Honduras’ National Electoral Council (CNE) on Wednesday proclaimed conservative and President Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura as the winner of the 2025 presidential election — ending a three-week uncertainty period over the extremely narrow race and controversially slow vote count process.
Protests in Honduras staged by members of the ruling socialist Libre party this week against the nation’s electoral authorities left at least eight injured, further delaying the slow vote counting process of the November presidential election.
Honduras reached its second week on Monday without final results from the National Electoral Council (CNE) officially determining who won on November 30.
Honduras on Sunday marked a week without definitive vote results from the Honduran National Electoral Council (CNE) indicating who won the November 30 presidential election.
Rixi Moncada, candidate of Honduras’ ruling Libre socialist party, on Sunday called for protests against its yet-to-be defined results and accused President Donald Trump of allegedly “coercing” in the nation’s recent election.
Former Honduran vice president and current presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla claimed to Reuters on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s “last-minute interference” in the still-undefined election “damaged” his chances of winning.
Conservative politician Nasry Asfura is back in the lead in Honduras’ ongoing presidential vote count as of Thursday morning.
President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the now-halted presidential vote count in Honduras in a statement on Monday — stressing that there will be “hell to pay” if the results are altered.
Preliminary results from Honduran authorities indicate that conservative candidate Nasry Asfura is narrowly leading the presidential election.
Far-left President of Honduras Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday that the Central American nation will continue to honor an over 110-year-old extradition treaty with the United States — reversing her 2024 decision to break the agreement during the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden.
Far-left President of Honduras Xiomara Castro canceled a meeting scheduled for Thursday of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to discuss President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants in the United States, citing a “lack of consensus” among member states.
Far-left President of Honduras Xiomara Castro on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) later this week to discuss President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants in the United States.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has introduced legislation to authorize the president to suspend all aid to Honduras in response to its threat to shut down the U.S.’s military base in the country if President-elect Donald Trump enforces mass deportations of illegal Honduran migrants.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro expressed hope for positive dialogue with incoming President Donald Trump on immigration matters but also warned that if mass deportations materialize, the issue of U.S. military presence in the Central American country would have to be revisited.
Far-left President of Honduras Xiomara Castro on Wednesday threatened to shut down the American military base in the country if President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration carries out mass deportations of Hondurans.
Two family members of Honduras’ Socialist far-left radical President Xiomara Castro resigned from their government positions over the weekend amid an ongoing probe of alleged ties with drug traffickers against lawmaker Carlos Zelaya, President Castro’s brother-in-law.
The office of radical socialist Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Wednesday that control of the national prison system will be transferred to the military police for at least one year.
Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina told China’s state-run Global Times his country is joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The left-wing government of Honduras formally established diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Sunday after abandoning eight decades of support for Taiwan. The Chinese Communist government gloated over the announcement and warned that its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan is not over.
A former Honduran national police leader called this week for his country’s government to send law enforcement officials to neighboring El Salvador to learn how to crack down on gang violence.
Radical leftist President of Honduras Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday that she has instructed the nation’s top diplomat to establish official relations with communist China, likely rupturing an over 80-year alliance with Taiwan.