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(27 Jan 2002)
1. Wide shot of Tegucigalpa city
2. Various shots of security at inauguration ceremony at National Stadium
3. Prince of Spain Felipe de Borbon arriving at inauguration ceremony
4. President of El Salvador Francisco Flores arriving
5. President of Colombia Andres Pastrana arriving
6. President Panama Mireya Moscoso arriving
7. Crowd at stadium cheering "yes we did it"
8. New President of Honduras Ricardo Maduro arriving
9. UPSOUND: (Spanish) Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras being sworn in
"I promise to be loyal to the Republic, to abide by the constitution and its laws"
10. Wide shot of crowd
11. Outgoing President Flores handing his presidential sash to incoming President Maduro
12. Wide shot of Maduro saluting crowd
13. Cutaway of ceremony attendants
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras
"This is a national transformation that is going to deepen the renewal of our democracy. This is going to be accomplished by the participation of all citizens. This participation is going to be based on the best of our values and our national identity. My countrymen, Honduras needs each and everyone of us. "
15. Wide shot of Maduro at podium
STORYLINE:
Stanford-educated businessman Ricardo Maduro, who campaigned for a "zero-tolerance" crackdown on crime after the murder of his son, was sworn in as Honduran president on Sunday.
More than 45-thousand people gathered at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa to watch as the presidential sash handed over from former President Carlos Flores Facusse to Maduro.
Maduro has a four-year term.
He is the 72nd president since Honduras won independence from Spain and the sixth consecutive president elected without military interference.
Maduro, of the centre-right National Party, defeated Rafael Pineda of the center-left Liberal Party in elections in November.
The 55-year-old Maduro, who has an economics degree from Stanford, has holdings in banks, shopping centers and export businesses in Honduras and El Salvador.
He was president of the Central Bank from 1990 to 1994.
In a country where 80 percent of the population lives in poverty, Maduro - like all the other presidential candidates - promised a more equal distribution of wealth.
Its (m) 6.7 million people are among the poorest in the hemisphere.
About (m) 2.6 million live on less than one dollar a day.
But what characterised his campaign was a New York City-style crusade of zero tolerance for crime - also a major problem here.
His 24-year-old son Ricardo Ernesto was shot to death in April 1997, apparently while resisting a kidnapping attempt.
The Liberal Party for months tried to block his candidacy, arguing that the Panama-born Maduro was not eligible.
Congress finally ruled that because his mother was Honduran, he could be considered Honduran by birth.
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