Senior U.S. official to visit Honduras to back fair elections


  • World
  • Sunday, 21 Nov 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official will visit Honduras next week to underline that United States wants the Central American country to hold a "free and fair" presidential election on Nov. 28, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.

The last presidential election in 2017 was marred by a bitter row over the vote count, which appeared to be going against incumbent Juan Orlando Hernandez until it broke down and then turned in favor of Hernandez when it re-started.

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