Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said on Wednesday, 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 Jose Antonio Kast as its next president.
Asfura, of the conservative National Party, received 40.27 per cent of the vote in the...
Trump-backed Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras presidential election
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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