US EditionTrump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras’ presidential vote
Nasry Asfura won with 40.27% of the vote after a three-week count, marking a rightward shift and ending the leftist party's governance in Honduras.
- On Wednesday, Honduran electoral authorities declared Trump-backed Nasry Asfura the winner of the national presidential election, ending a weeks-long count that eroded confidence in the system.
- Stalled for more than three weeks, the count lagged as the Organization of American States Secretary General Albert Rambin urged completion before the Dec. 30 deadline, while the Trump administration warned of consequences.
- From the Nov. 30 ballot, vote tallies show Asfura received 40.27% of the vote while Salvador Nasralla got 39.39%, and Asfura ran as Tegucigalpa's former mayor focusing on infrastructure.
- For incumbent President Xiomara Castro the outcome marked a political reckoning and a rebuke of LIBRE, while Salvador Nasralla alleged fraud and called for a full recount as officials contested results on Tuesday night.
- Lingering questions about the vote count mean electoral credibility concerns persist after a sluggish tally, while independent observers said LIBRE's rejection was decisive and the result continues Latin America regional trend rightward.
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After the election on November 30, the counting of the votes took a long time. Now Asfura was appointed winner.
After long days of counting and checking the ballots in a context of tensions, suspicions of fraud and Donald Trump's intervention, the winner of the presidential election in Honduras is now known. Nasry Asfura, a "favourite" candidate of the U.S. president and right-wing conservative, wins this election, which took place on November 30th.
Conservative Nasry Asfura was declared winner on Wednesday of the presidential election in Honduras, three weeks after an election marked by a very small gap and accusations of fraud, marking a return to the right of the country.
"Honduras, I am ready to govern, I will not let you down," Asfura wrote on the social network X.
For weeks the count drew, now it is clear: the candidate of the right-wing national party, Nasry Asfura, emerges as the winner of the presidential election in Honduras. The US president is likely to like this.
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