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Mat Youkee and Helen Davidson in Taipei

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China

A municipal worker cleans the bust of former president of the Republic of China, Dr Sun Yat-sen, at the Republic of China Square in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in March 2023.
A municipal worker cleans the bust of former president of the Republic of China, Dr Sun Yat-sen, at the Republic of China Square in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in March 2023. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

After weeks of technology failures, accusations of fraud and complaints about US President Donald Trump’s interference, the outcome of Honduras’ 30 November election is yet to be called. But there is a clear winner beyond the Central American nation’s borders: Taiwan.

Both leading candidates say they will cut diplomatic ties with Beijing and re-establish relations with Taipei, reversing the March 2023 decision by the then president, Xiomara Castro, to sensationally end Honduras’ 82-year relationship with Taiwan.

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