{"id":470022,"date":"2025-12-25T04:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T04:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/470022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T04:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T04:06:26","slug":"trump-backed-conservative-declared-winner-of-honduras-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/470022\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed conservative declared winner of Honduras presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nasry \u201cTito\u201d Asfura, the conservative candidate in Honduras endorsed by President Trump<\/a>, was declared the winner of the country\u2019s presidential election on Wednesday after a weeks-long vote count.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asfura, the 67-year-old former mayor of the Central American country\u2019s capital city of Tegucigalpa, edged out Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla in a 40.27% to 39.53% vote, according to electoral authorities.<\/p>\n

Rixi Moncada of the left-wing incumbent LIBRE Party finished with only 19.19% of the vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonduras: I am prepared to govern,\u201d Asfura wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cI will not fail you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asfura will replace outgoing left-wing President Xiomara Castro in Honduras. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Trump publicly backed Asfura<\/a> last month ahead of the Nov. 30 election, warning<\/a> that if he didn\u2019t win, \u201cthe United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras!\u201d the president wrote in\u00a0 Nov. 28 Truth Social post, adding, \u201cVOTE FOR TITO ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT\u201d and \u201cMAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump endorsed Asfura\u2019s candidacy last month ahead of the election in Honduras. REUTERS<\/p>\n

On behalf of the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Asfura on his \u201cclear electoral victory\u201d and called on \u201call parties to respect the confirmed results.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to working with his incoming administration to advance our bilateral and regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen the economic ties between our two countries,\u201d Rubio said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States urges all parties to respect the confirmed results so that Honduran authorities may swiftly ensure a peaceful transition of authority to President-Elect Nasry Asfura,\u201d the top US diplomat added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asfura supporters celebrated the conservative candidate\u2019s victory in Honduras\u2019 presidential election Wednesday. GUSTAVO AMADOR\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), the chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Relations, indicated that she plans to \u201cwork alongside President-elect Asfura to strengthen relations between the United States and Honduras, promote democratic cooperation, and advance an agenda of freedom, development, and security for our peoples.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said his win \u201copens a new stage for the country, with the opportunity to strengthen democracy, promote stability, and work toward a future of prosperity and security for all Hondurans,\u201d the congresswoman wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The current president of Honduras,\u00a0LIBRE\u2019s Xiomara Castro, has maintained a cordial relationship with Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>, while also working with the Trump administration on security and immigration issues.<\/p>\n

Castro, 66, was barred from seeking a second consecutive presidential term under the Honduran constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nasry \u201cTito\u201d Asfura, the conservative candidate in Honduras endorsed by President Trump, was declared the winner of the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":470023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1613,69,90,6500,1612,410,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-470022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-central-america","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-elections","12":"tag-honduras","13":"tag-latin-america","14":"tag-marco-rubio","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-politics","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115778236175778718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}