US EditionHonduras Presidential Candidate Alleges Election Has Been 'Stolen'
With 98.77% of votes counted, conservative candidate Asfura leads by 1.37% amid stalled counting and accusations of manipulation from rivals, election officials cited technical issues.
- On Tuesday, the National Electoral Council reported that with 98.77% counted, Nasry "Tito" Asfura leads with 40.53%, Salvador Nasralla has 39.16%, and Rixi Moncada 19.32%, with a margin of roughly 42,000 votes.
- After repeated stalls last week, CNE officials said counting delays stem from technical problems, the private company that built the voting systems, and manual verification required by Honduras' two-step system, with about 14% of tally sheets showing inconsistencies requiring review.
- U.S. actions amplified tensions when Donald Trump endorsed Nasry "Tito" Asfura and pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández two days before the 30 November vote, prompting an arrest warrant.
- Nasralla has alleged manipulation by 'corrupt people' while Rixi Moncada and the Libre party demand annulment and protests in Tegucigalpa streets, recalling 2017 unrest with at least 16 deaths.
- Given Honduras's dependence on remittances accounting for more than a quarter of GDP, analysts say an Asfura win would align Honduras with Donald Trump, boosting security and migration cooperation.
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Honduras awaits election results, but will they be believed?
More than a week after Hondurans cast their ballots in a presidential election, the country is still stuck in a potentially-dangerous post-election fog. With 97% of votes tallied, the race remains a dead heat: former Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura, who has been backed loudly by US President Donald Trump, holds a paper-thin one-point edge over fellow right-winger Salvador Nasralla, a well-known TV personality. The difference is roughly 42,000 vot…
The television presenter Salvador Nasralla, of the right-wing Liberal Party (PL), spoke this Monday of a “steal” in favor of Nasry Asfura, denouncing a manipulation of the computer system that, according to him, collapsed once again when data were entering that supposedly favored him.Complex GovernanceWith almost 99% of the records counted, Asfura totaled 40.53% of the votes against 39.16% of Nasralla, according to a scrutiny that has been inter…
The harsh scrutiny of Honduras’ presidential elections is about to end, with a slight advantage from Donald Trump’s favorite conservative Nasry Asfura, although the winner will only be proclaimed when the revision of thousands of inconsistent minutes ends. TV presenter Salvador Nasralla, of the right-wing Liberal Party (PL), denounced Monday a “steal” in favor of Asfura, which would complicate the recognition of the entrepreneur as successor to …
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