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| Opposition takes early lead in Honduras election |
| 2017-11-28 |
| [Al Jazeera] Hondurans remain on edge hours after polls closed in the presidential election as official results were suspended and two candidates declared themselves the next president of the Central American country. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal released its first report of preliminary results nearly 10 hours after polls closed showing Opposition Alliance candidate Salvador Nasralla in the lead with 45.17 percent. He was followed by President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the National Party with 40.21 percent and Luis Zelaya of the Liberal Party with 13.77 percent with 57 percent of votes counted. Ramiro Lobo, the magistrate of the tribunal told media on Monday morning that the trend of the results was "irreversible." Political analyst Victor Meza, director of the Honduran investigative centre known as CEDOH and former interior minister, agreed. "The trend is irreversible and Mr. Nasralla won the election," Meza said. "The victory of the opposition represents the defeat of presidential continuity, political authoritarianism, and also the defeat of corruption," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Look for Cuban/Venezuela/Nicaraguan fingerprints.....they Monroe Doctrine died a long time ago and we are going to be sorry. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-11-28 17:18 |
| #1 Nasralla was a leftist sports caster. The NFL finally has a flag they can get off their knees for. |
| Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-11-28 02:14 |