By Brendan Cole and Shane CroucherShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberNasry "Tito" Asfura, the conservative candidate in the Honduran presidential elections who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is narrowly ahead in the early counting after Sunday's vote.
The National Electoral Council said Asfura of the National Party had 40.54 percent of votes in early counting. Salvador Nasralla, of the conservative Liberal Party had 38.99 percent, while Rixi Moncada of the democratic socialist LIBRE or Liberty and Re-foundation party trailed with 19.49 percent.
The State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said in a post on X it was "closely following the news of the great turnout of voters today in Honduras" in a post on X.
It urged Hondurans to allow election observers to do their job "so all concerned can have confidence that the results of the election reflect the will of the Honduran people and not the manipulations of those who would try to thwart it."
In a post on his Truth Social platform ahead of the weekend's elections, Trump said the U.S. "will be very supportive" of Honduras if Asfura wins the election because it has "so much confidence in him".
"If he doesn’t win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is," Trump said in the post on Friday. "Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras!"
He added, echoing his own political campaign message: "MAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN!"
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