Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, a conservative businessman, appeared on his way to an easy victory Sunday night in the Honduras presidential election. Early returns showed Lobo, 61, of the National Party had garnered more than 52 percent of the votes to 34.4 percent for former Vice President Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, The Miami Herald was quoted as saying by the United Press International. Lobo, an opponent of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, remained neutral in the coup that forced Zelaya out of the country at gunpoint June 28. Zelaya defeated Lobo in 2005, and Santos had served as Zelaya"s vice president.
