Trump warns Honduras over vote count
President Donald Trump warned there would be “hell to pay” if Honduran election officials alter results and urged them to finish counting, as the National Electoral Council’s rapid-reporting system stopped with 57% of votes tallied and a razor-thin lead for National Party candidate Nasry Asfura over Salvador Nasralla. Council president Ana Paola Hall posted that the rapid tally had concluded, officials gave no timeline for further updates, and LIBRE’s Rixi Moncada trailed by roughly 20 points, heightening tensions in the closely watched race.
📌 Key Facts
- Trump on Truth Social: warned of “hell to pay” and pressed officials to count all votes
- Honduran National Electoral Council rapid-reporting system ended with 57% of votes tallied
- Preliminary count shows a narrow Asfura lead over Nasralla; Rixi Moncada trails by ~20 points
📊 Relevant Data
In 2023, 64 percent of the Honduran population lived below the poverty line, down from 73.6 percent in 2021.
World Report 2025: Honduras — Human Rights Watch
From 2010 to mid-2023, U.S. border authorities encountered Honduran migrants 662,470 times.
Halfway to the U.S.: A Report from Honduras on Migration — WOLA
Since 2015, between 150 and 300 tons of cocaine per year has passed through Honduras on its way to the United States.
The axis of risk: Drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and political influence in Honduras — Thomson Reuters
An estimated 71 percent of indigenous peoples in Honduras live below the poverty line.
Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty in Honduras — IFAD
The Garifuna people in Honduras suffer from a poverty rate of 80 percent.
Addressing Poverty Among the Honduran Garifuna — The Borgen Project