{"id":141305,"date":"2025-12-01T12:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sin-categorizar\/honduras-elections-trump-backed-candidate-shakes-up-polls-opens-recount-marked-by-tension\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:36","slug":"honduras-elections-trump-backed-candidate-shakes-up-polls-opens-recount-marked-by-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/society\/honduras-elections-trump-backed-candidate-shakes-up-polls-opens-recount-marked-by-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras elections: Trump-backed candidate shakes up polls, opens recount marked by tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"1072\">The preliminary count of the general elections held this Sunday in Honduras points to a political turn in the country. With 34.25% of the ballots counted, the conservative candidate <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"673\">Nasry Asfura<\/strong>, of the National Party, <strong data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"754\">leads the results with 40.6% of the ballots<\/strong>, according to the electoral counselor <strong data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"816\">Ana Paola Hall<\/strong>, who detailed that the recount includes <strong data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"893\">6,559 ballots out of a total of 19,152<\/strong>. The candidate, who was third in the polls and who received the explicit support of US President <strong data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1024\">Donald Trump<\/strong>, thus becomes the surprise of the day.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1345\">He is closely followed by the liberal candidate <strong data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1134\">Salvador Nasralla<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1152\">38.8%<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1183\">Rixi Moncada<\/strong>, of the ruling Libre party, is at a distant <strong data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1246\">19.6%<\/strong>, a result that marks a considerable setback for the party founded by <strong data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1344\">Manuel Zelaya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1395\"><strong data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1395\">Delays, mistrust and a country on edge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1771\">The day was marked by uncertainty. The <strong data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1484\">National Electoral Council (CNE)<\/strong> did not release the preliminary data within the promised deadline (three hours after the polls closed, scheduled at 6:00 p.m. local time), which further strained an already tense atmosphere. The three main contenders were upset and demanded a clear answer.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"2182\">Asfura asked for speed with a direct message: <strong data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1866\">&#8220;Let us not keep the country on hold, on tenterhooks&#8221;.<\/strong> Nasralla, faithful to his religious tone, wrote in X: <g id=\"gid_1\">&#8220;God watch over the will of the people, free us from all attempts of fraud and keep us firm until the last moment&#8221;.<\/g> Moncada, for his part, launched his own victory report: <strong data-start=\"2103\" data-end=\"2181\">&#8220;The report from all over the country is excellent. We are winning the elections&#8221;.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sociedad\/trump-amenaza-con-nuevos-aranceles-a-espana-por-no-aumentar-el-gasto-militar-tiene-que-ser-castigada\/?swcfpc=1\">Trump threatens Spain with new tariffs for not increasing military spending: &#8220;It has to be punished&#8221;.<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2184\" data-end=\"2489\">The confusion worsened when the parties began to publish <strong data-start=\"2249\" data-end=\"2278\">exit polls results<\/strong> proclaiming their respective candidates as winners. Nasralla even assured that he would triumph with <strong data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2405\">&#8220;50% of the votes&#8221;<\/strong> and affirmed: <strong data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2488\">&#8220;I am going to be president. Practically everyone here is voting for me&#8221;.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2491\" data-end=\"2542\"><strong data-start=\"2495\" data-end=\"2542\">Trump, Milei and the shadow of the Hernandez case<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"2930\">Asfura&#8217;s advance in the polls reopens the debate about international influence in these elections. Trump not only expressed his support for the National Party candidate, but also <strong data-start=\"2735\" data-end=\"2795\">promised to pardon former President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, sentenced in the United States to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking. Argentine President <strong data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"2903\">Javier Milei<\/strong> also endorsed Asfura.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2932\" data-end=\"3231\">It will be the CNE who will give the final result of the vote cast by <strong data-start=\"3001\" data-end=\"3038\">more than 6.5 million Hondurans<\/strong>, in elections that faced continuity and change: the pro-government Moncada represented the legacy of <strong data-start=\"3144\" data-end=\"3162\">Xiomara Castro<\/strong>, while Nasralla and Asfura headed the right-wing options.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3233\" data-end=\"3304\"><strong data-start=\"3237\" data-end=\"3304\">A vote under a state of emergency and with a strong military presence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3306\" data-end=\"3643\">Honduras held these elections under a <strong data-start=\"3345\" data-end=\"3368\">state of emergency<\/strong>, a measure of the Castro government to combat violence that has led to the deployment of the military as security guarantors. However, the president also assigned them functions that do not correspond to them legally: to watch over the transmission and custody of the minutes. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/espana-puede-ser-expulsada-de-la-otan-la-amenaza-de-donald-trump\/?swcfpc=1\">Can Spain be expelled from NATO? Donald Trump&#8217;s threat <\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3907\">The Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General <strong data-start=\"3688\" data-end=\"3711\">Roosevelt Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, was categorical: <strong data-start=\"3726\" data-end=\"3813\">they will only recognize the new authorities when the CNE publishes the official results<\/strong>, completely ignoring the preliminary system<strong data-start=\"3861\" data-end=\"3869\">(TREP<\/strong>), which is highly questioned by the ruling party.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3909\" data-end=\"3982\"><strong data-start=\"3913\" data-end=\"3982\">High participation, technical failures and interference complaints<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3984\" data-end=\"4305\">The polls opened at seven o&#8217;clock in the morning and from the beginning there <strong data-start=\"4058\" data-end=\"4082\">was a massive influx<\/strong>. Jair Rico, custodian of the Libre party, explained that there were initial interruptions: <strong data-start=\"4166\" data-end=\"4304\">&#8220;The system of the National Electoral Council was a little slow, because they were entering data from everywhere, but it was solved&#8221;.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4307\" data-end=\"4899\">Nicol\u00e1s Carrasco, one of the voters interviewed, expressed his concern about corruption: <strong data-start=\"4403\" data-end=\"4542\">&#8220;The people wanted the CICIH to be established, it was one of our priorities, because there is a lot of corruption, everything is well contaminated&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sociedad\/la-insolita-teoria-de-trump-pide-a-las-embarazadas-evitar-el-paracetamol-porque-dice-que-provoca-autismo-y-usa-a-cuba-como-ejemplo-positivo\/?swcfpc=1\">Trump&#8217;s unusual theory: asks pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen because he says it causes autism and uses Cuba as a positive example<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4307\" data-end=\"4899\">Regarding the attitude of the candidates during the campaign, he was clear: <strong data-start=\"4610\" data-end=\"4726\">&#8220;The candidates, instead of dedicating themselves to making proposals, they also insulted each other, they brought out all the bad, the ugly&#8221;.<\/strong> President Castro herself regretted the obstacles to this commitment: <strong data-start=\"4803\" data-end=\"4898\">&#8220;Everything that was in my hands for the CICIH to come to our country, we took it here&#8221;.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"4901\" data-end=\"4975\"><strong data-start=\"4905\" data-end=\"4975\">International observers and a &#8216;civic party&#8217; under surveillance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4977\" data-end=\"5483\">The process was monitored by the <strong data-start=\"5008\" data-end=\"5015\">OAS<\/strong>, which deployed <strong data-start=\"5030\" data-end=\"5050\">101 observers<\/strong> in the 18 departments of the country, and by the <strong data-start=\"5094\" data-end=\"5104\">EU-EOM<\/strong>, whose head, Francisco Assis, described the day as a <strong data-start=\"5163\" data-end=\"5182\">&#8220;civic celebration&#8221;<\/strong>. However, the Network for the Defense of Democracy reported <strong data-start=\"5241\" data-end=\"5262\">4,427 incidents<\/strong>, from uninstalled ballot boxes to damaged material and problems in the biometric systems. They also recorded episodes in which the military demanded credentials from observers, an action outside their competence.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5485\" data-end=\"5958\">Luis Fuentes, Network observer in Tegucigalpa, denounced a military checkpoint that prevented the fluid entry of voters: <strong data-start=\"5607\" data-end=\"5826\">&#8220;There had never been a military checkpoint to enter a school. The classrooms are empty, but the people are outside under the sun because the military have placed themselves there. This does not seem right to me, it is counterproductive&#8221;.<\/strong> He also added that the military presence generates intimidation: <strong data-start=\"5892\" data-end=\"5957\">&#8220;The presence of the military generates these types of problems&#8221;.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasry Asfura, backed by the U.S. president, leads with 40.6% of the vote in a Honduran election marked by delays, distrust and a strong military presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":141302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2910,3287],"tags":[9853,9852,9854],"ppma_author":[6611],"class_list":["post-141305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-news","category-society","tag-elections-in-honduras","tag-honduras","tag-nasry-asfura"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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