US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neck
Hondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.
Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule.
Polls show three candidates neck-and-neck in the race to succeed President Xiomara Castro, whose husband, Manuel Zelaya, also led the country before being toppled in a 2009 coup.
Trump’s favourite is 67-year-old Nasry “Tito” Asfura of the rightwing National party. His main challengers are 60-year-old lawyer Rixi Moncada from the ruling Libre party and 72-year-old TV host Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal party.
