Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, the country’s electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count. The election result has continued a swing to the right in parts of Latin America, just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president. Asfura, of the conservative National…
Early results from the general election in Honduras show Nasry Asfura, leader of the right-wing National Party, has a very narrow lead. With more than 40% of the votes counted, the conservative candidate was just ahead of former TV host and Vice-President Salvador Nasralla, according to preliminary results published by the National Electoral Council (CNE)….
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment — with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump administration. In the election widely seen as a referendum on self-described “anarcho-capitalist” Milei’s past two years…
