Trump-Backed Construction Magnate Wins Honduras Election (3)

A conservative construction magnate backed by Donald Trump was declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a long and chaotic vote count.

Nasry “Tito” Asfura won the Nov. 30 election, the electoral authority said Wednesday, narrowly beating Salvador Nasralla, a TV personality.

The most recent vote tally published on the authority’s website showed Asfura with 40.3%, versus 39.5% for Nasralla. Ruling party candidate Rixi Moncada was in third place, with 19.2%.

It took the electoral authority more than three weeks to declare a result, during which time both Nasralla and Moncada alleged foul play.

Nasry Asfura

Photographer: Tomas Ayuso/Bloomberg

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