named him his vice presidential candidate, and together they won the 2013 elections.[2] He is named in the trial for links to the Los Cachiros cartel.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ricardo Alvarez Wins Tegucigalpa. https://archive.today/20110721181352/http://www.hondurasnews.com/2009/11/29/ricardo-alvarez-wins-tegucigalpa/. dead. July 21, 2011. November 29, 2009. Honduras News. 29 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Vicepresidente electo de Honduras asegura que el pueblo "castigó" en las urnas a Xiomara Castro. November 30, 2013. NTN24. 2013-12-31. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044450/http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/ricardo-alvarez-vicepresidente-electo-de-honduras-habla-en-ntn24-sobre-comicios-y-denuncias-de-114292. dead.
  3. Web site: El triste panorama electoral de Honduras. 16 March 2021.