On December 9, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media:
“Yesterday, we observed several Honduran land and territory organizations, including @arcahhonduras [the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication], COPA [the Coordinator of Popular Organizations of the Aguán], the Agrarian Platform [a national network of more than 30 organizations], and La Vía Campesina, filing a motion to annul the election results with the National Electoral Council and a complaint for electoral crimes with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
According to lawyer Pedro Mejía, the organizations found ‘serious irregularities in the processes of transmission, dissemination, verification, and transfer’ of electoral data. He also denounced alleged attempts to ‘impose foreign will’, specifically from the United States. Esly Banegas, coordinator of COPA, added: ‘We are not acting on behalf of any political party. We are here as organizations demanding respect for the human right of the people to elect their representatives and participate in the democratic processes of the country.’”
Castro alleges “electoral coup”
The Guardian has also reported: “Since Hondurans went to the polls on 30 November, the vote count has dragged on, with repeated interruptions and outages on the electoral council’s website. …[Now] Honduras’s president, Xiomara Castro, has alleged that an ‘electoral coup’ is under way in the country’s presidential election, which she says has been marked by ‘interference from the president of the United States, Donald Trump’.”
Permanent Commission says it will not validate process
EFE further reports that a declaration “agreed [to] by the Permanent Commission of Parliament, which is made up of only nine of the 128 deputies of that branch of the State, … [says] the National Congress will not validate a process tainted by internal pressures from organized crime structures linked to drug trafficking such as the MS-13, 18 gangs, among others, and much less under external pressures and for direct violation of the freedom of voters.” Their statement add: “[Trump incurred in] an unprecedented act of coercion against the sovereignty of a country in the world.”
Military says it will ensure transfer of power
Aljazeera now reports: “The Honduran military has stepped into the chaotic aftermath of the country’s election, saying it will ensure the transfer of power is carried out once a winner is declared. Armed forces chief Roosevelt Hernandez said on [December 10] that the military, which carried out a coup in 2009 and has a history of intervening in elections, would guarantee that the results were honoured.”
The latest count
Contra Corriente reports: “The latest count published by the CNE [National Electoral Council] , gives as the virtual winner Asfura, the candidate who was publicly supported by the president of the United States, Donald Trump and in view of this, the liberal candidate, Salvador Nasralla has denounced fraud and requests that a ‘vote by vote’ count be made.”
More specifically, EFE reports: “Asfura leads the last official count of votes of the CNE with 1,298,835 (40.52%), followed by the candidate of the also conservative Liberal Party, Salvador Nasralla, with 1,256,428 votes (39.48%). The candidate of the ruling Libre, Rixi Moncada, continues to be relegated in third place with 618,448 ballots (19.29%), with 99.40% of the ballots counted.”
We continue to follow this situation.
Further reading: PBI-Honduras accompanies organizations at press conference in front of the US Embassy on electoral interference (December 5, 2025).
