By Caden Olson
Honduras’ election authorities declared right-wing candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura victorious in the country’s presidential election on Wednesday.
Asfura, whom President Donald Trump called the “only real friend of Freedom in Honduras,” won 40.3% to 39.5% over Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, according to a Reuters report. Authorities confirmed the result of the Nov. 30 election after nearly a month of delay due to accusations of rigged votes and technical issues in the election process.
“Honduras: I am prepared to govern. I will not fail you. God Bless,” Asfura wrote on X Wednesday following his declared victory. “I recognize the great work carried out by the councilors and the entire team that handled the development of the elections.”
Asfura will begin a four-year term on Jan. 27. He previously served as mayor of Tegucigalpa, Honduras’ capital and largest city from 2014 to 2022. His win adds to a streak of right-wing victories in Latin America and comes less than a week after pro-Trump populist José Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election over a Communist Party member. (RELATED: Trump-Loving Leader Beats Actual Communist In Chile As America’s Back Yard Keeps Moving Right)
Tegucigalpa’s mayor Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah, of the Partido Nacional ruling party, votes during the primary election in Tegucigalpa, on March 12, 2017. President Juan Orlando Hernandez, of the National Party and who seeks reelection, Xiomara Castro -the wife of ousted president Manuel Zelaya- at the head of the Libertad y Refundacion (LIBRE) party, and Economist Gabriela Nunez and university scholar Luis Zelaya for the opposition Liberal party take part in the electoral contest. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the results of the election on Wednesday.
“The people of Honduras have spoken: Nasry Asfura is Honduras’ next president,” Rubio wrote on X. “The United States congratulates President-Elect @titoasfura and looks forward to working with his administration to advance prosperity and security in our hemisphere.”
Asfura’s opponent has alleged that the election was tampered with.
“[On] Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 03:24 a.m., the screen went blank and an algorithm (similar to the one used in 2013) changed the data,” Nasralla wrote on X, according to a CNN report Thursday. “The 1,081,000 votes for @SalvaPresidente were given to Asfura, and the 1,073,000 votes that Asfura had were given to @SalvaPresidente.”
“Looks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,” Trump had written in a Dec. 1 Truth Social post. “If they do, there will be hell to pay!”
