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Honduras Declares Trump-Backed Candidate Winner of Presidential Election
By Annie Correal and Jeff Ernst
Annie Correal and Jeff Ernst are part of a New York Times team that has been covering the election in Honduras.
Election officials in Honduras on Wednesday declared a former mayor endorsed by President Trump as the winner of the country’s presidential election.
The former mayor, Nasry Asfura, became the Central American country’s next president by a razor-thin margin after a hard-fought contest between two right-wing candidates that was upended by Mr. Trump’s involvement, and a vote count that took over three weeks to play out.
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