"Honduras's president, Xiomara Castro, has alleged that an electoral coup is under way in the country's presidential election, which she says has been marked by interference from the president of the United States, Donald Trump. The leftist president also said that The Honduran people must never accept elections marked by interference, manipulation and blackmail Sovereignty is not negotiable, democracy is not surrendered."
"Since Hondurans went to the polls on 30 November, the vote count has dragged on, with repeated interruptions and outages on the electoral council's website. Two rightwing candidates have been neck and neck ever since and, with 99.4% of tally sheets counted in the preliminary results, Nasry Tito Asfura is ahead with 40.52%, followed closely by Salvador Nasralla on 39.48% a margin of only 42,000 votes."
"A construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, Asfura received open backing from Trump, who said the US would support the next government only if he won. On the eve of the vote, the US president also announced a pardon for the former president and Asfura ally Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for allegedly creating a cocaine superhighway to the United States. He was released last week."
"At a press conference on Tuesday, Honduras's president condemned Trump's interference when he threatened the Honduran people that if they voted for a brave and patriotic candidate of the Liberal party, Rixi Moncada, there would be consequences. A former finance minister under Castro, Moncada was chosen by the president to run in her place, as Honduras's constitution does not allow re-election."
Honduras's president alleges an electoral coup and accuses US president Donald Trump of interfering in the presidential election. Vote counting has been slow since 30 November with repeated interruptions to the electoral council's website. Preliminary tallies with 99.4% of sheets show Nasry Tito Asfura leading on 40.52% and Salvador Nasralla close behind on 39.48%, a margin of about 42,000 votes. Trump openly backed Asfura and pardoned former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, an Asfura ally recently released after a 45-year sentence. Castro condemned threats against voters and highlighted Rixi Moncada's exclusion due to constitutional re-election rules; Moncada is third on 19.29%.
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