Xinhua News Agency reported on November 28 that after the voting phase of the Honduran presidential election, a dramatic scene occurred, with both candidates admitting to winning the election. But in the ensuing count, The Liberal Reconstruction Party's candidate, Castro, had far more votes than his rival, the ruling party's candidate, Asfra.
Although the final result of the vote count has not yet been announced, the chances of Asfra's reversal are obviously small. The election will not only elect a new president, but also 128 members of Congress and nearly 300 mayors. This election is a great change in the political circles of Honduras, and its importance is self-evident.
More than 5 million voters registered in the election, and voters can vote at 5,700 polling stations in different regions. Fourteen candidates from different political parties will divide the 5 million votes.
The Chairman of the Election Commission of Honduras said on the day of the election that the voting in the elections was normal and that the whole process was peaceful and calm. There have been no horrific incidents of violence.
But nearly a thousand supporters of the defeated candidate gathered in front of the Supreme Election Commission to protest. The protesters agreed to wear red shirts and wave a uniform flag, demanding that the commission immediately become the candidate they support as president.
At present, not only is the real-time voting lead, but also the polls, which are an important reference for the election results, are also Castro's lead. Not surprisingly, it is basically certain that Castro will win the election. As a female candidate, he will become the first female president of Honduras.
In this small country with little name, this is ahead of the world. In terms of foreign policy, Castro also has her own unique views, she has made it clear that if she can be elected president, she will break diplomatic relations with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations and carry out business exchanges with China on the basis of the one-China principle.
The people of Honduras are full of expectations for the new president and say that the United States will lose its colony of Honduras and will face an independent new Honduras in the future.
Faced with the influence of the United States in Honduras, Castro has his own deep understanding. His husband stepped down because of a coup d'état ordered by the CIA. After Castro takes office, Honduras' relations with the United States may usher in major changes.
At this time, the estimate of silently following the elections in Honduras is Taiwan. Of the 14 Honduran presidential candidates, there is little hope of supporting the Taiwan authorities.
Taiwan's so-called 15 "countries with diplomatic relations" will be fewer and fewer in the future. The United States has long regarded Latin America as its backyard. Not only is power politics promoted in Latin America, but also hegemony is rampant in its dealings with Latin American countries. And this gross interference in the Honduran election is even more doomed to failure.
Editor: Wu Jialun