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Montevideo, December 21st 2025 - 06:41 UTC

Tag: Salvador Nasralla

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Still no winner in Honduras after one week

    Modernization reforms are badly needed for future elections

    No candidate has yet been named the winner of Honduras' presidential elections, one week after the polls, with vote counting halted several times due to glitches amid flipping leaders.

  • Friday, December 5th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Honduras: Asfura back ahead amid deepening fraud allegations

    Moncada insisted Trump was behind these irregularities

    Honduras' ruling party, as well as contender Salvador Nasralla, have denounced an ongoing “electoral coup” in Honduras involving vote manipulation and “brutal interference” from US President Donald Trump, as the National Party's Nasry Asfura -the candidate endorsed by Washington-surged back ahead on Thursday with 84.55% of votes tallied.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Vote count flips in Honduras after interruption

    Nasralla (in the pic) is now slightly ahead of Asfura

    Honduras' presidential race saw a lead change Tuesday as election officials resumed counting votes following accusations of US interference and the highly controversial pardon of a former Honduran president by Donald Trump.

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 08:47 UTC

    Trump administration recognizes reelected Hernandez as Honduras president

    State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said all sides should aim to end the recent violence that has killed at least 17 people.

    The Trump administration on Friday recognized the results of Honduras’ disputed presidential election, despite problems found by poll observers and calls from the U.S. Congress for a new vote. In a statement, the U.S. State Department congratulated President Juan Orlando Hernandez on his re-election, but also urged the country’s electoral commission to examine all disputes to the result.