Honduran president sworn in amid protests after election chaos


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  • Sunday, 28 Jan 2018

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, accompanied by his wife Ana Garcia de Hernandez, is sworn in by President of the National Congress of Honduras Mauricio Oliva for a new term during his inauguration ceremony at the Tiburcio Carias Andino National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for unity on Saturday after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, while police skirmished with protesters in the streets.

Hernandez, a conservative supported by the United States, appeared set to lose the Nov. 26 election until an abrupt halt in the vote count and a shift in the results took victory away from his center-left rival, Salvador Nasralla.

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