"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation's fragile electoral system. The election is continuing Latin America's swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician Jose Antonio Kast as its next president. Asfura, of the conservative National Party received 40.27% of the vote in the Nov. 30, edging out four-time candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party, who finished with 39.53% of the vote. Honduras' president-elect The former mayor of Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa, won in his second bid for the presidency, after he and Nasralla were neck-and-neck during a weeks-long vote count that fueled international concern."
"On Tuesday night a number of electoral officials and candidates were already fighting and contesting the results of the election. Meanwhile, followers in Asfura's campaign headquarters erupted into cheers. "Honduras: I am prepared to govern," wrote Asfura in a post on X shortly after the results were released. "I will not let you down." The results were a rebuke of the current leftist leader, and her governing democratic socialist Liberty and Re-foundation Party, known as LIBRE, whose candidate finished in a distant third place with 19.19% of the vote. Trump takes a spotlight in Honduras Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Asfura on Wednesday, writing on a post on X: "The people of Honduras have spoken ... (the Trump administration) looks forward to working with his administration to advance prosperity and security in our hemisphere." The European Union and number of right-leading leaders across Latin America, namely Trump-ally Argentine President Javier Milei, also congratulated the politician. Asfura ran as a pragmatic politician, pointing to his popular infrastructure p"
Nasry Asfura, a Trump-backed conservative and former Tegucigalpa mayor, won Honduras' presidential race with 40.27% against Salvador Nasralla's 39.53%. The vote count stretched for weeks and eroded confidence in the country's fragile electoral system. The result marks a continuation of a rightward shift in Latin America and dealt a setback to the leftist Liberty and Re-foundation Party (LIBRE), whose candidate placed third with 19.19%. The close contest produced domestic disputes among electoral officials and celebrations from Asfura's supporters. International actors including the EU and several right-leaning leaders publicly congratulated Asfura.
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