{"id":8619,"date":"2025-12-25T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-backed-candidate-nasry-asfura-wins-honduras-presidential-election-bbc\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:19:02","slug":"trump-backed-candidate-nasry-asfura-wins-honduras-presidential-election-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-backed-candidate-nasry-asfura-wins-honduras-presidential-election-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’ razor-thin presidential election, after weeks of delays following technical problems and allegations of fraud. <\/p>\n

The conservative National Party candidate – backed by US President Donald Trump – won with 40.3% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), edging out Salvador Nasralla of the centre-right Liberal Party, who got 39.5%. <\/p>\n

In a post on X, Asfura said: “Honduras: I am ready to govern. I will not let you down.” <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nasralla said at a press conference: “I will not accept a result built on omissions.” But he also urged his supporters to remain calm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged all parties to respect the result “so that Honduran authorities may ensure a peaceful transition of authority”. <\/p>\n

But the president of the country’s Congress, Luis Redondo, posted saying the result was “completely illegal”.<\/p>\n

The vote was held on 30 November but the count was delayed twice by technical outages, which electoral officials called “inexcusable”.<\/p>\n

The president of the CNE, Ana Paola Hall, blamed the private company tasked with tabulating the results for the delay.<\/p>\n

She said the firm had carried out maintenance without warning or checking with the CNE.<\/p>\n

The stoppage came a day after the portal displaying real-time results had crashed.<\/p>\n

Results of the election were tight and, because of the tumultuous nature of the processing system, around 15% of the tally sheets had to be counted by hand for the winner to be decided. <\/p>\n

There have been tensions in Honduras as a result of the delays with protests held across the country last week. <\/p>\n

Thousands of supporters of the governing Libre party demonstrated in the capital Tegucigalpa over what they considered fraud in the vote. <\/p>\n

The outgoing President, Xiomara Castro, had alleged that an “electoral coup” was taking place and earlier this month said the election was being marred by “interference” from Trump. <\/p>\n

When he endorsed Asfura for president, Trump said there would be “hell to pay” if his very narrow lead was overturned in the count. <\/p>\n

He also threatened to withdraw financial support from the US if Asfura didn’t win.<\/p>\n

In a surprise move, the US president also pardoned Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, a member of Asfura’s National Party, who was serving a 45-year jail sentence in the US on drug and weapons charges. <\/p>\n

Castro was barred by the constitution from standing for a second term.<\/p>\n

Nine days after the vote, Nasralla accused “corrupt people” of manipulating the vote count in the Central American nation. He also said Trump’s comments had damaged his chances of winning. <\/p>\n

In his statement following the announcement of the result, Rubio said the US would “look forward to working with his incoming administration to advance our bilateral and regional security co-operation”, adding the two countries would “end illegal immigration” to the US, while strengthening economic ties. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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