Election crisis engulfs Honduras with rivals neck-and-neck


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Nov 2017

Supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, hold a Honduran flag while they wait for the official presidential election results outside the warehouse of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras faced a growing election crisis on Wednesday, with its U.S.-friendly president edging ahead in troubled vote count that his centrist rival, a television game show host allied with leftists, has rejected, saying he is being robbed.

Three days after polling stations closed in Honduras' presidential election, there was growing international concern with no clear winner and both men claiming victory, despite nearly a fifth of ballots remaining uncounted.

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