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Trump forces Honduras back into U.S. orbit

Force in Play

Certified Asfura's victory after 24-day count

Two days before Honduras voted, Trump pardoned the country's former president from a 45-year drug trafficking sentence, endorsed his party's candidate, and threatened to cut all U.S. aid if the opposition won. The candidate he backed won by 0.74 percent after a three-week count marred by system crashes, midnight data flips, and fraud allegations. Honduras now pivots back toward Washington after two years of courting Beijingโ€”but the Congress president is refusing to validate the results, calling them an 'electoral coup.'

Updated Dec 26, 2025