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Honduras

Honduras' Asfura takes office after razor-thin election win

Honduras' new President Nasry Asfura delivers a speech during his swearing in ceremony at the Congress building in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada
Honduras' new President Nasry Asfura delivers a speech during his swearing in ceremony at the Congress building in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

Judge suggests visa for college student deported to Honduras in violation of court order

Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS
Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS

Hernandez and Maduro: A pardon and a prosecution in New York show Trump’s personal geopolitics

Federal District Court in Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. President Nicol‡s Maduro of Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown to New York on Saturday to face an indictment charging them with cocaine trafficking and narco-terrorism crimes. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
Federal District Court in Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. President Nicol‡s Maduro of Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown to New York on Saturday to face an indictment charging them with cocaine trafficking and narco-terrorism crimes. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)

Trump-backed Asfura wins Honduras presidency after weeks of delays in disputed election

Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras (PN) speaks at a press conference on the day of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada
Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras (PN) speaks at a press conference on the day of the general election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

US urges parties to accept Honduras vote outcome after Trump-backed Asfura wins

Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras arrives to hold a press conference following the general election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada.
Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras arrives to hold a press conference following the general election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada.

US denies visas to Honduran electoral officials amid election chaos

Marlon Ochoa, Secretary of the Honduran electoral body, addresses the media during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
Marlon Ochoa, Secretary of the Honduran electoral body, addresses the media during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

US demands that Honduras proceed immediately with stalled election count

Supporters of the Liberty and Refoundation party protest in front of the presidential palace in support of Honduran President Xiomara Castro in what she called an \"electoral coup\" unfolding amid a chaotic recount of votes from the November 30 presidential election, marked by technical glitches, allegations of fraud, and the shadow of US President Donald Trump, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada
Supporters of the Liberty and Refoundation party protest in front of the presidential palace in support of Honduran President Xiomara Castro in what she called an \"electoral coup\" unfolding amid a chaotic recount of votes from the November 30 presidential election, marked by technical glitches, allegations of fraud, and the shadow of US President Donald Trump, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

Protests hamper Honduran special vote recount in latest election turmoil

A demonstrator pours fuel on a barricade of burning tires as part of a protest nearly two weeks after the presidential election, as the vote remains stalled amid uncounted ballots, fraud accusations and electoral system failures, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
A demonstrator pours fuel on a barricade of burning tires as part of a protest nearly two weeks after the presidential election, as the vote remains stalled amid uncounted ballots, fraud accusations and electoral system failures, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

Inside Honduras’ election chaos: Infighting, delays, and broken systems

Election results are displayed on monitors in a media room at the National Electoral Council (CNE) facility as the vote count in the November 30 presidential election resumes after being suspended for three days, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada
Election results are displayed on monitors in a media room at the National Electoral Council (CNE) facility as the vote count in the November 30 presidential election resumes after being suspended for three days, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

Recount of some votes in Honduras election expected in coming days as deadlock drags on

A man prepares his vote before casting his ballot, a week late in a special election, after the local governing party kept polls closed on election day, amid accusations of sabotage and fraud in a presidential race still too close to call as counting continues, in San Antonio de Flores, Honduras, December 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada
A man prepares his vote before casting his ballot, a week late in a special election, after the local governing party kept polls closed on election day, amid accusations of sabotage and fraud in a presidential race still too close to call as counting continues, in San Antonio de Flores, Honduras, December 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leonel Estrada

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.