{"id":3917,"date":"2025-12-01T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:24:35","slug":"trump-backed-candidate-nasry-asfura-leads-honduras-race-early-trends-show-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3917","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura leads Honduras race, early trends show | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Nasry Asfura holds a narrow lead over his rival Salvador Nasralla, with about 40 percent of votes in presidential election counted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 1 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">1 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Nasry Asfura, a conservative politician backed by United States President Donald Trump, is leading the Honduran presidential election, with about 40 percent of the votes tallied.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary results on Monday showed that the National Party candidate had secured 41 percent of the ballots so far, putting him marginally ahead of his Liberal Party rival, Salvador Nasralla, who had about 39 percent.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 1 item<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Left-wing candidate Rixi Moncada, of the ruling Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) party, was trailing in third place with 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The vote on Sunday came several days after Trump brazenly intervened in Honduran politics, throwing his weight behind Asfura, the 67-year-old former mayor of Tegucigalpa, whom the US president said would fight \u201cnarco-communists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he [Asfura] doesn\u2019t win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments were reminiscent of his public support for President Javier Milei in the run-up to Argentina\u2019s mid-term elections in late October.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Sunday\u2019s vote in Honduras, Trump also announced that he would pardon former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who used to lead the same party as Asfura.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, who was the Central American country\u2019s president from 2014 until 2022, is currently serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and firearms charges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fanning-flames\">Fanning flames<\/h2>\n<p>In the build-up to the election, the three main candidates accused each other of election fixing, with the president of the National Electoral Council, Ana Paola Hall, warning all parties \u201cnot to fan the flames of confrontation or violence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Security and employment are two of the main concerns for voters in Honduras, a country that is plagued by drug trafficking and unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of President Xiomara Castro, murder and unemployment rates have improved, but the country still has Central America\u2019s highest homicide rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasry Asfura holds a narrow lead over his rival Salvador Nasralla, with about 40 percent of votes in presidential election counted. 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