Honduran presidential candidate says Trump interfered in election: Report

Centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla, 72, says the US president’s remarks may have cost him votes.Published On 5 Dec 2025Salvador Nasralla, the centrist candidate in Honduras’s presidential election, has accused United States President Donald Trump of election interference amid reports of other irregularities in electoral proceedings.The US president last week endorsed conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, 67, and labelled Nasralla a “borderline communist” – two moves that Nasralla alleges could cost him a victory.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump can keep National Guard in Washington, DC, for now: Appeals courtlist 2 of 4Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,380list 3 of 4US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn district map for 2026 midtermslist 4 of 4US grand jury declines to charge New York Attorney General Letitia Jamesend of list“It hurt me because I was winning by a much larger margin,” Nasralla, 72, told the Reuters news agency on Thursday in an exclusive interview.Trump has cast a long shadow over the closely fought election to decide the next president of the Central American country.The US president alleged without proof that Sunday’s otherwise peaceful vote was fraudulent after early – and incomplete – results showed a “technical tie” between Nasralla and Asfura.“Looks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “If they do, there will be hell to pay!”The US president has previously threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if Asfura did not win, and said there would be “hell to pay” if officials tampered with election results.He also took the unusual step of announcing a pardon for former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted in the US on drug trafficking charges, in the lead-up to Sunday’s vote.As of Thursday evening, election authorities said they had counted 87 percent of the ballots, but 17 percent of the ballots showed “inconsistencies” and are under review, according to Reuters.