US EditionCentrist Nasralla takes slim lead in Honduran presidential election plagued by delays as Trump alleges fraud
With nearly 80% of votes tallied, Salvador Nasralla leads Nasry Asfura by less than 1%, as technical issues delayed official updates, the National Electoral Council said.
- Wednesday, the National Electoral Council showed Salvador Nasralla narrowly leading with 40.13% to Nasry Asfura's 39.71% as around 68% of votes were counted and the contest remained on a knife-edge.
- The electoral authority said technical failures toppled its public tally site, causing a crash Monday that halted real-time updates since Sunday; the National Electoral Council asked the contractor to fix the portal and will release counts directly to media and parties.
- Campaigns immediately published rival tallies to replace missing official updates as only 515 votes separated Nasry Asfura, National Party candidate, and Salvador Nasralla, Liberal Party candidate; soldiers transported ballots to an electoral facility in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Dec. 1.
- On Monday, the U.S. president publicly questioned the count's integrity and threatened action, alleging fraud and warning `If they do, there will be hell to pay!` after endorsing Asfura.
- Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez's release from U.S. prison after serving one year of a 45-year sentence follows President Donald Trump's urging to support Asfura and White House-confirmed pardon; both frontrunners may resume Taiwan relations.
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Honduras again halts release of vote count in presidential election as centrist Nasralla holds narrow lead
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 3 - Honduras again halted the publication of official results in its presidential election, an electoral official said on Wednesday, as centrist Salvador Nasralla maintained a narrow lead ahead of Trump-backed conservative Nasry Asfura. Read more at straitstimes.com.
International observation questioned in Honduran elections
In a post published on his social media account, Torres denounced the “deafening silence” of the electoral observation missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU) regarding Trump’s clear meddling in the elections. With his anti-communist rhetoric, Trump threatened to cut aid to this Central American country if the electorate did not support his presidential candidate, Nasry Asfura, of the right-wing Nation…
TEGUCIGALPA.– Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla held a slight advantage in Honduras' presidential elections over his rival of the National Party, Nasry Asfura, when the count was slowly approaching its end four days after a contested election, which was traversed by technical flaws, delays and allegations of fraud in the impoverished Central American country.With 79.4% of the minutes transmitted, Nasralla, a 72-year-old television presen…
Television host Salvador Nasralla extended his advantage over conservative Nasry Asfura, supported by Trump.
Honduras TV Host Widens Lead Over Trump-backed Rival For President
Honduran TV presenter Salvador Nasralla widened a narrow lead Wednesday over Trump-backed rival Nasry Asfura as the counting of votes cast in a weekend presidential election dragged into a third day.
Salvador Nasralla slightly surpasses Nasry Asfura in elections marked by delays, accusations of fraud and Donald Trump's strong intervention.
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