Trump-backed candidate wins Honduras presidential election

Nasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’ presidential election, after weeks of delays following technical problems and allegations of fraud, the BBC writes.

The conservative National Party candidate – backed by US President Donald Trump – won with 40.3% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), edging out Salvador Nasralla of the center-right Liberal Party, who got 39.5%.

In a post on X, Asfura said: “Honduras: I am ready to govern. I will not let you down.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged all parties to respect the result “so that Honduran authorities may ensure a peaceful transition of authority”.

But the president of the country’s Congress, Luis Redondo, posted saying the result was “completely illegal”.

The vote was held on Nov. 30 but the count was delayed twice by technical outages, which electoral officials called “inexcusable”.

There have been tensions in Honduras as a result of the delays with protests held across the country last week.