US EditionHondurans face elections under the shadow of Trump and fraud allegations
Hondurans vote amid mutual fraud accusations and U.S. intervention, with three leading candidates in a tight race for president, officials said.
- Nov 30, Hondurans head to the polls amid concerns over voter fraud after President Donald Trump endorsed a candidate and announced a pardon for ex‑President Juan Orlando Hernández.
- Most polls show a virtual tie among three leading contenders, with candidates trading accusations of manipulation while prosecutors probe alleged audio recordings and the Honduran military seeks tally sheets amid voting material delays.
- Polls opened Sunday at 7am local time for ten hours as 6.5 million Hondurans choose a president, 128 members of Congress, hundreds of mayors, and thousands of public officials.
- The Organization of American States urged free elections, and Jennifer Lopez said, `We are hoping that there will be no fraud and that the elections will be peaceful.`
- Incumbent Xiomara Castro is barred from another term, so the election will decide post-Castro policies, with Asfura and Nasralla proposing to restore Taipei relations and critics citing rights concerns linked to Juan Orlando Hernández's legacy.
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Trump-backed candidate, sportscaster tied in Honduras presidential race
A candidate supported by President Trump and a sportscaster were tied early Monday in the Honduras presidential race. Fewer than 5,000 votes divided Nasry “Tito” Asfura, who garnered 40 percent of the early counting vote, and Salvador Nasralla, who garnered 38.78 percent, according to the National Electoral Council. Neither Asfura nor Nasralla declared victory Sunday…
Hondurans came to the polls this Sunday with the explicit support of Donald Trump to one of the candidates and with previous allegations of fraud.
The 21 percentage points of distance is the presidential candidate on the left, Rixi Moncada, supported by the party currently in power in Honduras, who accuse Trump of "inference acts".
Honduran Presidential Race Is Close
“Election authorities in Honduras announced on Sunday night that the conservative former mayor endorsed by President Trump and a sportscaster rival were virtually tied in a presidential election that many predicted would be volatile even before Mr. Trump weighed in on the race,” the New York Times reports.
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Asian NewsVote count under way in Honduras in close presidential race after Trump’s intervention
Trump shocked Hondurans on Friday by endorsing one of the candidates and announcing that he would pardon ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison for drug trafficking.
Honduras has experienced a decisive presidential election this Sunday, November 30, in which more than 6.5 million citizens were called to elect Xiomara Castro's successor and to renew Congress, mayors' offices and the Central American Parliament. The day has developed in a climate of high political tension, preventive denunciations of fraud and deep distrust of the institutions, although voting centers opened with relative normalcy and long ran…
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