00:00Breaking news at this hour. In Honduras, the National Electoral Council emitted the first
00:10preliminary results that shows Nasri as footer of the National Party leading the race. Libre
00:17Party, the ruling party of the country, already anticipated fraud in this bulletin from the
00:25National Electoral Council. The Electoral Authorities of the country ruling Libre's presidential
00:31candidate, Rixi Moncada, denounced fraud. Following the preliminary results that shows, as we were
00:37informing, Nasri as footer of the National Party leading the race at this hour, 11.08 p.m.
00:46Tegucigalpa's time. This preliminary report takes place in a context in which, and also
00:53an electoral process that has been marked by media war, by misinformation campaigns, interventionist
01:01attempts, also destabilizing actions by the far right wing of the country. All of the minutes
01:10counted at this hour amounts 6,559 from a total of 19,152. This represents
01:2334.25% of the minutes of the ballots. This shows as well that the Democrat-Christian Party
01:33of Honduras has received so far 2,152 votes. Also, the Innovation and Unity Social Democrat Party
01:44has received over 10,000 votes for Freedom and Refundation. Libre Party, the ruling power of the country,
01:54has so far 255,972 votes. And the Liberal Party of Honduras has at this moment 506,316. And finally,
02:09the leading, so far at this moment, with 5,330,073 votes counted on its favour, the National Party
02:23of Honduras. Fraud, interventionist attempts, destabilizing actions. There has been everything
02:29in an electoral process that has been undermined for several weeks, and this was anticipated
02:40by the ruling party and by the candidate of this powerful force of this nation, by the candidate
02:49Rixi Moncada. This is Rixi Moncada. This is the information so far. This is the preliminary results
02:55at this hour. The final, the final informations, let's recall that Libre is a party of, is at this moment
03:09being led by the candidate Rixi Moncada. And she has been, in this context, former President Manuel Zelaya
03:22has taken, has started to react and has taken to his social platforms to denounce the following. And I quote,
03:31as you can see on your screens, Libre is a party of ideals tested in the streets and with great social
03:39and democratic results during Xiomara Castro's presidency. Our demand to remain fast in our struggle
03:46until we obtain the final count with 100% of the presidential, mayoral and congressional ballots
03:55of our candidate Rixi Moncada is the moral, patriotic and truthful court of action, adhering to the mandate
04:03of the people at the ballot box, a mandate we cannot ignore. This is the message just published by former
04:12President Manuel Zelaya. This is the information we have been receiving from Honduras as this election day
04:21on falls in the country with this unfortunately expected situation already being warned by the candidate
04:32of the ruling party of the Libre party by Rixi Moncada, who was also former defense minister of the nation.
04:42Let's recall that polls and also the results, these preliminary results are showing the national party
04:51candidate Nasri Asfura as leading as the leader so far of this electoral race. And he is a wealthy
05:02construction tycoon, a former major of Tegucigalpa. He has been also involved in several corruption scandals.
05:11He is the candidate of Honduras traditional right wing establishment. Notably as well, he has been publicly
05:19endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Let's recall that this has been a race that has been under constant
05:26foreign interference, especially by the U.S. in a context in which the Honduran people,
05:33for the Honduran people, it is not news, this constant, successive and this constant interference by the
05:41successive U.S. administrations in the democracy of this country. Let's give you some informations
05:48regarding this aspect. Honduras have been experiencing U.S. interference since
05:55early 20th century. In that moment of history, the U.S. support for banana companies was crucial
06:06throughout the 1900s. Companies like United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit had enormous influence in
06:13Honduras. And in this context, the U.S. frequently intervened diplomatically and militarily to protect
06:20corporate interests. Now the history is repeating itself. Also during the Cold War era in the 1980s,
06:28Honduras became a central U.S. military ally. In Central America, the U.S. used Honduras as a staging
06:38ground for the contra-revel fighting. And also the CIA as well-funded, trained and armed in effectives
06:49in the Honduran territory and also established a heavily-funded military bases. And also it was very
06:58known its role, the role of the CIA and the U.S. governments directly in the 2009 coup d'etat against
07:07former President Manuel Zelaya, one of the first ones that have been asking the media to announce and to
07:17condemn this ongoing fraud that is taking, that is unfolding at this hour in Honduras. Let's recall that
07:27this is a situation that has been very well known for Hondurans and this was proven as well in the 2009
07:34coup d'etat for its role, for the role of the U.S. in this scenario. The coup d'etat of former President
07:41Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009, that is among the most cited contemporary examples. The U.S. did not
07:52formally recognize it as a military coup which would have required cutting aid under U.S. law. Hillary Clinton
08:01later wrote as well, also publicly recognizing the role in this in this scenario. And then also
08:09Hillary Clinton later wrote and also removed from her memoir later on that the U.S. worked to ensure
08:17Zelaya did not return to office. The U.S. pushed for elections following that coup d'etat in 2009
08:24and that was also organized by the de facto government which much of Latin America refused
08:34to recognize. Also, the candidate for the Libre for the Libre party, Rixi Moncada, has taken as well,
08:43taken to her social media to denounce these these results. She posted the following,
08:50I am grateful to the Libre party and our people who overwhelmingly voted for my proposal for economic
08:57and democratic reform. I urge you to remain steadfast in your struggle until we obtain the final results,
09:06with 100 percent of the presidential, mayoral and congressional ballots counted. Tomorrow at a press
09:14conference I will announce my political position regarding the presidential results published by
09:21the National Electoral Council. This is the stance, this is the denunciation and the call
09:30being given by the Libre candidate, Rixi Moncada, on social media X. This is everything that is happening
09:40at this moment in Honduras following a few moments after the release of the first preliminary results
09:48being released by the National Electoral Council that shows the candidate Nasri Asfura of the National
09:56Party as leading this race in this electoral process that has been marked by misinformation campaigns,
10:05by U.S. interventionist actions as well, by destabilizing actions from the far right, being supported as well
10:11by the U.S. in a context that it remains to be seen when all the ballots are counted, how this is going to be
10:19unfolding and we're going to be bringing you all the latest information in this matter. This is all for the
10:25moment. Stay tuned with Telesur English.
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