US President Donald Trump accused Honduras of trying to rig the results of the current presidential elections. In the early hours of Tuesday (12/2), the Republican posted that “there will be serious consequences” if the result is rigged.
Donald Trump supports the conservative candidate Nasri Asfoura, from the National Party, who leads the race with 39.91% of the votes counted, compared to 39.89% for Salvador Nasrallah, from the Liberal Party. According to the National Electoral Council, the difference between the two candidates is only 515 votes.
Trump’s fraud accusation came after the National Electoral Commission stopped the counting of votes, at around 12 noon on Monday (12/1) local time, due to a technical malfunction and announced the resumption on Tuesday morning (12/2). 57% of the votes have already been counted.
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Trump said in a blog post on the social networking site Truth Social that attempting to tamper with the election would be a “huge scandal.”
“It is imperative that the commission finish counting the votes. Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans need to have their votes counted. Democracy must prevail,” he wrote.
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See the full post, translated into Portuguese
Honduras appears to be trying to manipulate the results of its presidential election. If that happens, it will be a huge scandal! The Honduran people voted overwhelmingly on November 30.
The National Elections Commission, the official body responsible for counting votes, suddenly stopped the counting process at midnight on November 30.
The recount showed a close race between Tito Asfoura and Salvador Nasrallah, with Asfoura maintaining a slim lead of 500 votes.
The count was stopped when only 47% of the votes had been counted. It is necessary for the committee to finish counting the votes. Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans need to have their votes counted. Democracy must prevail!
The elections show sharp disagreement on the right and weakness on the left
The preliminary results of the elections in Honduras, held last Sunday (30/11), already confirm the return of the right to control of the country, which had until then been ruled by the leftist Free Party.
The ruling party was unsuccessful, and candidate Rexy Moncada received only 19.16% of the votes and came in third place – with 57% of the votes counted.
The dispute rages between two right-wing candidates, one conservative and the other liberal. Trump announced his support for Asfoura and described the liberal Nasrallah as a “semi-communist.”
Honduran elections are decided in only one round. Whoever guarantees a simple majority will rule the country between 2026 and 2030.
Trump promises to pardon the former Honduran president convicted of human trafficking
Last Friday (11/28), Donald Trump announced his support for Tito Asfora in the elections and promised to pardon former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted by American courts on charges of trafficking, if Asfora wins the elections in Honduras. In a post on the social network Truth, the Republican also conditioned sending aid to the Central American country on the victory of the conservative candidate.
The US President said: “If Tito Asvora wins the election for president of Honduras, the United States has great confidence in him, his policies, and what he will do for the great people of Honduras, and we will fully support him. If he does not win, the United States will not waste money, because an insufficient leader can only bring disastrous results to a country, no matter who it is.”
Trump promised to grant a “comprehensive and complete” pardon to Hernandez, who is from the National Party, the same party to which Asfoura belongs.
Hernandez, president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, was convicted of three counts of drug and weapons trafficking. According to the US Department of Justice, the former president joined drug cartels, which transported more than 400 tons of cocaine to North American territory, when he was in charge of Honduras.
“In addition, I will grant a full and complete pardon to former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who, according to many people I respect very much, was treated very harshly and unfairly. This cannot happen, especially now, after Tito Asvora has won the election, when Honduras will be on its way to great political and financial success,” Trump wrote.