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The latest vote count has Trump\u2019s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPublished On 2 Dec 2025<\/span>2 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\nClick here to share on social media<\/p>\nshare2<\/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>United States President Donald Trump has lashed out as Honduras announced that it is to conduct a manual count of votes cast in the November 30 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The National Electoral Council (CNE) called for \u201cpatience\u201d on Tuesday as it launched the count. Earlier, it had announced that a partial digital count had left the two frontrunners locked in a \u201ctechnical tie\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In a tirade on social media late on Monday, Trump accused the election officials of \u201ctrying to change\u201d the outcome of the election, and doubled down on vague threats of retaliation should his favoured candidate not be declared the victor of a tight race, which has been beset by problems with the results website.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update, CNE head Ana Paola Hall said Trump-backed right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was leading centrist rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes after 57 percent of the ballots had been counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with this technical tie, we must remain calm, be patient, and wait for the CNE to finish counting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequently, the special counting process will be carried out in order to finalise the general count.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4144912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4144912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-11-30T024518Z_689132471_RC2Q6IAE7FJH_RTRMADP_3_HONDURAS-ELECTION-1764671356.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla of Honduras' Liberal Party speaks during a press conference ahead of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa on November 30, 2025 [Jose Cabezas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"hell-to-pay\">\u2018Hell to pay\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump, who in the run-up to the vote had threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if National Party candidate Asfura were not elected, responded with a post on his Truth Social platform that claimed the CNE had \u201cabruptly stopped counting\u201d the votes.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that it was \u201cimperative\u201d that the officials finish the count and that \u201cdemocracy must prevail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIf they do, there will be hell to pay!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump made a big impact in the campaign with his vocal endorsement of Asfura, the former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, saying the US could work with him to counter drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>His statements followed similar interventions in Argentina\u2019s legislative elections in October, in which he threatened to cut support if President Javier Milei\u2019s La Libertad Avanza did not emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Milei\u2019s party went on to win with more than 40 percent \u200b\u200bof the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Despite cheering Asfura\u2019s forecast role in helping to fight Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on drugs\u201d, Trump had said on Friday that he is set to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>The last president to come from the National Party in a country recently dominated by left-leaning political forces, Hernandez is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US for drug trafficking and firearms charges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nasralla-claims-to-be-in-front\">Nasralla claims to be in front<\/h2>\n<p>Asfura\u2019s rival Nasralla, a former TV host, posted on X that internal projections put him ahead with 44.6 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not declaring ourselves the winners, just projecting the results that will be fed into the CNE,\u201d he said, drawing criticism from Asfura\u2019s National Party for weighing in ahead of the final vote count.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the final outcome, the election is a clear defeat for the country\u2019s ruling left-wing, whose candidate, Rixi Moncada, was trailing well behind in third with 19 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest vote count has Trump\u2019s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival. 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Published On 2 Dec 2025<\/span>2 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\nClick here to share on social media<\/p>\nshare2<\/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>United States President Donald Trump has lashed out as Honduras announced that it is to conduct a manual count of votes cast in the November 30 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The National Electoral Council (CNE) called for \u201cpatience\u201d on Tuesday as it launched the count. Earlier, it had announced that a partial digital count had left the two frontrunners locked in a \u201ctechnical tie\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In a tirade on social media late on Monday, Trump accused the election officials of \u201ctrying to change\u201d the outcome of the election, and doubled down on vague threats of retaliation should his favoured candidate not be declared the victor of a tight race, which has been beset by problems with the results website.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update, CNE head Ana Paola Hall said Trump-backed right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was leading centrist rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes after 57 percent of the ballots had been counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with this technical tie, we must remain calm, be patient, and wait for the CNE to finish counting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequently, the special counting process will be carried out in order to finalise the general count.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4144912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4144912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-11-30T024518Z_689132471_RC2Q6IAE7FJH_RTRMADP_3_HONDURAS-ELECTION-1764671356.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla of Honduras' Liberal Party speaks during a press conference ahead of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa on November 30, 2025 [Jose Cabezas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"hell-to-pay\">\u2018Hell to pay\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump, who in the run-up to the vote had threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if National Party candidate Asfura were not elected, responded with a post on his Truth Social platform that claimed the CNE had \u201cabruptly stopped counting\u201d the votes.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that it was \u201cimperative\u201d that the officials finish the count and that \u201cdemocracy must prevail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIf they do, there will be hell to pay!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump made a big impact in the campaign with his vocal endorsement of Asfura, the former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, saying the US could work with him to counter drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>His statements followed similar interventions in Argentina\u2019s legislative elections in October, in which he threatened to cut support if President Javier Milei\u2019s La Libertad Avanza did not emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Milei\u2019s party went on to win with more than 40 percent \u200b\u200bof the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Despite cheering Asfura\u2019s forecast role in helping to fight Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on drugs\u201d, Trump had said on Friday that he is set to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>The last president to come from the National Party in a country recently dominated by left-leaning political forces, Hernandez is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US for drug trafficking and firearms charges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nasralla-claims-to-be-in-front\">Nasralla claims to be in front<\/h2>\n<p>Asfura\u2019s rival Nasralla, a former TV host, posted on X that internal projections put him ahead with 44.6 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not declaring ourselves the winners, just projecting the results that will be fed into the CNE,\u201d he said, drawing criticism from Asfura\u2019s National Party for weighing in ahead of the final vote count.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the final outcome, the election is a clear defeat for the country\u2019s ruling left-wing, whose candidate, Rixi Moncada, was trailing well behind in third with 19 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest vote count has Trump\u2019s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival. Published On 2 Dec 20252 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump has lashed out as Honduras announced that it is to conduct a manual count of votes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Earlier, it had announced that a partial digital count had left the two frontrunners locked in a \u201ctechnical tie\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In a tirade on social media late on Monday, Trump accused the election officials of \u201ctrying to change\u201d the outcome of the election, and doubled down on vague threats of retaliation should his favoured candidate not be declared the victor of a tight race, which has been beset by problems with the results website.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update, CNE head Ana Paola Hall said Trump-backed right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was leading centrist rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes after 57 percent of the ballots had been counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with this technical tie, we must remain calm, be patient, and wait for the CNE to finish counting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequently, the special counting process will be carried out in order to finalise the general count.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4144912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4144912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-11-30T024518Z_689132471_RC2Q6IAE7FJH_RTRMADP_3_HONDURAS-ELECTION-1764671356.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80\" alt=\"Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla of Honduras' Liberal Party speaks during a press conference ahead of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4144912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa on November 30, 2025 [Jose Cabezas\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"hell-to-pay\">\u2018Hell to pay\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump, who in the run-up to the vote had threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if National Party candidate Asfura were not elected, responded with a post on his Truth Social platform that claimed the CNE had \u201cabruptly stopped counting\u201d the votes.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that it was \u201cimperative\u201d that the officials finish the count and that \u201cdemocracy must prevail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIf they do, there will be hell to pay!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump made a big impact in the campaign with his vocal endorsement of Asfura, the former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, saying the US could work with him to counter drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>His statements followed similar interventions in Argentina\u2019s legislative elections in October, in which he threatened to cut support if President Javier Milei\u2019s La Libertad Avanza did not emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Milei\u2019s party went on to win with more than 40 percent \u200b\u200bof the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Despite cheering Asfura\u2019s forecast role in helping to fight Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on drugs\u201d, Trump had said on Friday that he is set to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>The last president to come from the National Party in a country recently dominated by left-leaning political forces, Hernandez is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US for drug trafficking and firearms charges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nasralla-claims-to-be-in-front\">Nasralla claims to be in front<\/h2>\n<p>Asfura\u2019s rival Nasralla, a former TV host, posted on X that internal projections put him ahead with 44.6 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not declaring ourselves the winners, just projecting the results that will be fed into the CNE,\u201d he said, drawing criticism from Asfura\u2019s National Party for weighing in ahead of the final vote count.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the final outcome, the election is a clear defeat for the country\u2019s ruling left-wing, whose candidate, Rixi Moncada, was trailing well behind in third with 19 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest vote count has Trump\u2019s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival. 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