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Asfura plans to address migration, gang violence, and US-Honduras trade talks while seeking Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 Hondurans in the US, amid shifting China-Taiwan ties.
- On Tuesday, Conservative businessman Nasry 'Tito' Asfura will be sworn in as president, two months after winning the contested November election with help from US President Donald Trump.
- Amid US pressure for countries to choose between Washington and Beijing, migration dominated the campaign, with the fate of around two million Hondurans in the United States and Tegucigalpa's 2023 switch to Beijing central to debates.
- Remittances equal about a third of Honduras's GDP, and Asfura pledged to crack down on drug trafficking and gangs Barrio 18 and MS-13, urging Trump to reinstate TPS for about 60,000 Hondurans.
- Following a US visit, Washington and Tegucigalpa announced plans for free trade talks after Asfura met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- An unusual US intervention preceded the election, including Donald Trump pardoning former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, and his victory gives Republican leaders another ally amid a regional conservative shift.
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