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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

Nasry Asfura holds his right hand to his chest
The rightwing Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura is a former mayor of Honduras’s capital, Tegucigalpa. Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and criticism of interference by the US president.

The rightwing Asfura, 67, a construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, secured 40.27% of the vote, against 39.53% for the centre-right Salvador Nasralla, a margin of just 28,000 votes.

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