Nasry Asfura, conservative candidate of the National Party, won the presidential election in Honduras, the country’s electoral body reported this Wednesday (24). He is supported by United States President Donald Trump.
The election was marked by delays and was challenged by opponents who claimed that the electoral body excluded ballots that should have been counted. Asfura won with 40.3% of the votes, surpassing, by a small margin, the center-right candidate, Salvador Nasralla, who obtained 39.5%.
Asfura will replace the current president, Xiomara Castro, who in 2021 brought the left back to Honduran power after 12 years of conservative governments.
The new president ran on a largely pro-business platform, defending private investment. He also signaled that he may swap Honduras’ diplomatic alignment with Taiwan for Beijing.
