Tag: Salvador Nasralla Honduras

• Monday, December 18th 2017 - 05:27 UTC

  Hernandez declared Honduras president; opposition leader off to Washington to denounce “fraud”

  

  Honduras’ electoral tribunal on Sunday declared conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez the official winner of the Nov. 26 presidential election, sparking fraud accusations and calls for renewed street protests after a bitterly disputed contest. Hernandez beat center-left challenger and TV star Salvador Nasralla by 1.53 percentage points, according to the official count.

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 05:25 UTC

  Honduras opposition, backed by international observers, challenges election results and insists on full recount

  

  The challenger in Honduras' still unresolved presidential election has filed a challenge to the November 26 contest that seeks to annul the results and requests a recount. Salvador Nasralla, candidate of the opposition alliance, and his campaign team handed over the paperwork with just minutes to spare before a midnight deadline on Friday.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 09:19 UTC

  Honduran electoral authorities agree to a recount of 5.000 polling stations

  

  Honduran electoral authorities on Tuesday agreed to opposition demands for a recount of returns from more than 5,000 polling places, representing almost 30% of all voting sites in last week’s disputed presidential election.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Curfew and disobedience in Honduras as vote recount begins

  

  Honduran TV star turned opposition candidate called on Sunday on the country's military to rebel from enforcing a curfew that was imposed after deadly protests followed last week's disputed presidential vote.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:12 UTC

  US allied Honduras presidential candidate is losing to opposition challenger

  

  Early results from Honduras' presidential election on Monday showed leftist challenger Salvador Nasralla with a surprise lead over incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez. David Matamoros, president of the electoral court, announced that, with 57% of the vote counted, Nasralla is polling 45.7% of the vote, to Hernandez' 40.2%.