Honduran Socialist Loser Rejects Election Loss, Accuses Trump of Rigging Election
Rixi Moncada, the presidential candidate for Honduras’ ruling Libre party, announced Sunday that she and the party do not accept the preliminary results of the November 30 election.
Moncada called for protests, the annulment of the vote, and accused President Donald Trump of “coercing” the electoral process.
The statements were delivered during a Sunday night press conference in which Moncada read an official party declaration denouncing what she described as an “electoral coup.”
“Libre does not recognize the elections held under the interference and coercion of Donald Trump and the allied oligarchy that attacked the people with an electoral coup,” Moncada said.
She further accused opponents of engaging in “electoral terrorism” and claimed that foreign influence played a role in shaping the results.
Honduras has spent the past week in a period of electoral uncertainty.
As of Sunday night, the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) had not finalized the vote count.
The agency attributed the delays to “technical problems” allegedly reported by a service provider hired to operate the vote transmission system.
The extended delay has left candidates and parties questioning the progression of the tally.
Preliminary figures reported by local outlets over the weekend show conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, who received President Trump’s backing, leading by approximately 0.7 percent over Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.
THE TRUMP EFFECT: In a stunning turn of events, Honduras has voted itself out of communism after four years, strongly rejecting the communist candidate Rixi Moncada, who was favored to win. She is now expected to come in third place.
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) December 1, 2025
Right-wing, Trump-endorsed candidate Nasry… pic.twitter.com/As1z9a00qU
Nasralla, a former vice president under current President Xiomara Castro, remains close behind in the count.
Moncada, representing the governing socialist administration of President Xiomara Castro, has remained in third place with less than 20 percent of the vote.
Based on the reported preliminary numbers, she does not have a viable path to victory regardless of which of the top two candidates ultimately prevails.
Throughout the week, Moncada repeatedly accused President Trump of “electoral fraud and interference,” tying her claims to Trump’s endorsement of Asfura and his public criticism of her support for the late Cuban communist leader Fidel Castro.
Honduran newspaper El Heraldo reported that Moncada again rejected what she called the “imperial narrative of communism,” which she said was used as an “attack” against her during the campaign.
Moncada also announced that the Libre party would disavow any public official who “places themselves at the disposal of and announces cooperation in the government transition with the enemies of the people, the perpetrators of this ongoing electoral coup.”
She called on supporters to participate in demonstrations, sit-ins, and protests scheduled for Saturday, December 13, stating, “No one here is giving up, no to the electoral coup, no to interference,” and urging the public to defend what she described as “national dignity.”
In a separate development, Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla told Reuters on Thursday that President Trump “damaged” his chances of winning the election through alleged “last-minute interference.”
According to Nasralla, Trump’s endorsement of Asfura “flipped” the race in favor of the conservative candidate.
In the days leading up to the vote, President Trump criticized Moncada for her praise of Fidel Castro and referred to Nasralla as a “borderline communist.”
Nasralla, during his Reuters interview, described himself as “center-right.”
















