US EditionHondurans face elections under the shadow of Trump and fraud allegations
Six-point-five million Hondurans vote amid mutual fraud accusations and U.S. intervention, with Trump endorsing National Party candidate Nasry Asfura and threatening to cut aid if he loses.
- 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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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…
Hondurans prepare to vote in presidential election marked by fraud accusations
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 30 - Hondurans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in a tightly contested race that is taking place amid concerns over voter fraud in the impoverished Central American country. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The presidential candidate of Honduras' ruling party has accused US Republican President Donald Trump of interference in Sunday's election, after the latter backed his right-wing rival and pardoned the country's former president.
Today, the citizens of Honduras are called upon to elect a new head of state. Presidential candidate Moncada criticizes US President Trump for his "interventionist" election calls. Trump also threatens to end US support.
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