U.S. President Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) 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 José Antonio Kast as its next President.
Mr. Asfura, of the conservative National Party, received 40.27% of the vote in the Nov 30 election, edging out four-time candidate Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party, who finished with 39.53% of the vote.
The former Mayor of Hondur
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