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Carlos Urbizo Solís (born 22 November 1943) is a Honduran politician and businessman. He was a candidate to the Vice-Presidency for the National Party.[1]
Urbizo was born on 22 November 1943 in La Ceiba.[2] He attended St Johns College de Belice and subsequently moved to the United States to study finance at Franklin & Marshall College.[2] Urbizo then started working for PriceWaterHouse in Honduras and the United States.[2]
In 1995, with fellow economist Carlos Gabriel Kattán being asked to become involved for the National Party of Honduras, Urbizo was asked to join the political movement of Nora Gúnera de Melgar.[2]
In 2007 he denied having bank accounts with debts and having given political favours to banks, he declared this after having appeared on a list of people allegedly having done so.[3]
In 2009 he supported the rule of President Roberto Micheletti, who was internationally unrecognized, and supported the legal measures against former President Manuel Zelaya.[1]
Urbizo regards the issue of poverty in Honduras related to the political and economic system. Which he views as anti-democratic and anti-capitalistic.[4] In 2014 he complained over business opportunities in Honduras, laying the blame with corrupt politicians.[5]
