The election, just a week after Chile chose far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president, continues Latin America’s swing to the right.

President Donald Trump threw his support behind Asfura, 67, a politician and businessman who is the former mayor of the capital Tegucigalpa.

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday urged all parties to accept the outcome of Honduras' presidential election where Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by the U.S. president, was declared victor by the electoral body.

Nasry Asfura, a conservative candidate backed by United States President Donald Trump has won the closely contested presidential elections in Honduras, the country’s election council has said. The final results, announced on Wednesday more than 20 days than the vote took place, are likely to spark challenges in the Central American nation.

The Trump administration has restricted visas for two leftist Honduran election officials, citing interference in the Central American country’s special vote count

The president faces the inevitable waning of power in a second term, but he also will begin the year with an erosion in political support.

Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.

President Donald Trump has issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters, a former Colorado elections administrator convicted of a data breach scheme tied to false claims of election fraud

President Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura has won Honduras' presidential election, the country's electoral authorities said, ending a weeks-long count.