With Honduras’s presidential election remaining too close to call, Salvador Nasralla of the center-right Liberal Party has taken the lead.
Nasry “Tito” Asfura—the candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump—has slid into second place.
According to the latest results released by Honduran election authorities, Nasralla leads with 39.96 percent of the vote to Asfura’s 39.80 percent. Rixi Moncada, candidate for the ruling LIBRE Party, is well behind both candidates with 19.19 percent of the vote.
About 30 percent of the votes remain uncounted. Currently, Nasralla leads by just over 8,000 votes or 0.16 percent.
In an earlier update from Honduras’s National Electoral Council, Asfura had been leading with about 500 votes, representing a practical tie….