Honduras: Electoral Council fulfills coup

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Precisely in Honduras, on Wednesday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) officially declared the National Party's right-wing candidate, Nasry Asfura, as president of the country, amid a context marked by several denunciations of irregularities in the electoral process. teleSUR

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00:00Precisely in this context, let's recall that in Honduras, on Wednesday, the National Electoral

00:04Council officially declared National Party's right-wing candidate, Nasri Azfura, as president

00:10of the country amid a context marked by several denouncements of irregularities in the electoral

00:16process. Warnings about the violation of democracy in the elections began days before the November

00:2230th election day, when a series of audio recordings revealed the implementation of

00:27fraud mechanisms to benefit the political right. Added to this was U.S. interference of

00:33President Donald Trump that launched a campaign focused on directing votes towards candidate

00:39Nasri Azfura. In the aftermath of Election Day, the ballot counting process has been riddled

00:45by allegations of violations in the results for admission system. However, despite evidence

00:51showing the intention to carry out an electoral coup in the country, the electoral authority

00:56issued the official results without complying with the citizens' demands for a vote-by-boat

01:03count or addressing the challenges presented.

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