US EditionTrump administration restricts 2 Honduran election officials’ visas over special vote count
The U.S. revoked visas of two Honduran officials from the Liberty and Refoundation party to deter interference in a special vote count amid a narrow election margin.
- On Friday, the U.S. State Department revoked Mario Morazán's visa and denied Marlon Ochoa's application, targeting officials accused of interfering with Honduras's special vote count.
- Officials began the special vote count on Thursday after more than a week of paralysis, nearly 20 days after the election, with electoral officials revising 2,792 ballot boxes.
- With 99.85% counted, Nasry Asfura leads with 40.24% to Salvador Nasralla's 39.64% while Rixi Moncada of Liberty and Refoundation holds 19.12%.
- The State Department said the measures aim to deter those impeding the Honduran vote count and protect U.S. national security and regional stability.
- The move follows a pattern of U.S. involvement in Honduran affairs, with President Donald Trump pardoning Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years, highlighting past interventions.
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NEWS BRIEF The United States has denied a visa to one senior Honduran electoral official and revoked the visa of another, accusing them of undermining democracy amid prolonged post-election chaos. The move adds direct diplomatic pressure as Honduras conducts a manual recount that could overturn a razor-thin preliminary result in a vote already clouded by […] The post How Washington is Meddling in Honduras’s Chaotic Election appeared first on Mod…
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Trump administration restricts 2 Honduran election officials' visas over special vote count
The Trump administration has restricted visas for two leftist Honduran election officials, citing interference in the Central American country’s special vote count.
In a cellar the size of two basketball courts hundreds of people manually review the votes that will decide the winner of the Honduran presidential, which develops as a thriller novel.With latex gloves, election officials and party delegates examine each vote from Thursday as if it were a forensic job, following the comics held on November 30. Its work will determine if the next president will be the conservative businessman Nasry Asfura , 67 ye…
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