A billboard promoting a public works project completed by Honduran President Xiomara Castro stands near a bus station in La Nueva Capital neighbourhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.
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President Xiomara Castro on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) denounced what she called tampering with results in the Honduran general election, and accused U.S. President Donald Trump of interfering in the vote.
The final votes are still being counted after the November 30 election, with Trump-backed conservative candidate Nasry Asfura holding a slim lead.
Second-placed right-wing candidate Salvador Nasralla has also complained about electoral corruption and on Monday described the results as “theft”.
Speaking at a rally in the centre of the country, Mr. Castro said people had taken part in the election with “courage and determination.”
However, the process was marked by “threats, coercion, manipulation of the TREP (preliminary results system), and tampering with the popular will.”
Mr. Castro added that Trump had “interfered” in the election and “threatened” Hondurans not to vote for the left-wing candidate, Rixi Moncada, who is placed third.
Mr. Trump declared his clear support for Ms. Asfura in the final stretch of the campaign, declaring him a “friend of freedom” and accused Nasralla of merely “pretending to be an anti-communist.”
Published – December 10, 2025 01:20 am IST
