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  Ricardo Maduro Information
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (born April 20, 1946 in Panama) is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman.
This incident both inspired Maduro to aspire for the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming President.
Maduro was taken to a hospital in Comayagua to recover.
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  Ricardo Maduro, Honduras
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (born April 20, 1946 in Panama), is a former Bank of Honduras chairman and wealthy, Stanford educated businessman.
This incident both inspired Maduro to aspire for the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming President.
Maduro, his daughter Lorena, and the pilot were reportedly not seriously injured and were rescued by local residents.
creekin.net /c3918-n81-ricardo-maduro-honduras.html   (307 words)

  
 maduro | | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Ricardo Maduro Joest né le 20 avril 1946 est homme politique hondurien.
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (geboren Panama, 20 april 1946) is een Hondurese zakenman en politicus.
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (nacido en Panamá el 20 de abril de 1946) es un político y empresario hondureño de padre panameño y madre hondureña, esta a su vez nacida en Guatemala.
www.babylon.com /definition/maduro/All   (418 words)

  
 Jinuj.net: The world's other Jewish president
Ricardo Maduro, who was sworn in last January as president of Honduras, in the wake of democratic elections held in that country, is the second Jewish president in Honduran history.
Ricardo Maduro is not the first member of his family to become the president of a country.
Diego's son, Antonio Roiz Maduro, was sentenced to be burned to death by the Inquisition in Portugal for "crimes against the Catholic faith and for observance of the laws of Moses." He was burned alive at the stake in the central square of the Portuguese city of Coimbra.
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 Revista Envío - A New President and Cracks in The Two-Party Structure
Ricardo Maduro is the country’s 93rd President, 6th since the return of formal democracy in 1981.
Ricardo Maduro has promised to up the country’s annual gross domestic product from 2.2% to 3.5%, its social investment from 25% to 50%, the population’s access to health and education services from 40% to 95% and the human development index from 10% to 20%.
Maduro’s victory thus cannot be considered overwhelming because the Liberal Party maintained control over a majority of municipal governments and at the end of the day the winning party will have to reach agreements and seek negotiations in order to push through its proposals.
www.envio.org.ni /articulo/1555   (4210 words)

  
 ‘This is the first acid test of the Mercosur in which Argentina is hit by a crisis and Brazil devalues every day’
Ricardo Maduro is a relatively young businessman, highly intelligent, bilingual, with international perspective and skills to ‘sell’ Honduras abroad.
People believed in Ricardo Maduro’s pledges to eradicate and ‘declare war on crime’ because his younger son was killed in a kidnap attempt in the city of San Pedro Sula.
Por un lado Maduro estuvo prometiendo inversiones fuertes para sacar a Honduras de ese hoyo en que estaba, y Pineda Ponce, nuevamente un poco tarde, anunció después que él como profesor tenía preocupación por eso y que iba a tratar de arreglarlo.
www.nuevamayoria.com /english/entrevistas/notas/identon221101.htm   (1083 words)

  
 Information and Communication Technology — an infrastructure for growth and progress in Honduras
Ricardo Maduro Joest is the elected President of the Republic of Honduras.
Mr Maduro was the President of the Central Bank of Honduras and served as the Coordinator of the Economic Cabinet from 1990 to 1994.
Ricardo Maduro has won many awards such as: the Honduras-USA Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year, the El Heraldo newspaper's Man of the Year award, and the Honduran Managers' and Businessmen's Association's 'Boris Goldstein' Outstanding Businessman of the Year award.
www.connect-world.com /Articles/2005/G2-RicardoMaduro.htm   (408 words)

  
 Headline News
Ricardo Maduro of the Republic of Honduras visited Taiwan with their delegation from October 20 to 24.
President Maduro explained that he was determined to come to Hualien on this trip to personally express gratitude to Dharma Master Cheng Yen and all the Tzu Chi volunteers for lending a helping hand during his people's time of desperate need.
President Maduro was happy to say that his major policies were in accord with the Tzu Chi Four Great Missions, and so he was inspired to continue working hard for the sake of his people.
www.tzuchi.org /global/news/articles/20021024.html   (757 words)

  
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Maduro has a long business history, as a young man he was the General Manager of Xerox in Honduras.
Maduro began his work with the party with a position on the Tegucigalpa Committee, however, given his organizational and managerial talents he quickly rose to First Committee Member of the National Party Central Committee and President of the same.
The Ricardo Ernesto Maduro Andreu Foundation (FEREMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the continuous improvement of the quality, equality and efficiency of education in Honduras.
hondurasembassy.us /Presidente/Biography.htm   (643 words)

  
 Revista Envío - Ricardo Maduro: se abre un tiempo para madurar
Ricardo Maduro es el Presidente número 93 en la historia del país, el sexto tras el retorno de la democracia formal en 1981, y el segundo del Partido Nacional, después de Rafael Leonardo Callejas.
Ricardo Maduro ha prometido que aumentará el Producto Interno Bruto de 2.2% a un 3.5% anual, la inversión social de 25% a 50%, el acceso de la población a los servicios de salud y educación del 40% al 95% y el índice de desarrollo humano de 10% a 20%.
Maduro tiene ahora por delante el desafío de redefinir la reconstrucción involucrando a la ciudadanía en la búsqueda de respuestas de largo plazo.
www.envio.org.ni /articulo/1125   (4107 words)

  
 Honeymoon ending for Honduran president   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maduro promised to increase the police force from 8,000 members to 12,000 members over the next four years, and proposed laws that would ban civilian ownership of assault weapons and reduce the number of handguns that one person could legally own from five to one.
And while Maduro slashes spending, Congress deputies–some who ran for the office because of the immunity it bestows–continue handing out fiscal privileges to themselves and their cronies, including several directors of failed banks who discovered that the best way to rob a bank is to own one.
Maduro’s crackdown on street delinquency brought praise from most observers, and after 100 days in office he claimed that several crime statistics had dropped, though by all accounts kidnapings have risen markedly.
www.gbgm-umc.org /honduras/old/articles/maduro.html   (1023 words)

  
 Ricardo Maduro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Honduras (AP) -- A small plane carrying Honduran President Ricardo Maduro went down in the Caribbean Sea near the shore Sunday after its engine failed, and Maduro was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the president's spokesman said.
Maduro, 59, his daughter, Lorena, and the plane's pilot "were all unharmed" after they were plucked from the water by local residents, Barrios said.
Maduro, who has fought a fierce battle against street gangs in Honduras, was on his way to a meeting in Tela with Mayor Daniel Flores about a government development project.
www.internetpirate.com /maduro.htm   (187 words)

  
 americas.org - Popular Candidate Barred   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Ricardo Maduro, disqualified from appearing on the November presidential ballot, was elected to head the opposition National Party (PN) at its February 3 convention.
Polls showed Maduro would have won 70 percent of the party’s December primary vote and would probably win the general election.
While the Liberal-dominated TNE ruled against Maduro, it has failed to consider PN allegations that Pineda was born in Guatemala.
www.americas.org /item_9858   (332 words)

  
 HONDURAS: RICARDO MADURO TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY VOWING TO CARRY OUT A TRANSFORMATION OF THE COUNTRY. | Central America ...
Ricardo Maduro, of the Partido Nacional (PN), took the oath of office as president of Honduras Jan. 27.
Maduro became the sixth democratically elected president since the restoration of democracy in 1982 after 20 years of military dictatorship.
Maduro plans an early meeting with Salvadoran President Francisco Flores to work out a solution to their dispute over the maritime and territorial boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca area--a dispute that stretches back decades.
www.allbusiness.com /central-america/109236-1.html   (852 words)

  
 Honduras This Week National
Maduro has a long business history, as a young man he was the General Manager of Xerox in Honduras.
Maduro began his work with the party with a position on the Tegucigalpa Committee, however, given his organizational and managerial talents he quickly rose to First Committee Member of the National Party Central Committee and President of the same.
Maduro was unable to impose Luis Cosenza in the National Congress.
www.marrder.com /htw/2002jan/national.htm   (6157 words)

  
 HONDURAS: GOVERNING PARTY LOSES PRESIDENCY TO PARTIDO NACIONAL CANDIDATE RICARDO MADURO IN NOVEMBER ELECTION. | Central ...
Maduro is a graduate in economics from Stanford University and served in the administration of President Rafael Callejas (1990-1994) as Central Bank president.
Maduro's campaign was remarkable for overcoming an aggressive attempt by the PL to scuttle his candidacy by claiming he was not a Honduran citizen.
In February 2001, the party nominated Maduro while Cosenza acted as a placeholder until the citizenship question was settled by a congressional vote reaffirming Maduro's Honduran citizenship.
www.allbusiness.com /central-america/826375-1.html   (868 words)

  
 Ricardo Maduro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Maduro Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (born April 20, 1946 in Panama), a former Bank of Honduras chairman, is the president of Honduras.
Maduro has three daughters that were born during a 25 year marriage.
This incident both inspired him to aspire for the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming president.
ricardo-maduro.kiwiki.homeip.net   (171 words)

  
 Maduro stands out as though crime fighter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
During the ceremony, in which he presented a preliminary balance of his administration, Maduro recalled that the insecurity situation brought up by young gangs -known as "maras"- was about to be out of control.
Maduro stated that as for security, the reinforcement made to the National Police helped to lower the number of bank robberies.
Regarding the drug dealing combat, Maduro stated that the 2004 confiscating record -when they got 10 tons- was the same as in the past nine years.
www.quepasa.com /english/news/latinamerica/Maduro.crime.fighting/416873.html   (390 words)

  
 Ricardo Maduro - Resultados de la búsqueda - MSN Encarta
Ricardo Maduro - Resultados de la búsqueda - MSN Encarta
Ricardo Maduro (1946- ), político y empresario hondureño, presidente de la República (2002-2006).
En las elecciones presidenciales celebradas el 25 de noviembre de 2001 el candidato del Partido Nacional, Ricardo Maduro, derrotó al presentado por...
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 Former Honduran president to speak Oct. 9 - University of Notre Dame : News & Information
Maduro began his political career in the 1980s as a founding member of the Unity and Change movement, designed to reinvigorate the National Party.
The movement catapulted Rafael Callejas to the presidency in 1989 with Maduro serving as campaign manager in 1985 and 1989 and as president of the National Party Central Committee.
In memory of his son Ricardo Ernesto, who was killed in a 1997 kidnapping attempt, Maduro established an education foundation, FEREMA, to promote policy change in education.
newsinfo.nd.edu /content.cfm?topicid=19464   (278 words)

  
 Ricardo Maduro - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (nacido en Panamá el 20 de abril de 1946) es un político y empresario hondureño de padre panameño y madre hondureña, esta a su vez nacida en Guatemala.
Maduro cursó la licenciatura en Economía por la Universidad californiana de Stanford (Estados Unidos), título que obtuvo en 1969, y al que añadió una formación de posgrado en Ingeniería Industrial.
Maduro inició su actividad política en 1984 en las filas del Partido Nacional de Honduras (PNH), en la oposición entonces.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ricardo_Maduro   (531 words)

  
 The Lawrenceville School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Ricardo took office as president of Honduras on January 27, 2002.
When his party won the presidency in 1989, with Ricardo as party chair and campaign director, he was named president of the Central Bank, with responsibility for the ministries of Development, the Economy, Natural Resources, and Administration.
Ricardo and his wife, Aguas Santas Ocana Navarro, have dedicated themselves to improving economic conditions in their country.
www2.lawrenceville.org /alumni/welcome/detail.asp?newsid=196484&bhcp=1   (497 words)

  
 Luchtzak Aviation - Honduras' President, Ricardo Maduro crashes in the sea near Tela.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Honduras' President, Ricardo Maduro crashes in the sea near Tela.
Maduro had received threats before from the organised crime: "I have received death threats before, but the latest ones are rather serious" Maduro said.
Maduro said the threats mentioned using foreigners to launch Soviet-made, shoulder-fired missiles or granades to kill him.
www.luchtzak.be /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=8531   (146 words)

  
 The Oberlin Review Online
Originally the front-runner for the National Party primary nomination, Maduro was forced to temporarily cede his nomination to fellow party member Cosenza in November, after the Liberal opposition challenged his status as a Honduran citizen.
This week, as a result of a controversial interpretation of Article 23 of the Honduran Constitution, Ricardo Maduro received the green light to reinstate himself as the National Party candidate for President of Honduras.
Maduro said that this was a triumph for democracy and that the Honduran people were also winners in this decision.
www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/2001.03.09/news/article12.htm   (743 words)

  
 Comcast.net
People walk by the plane that was carrying Honduran President Ricardo Maduro Sunday, May 1, 2005, in...
Maduro, 59, and the others were helped from the water by local residents, and the plane - which half-sank in shallow waters - was later towed to the beach.
Maduro, who has fought a fierce battle against street gangs in Honduras, was on his way to a scheduled a meeting in Tela with Mayor Daniel Flores about a government development project.
www.comcast.net /includes/article/print.jsp?fn=/data/news/html//2005/05/02/122056.html   (357 words)

  
 Maduro Joest Ricardo Rodolfo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Maduro Joest Ricardo Rodolfo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Maduro Joest, Ricardo Rodolfo (1946-), Honduran banker and politician, President of Honduras (2002-2006).
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 Honduras: Ricardo Maduro (Parti national, droite) élu président   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Ricardo Maduro avait été frappé dans sa propre chair par la violence criminelle.
A peine acquise la certitude de sa victoire, Ricardo Maduro assura ses "frères et voisins centraméricains" de son "esprit pacifiste" et de son "désir véritable d'intégration" régionale.
Au nombre des défis à relever par Ricardo Maduro figurent un déficit de 700.000 logements, le nombre insuffisant d'écoles, d'hôpitaux et de routes, ainsi que les déficiences des réseaux électrique, téléphonique et d'eau potable.
www.latinreporters.com /honduraspol261101.html   (626 words)

  
 americas.org - Zelaya claims Maduro's government deceived Hondurans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
President Manuel Zelaya claimed on Wednesday that Hondurans have been deceived by the government of Ricardo Maduro in regards to the extent of the country's national debt and the extent of the debt relief that has been negotiated.
Maduro's government has been accused of manipulating numbers and information.
Compatriots: for the last month we have been initiating the necessary process of evaluating the real conditions in which our country has been left in after the management of the previous president Ricardo Maduro.
www.americas.org /item_25763   (239 words)

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