Honduran President Xiomara Castro Orders Vote Recount, Requests Trump Meeting

Honduras’ President Xiomara CastroPhotographer: Tomas Ayuso/Bloomberg

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By Alex Vasquez

January 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM UTC

Corrected

January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC

Honduran President Xiomara Castro ordered a recount of November’s presidential election that was won by Nasry “Tito” Asfura, a conservative candidate supported by Donald Trump.

Among the reasons for her decree, Castro said the electoral council has refused to count 4,774 electoral ballots and also to review 292 challenges. She said her decision was backed by 69 lawmakers from Congress.