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Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah

Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah

President-elect of Honduras

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Notable Quotes

"We will restore Honduras' relationship with the United States and work together to combat narco-communists."

"Honduras was 100 times better off with Taiwan. We will restore that relationship and rebuild our economy through a triangle of cooperation with Taiwan, the United States, and Israel."

Stories

Trump forces Honduras back into U.S. orbit

Force in Play

President-elect facing Congress resistance to certification

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 Trump backed won by 0.74 percent—after a three-week count marred by system crashes, midnight data flips, and fraud allegations. Honduras pivots back toward Washington after two years courting Beijing, but the Congress president is refusing to validate the results, calling them an "electoral coup."

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