Nasralla assures the US president that he will have in him “an ally of freedom”
The ruling party’s presidential candidate in Honduras, Rix Moncada, has responded to the attacks launched against her in recent hours by US President Donald Trump under the “specter of communism,” highlighting the government’s achievements. Meanwhile, the other aggrieved party, Salvador Nasralla, has opted to assure him that he will have in him “an ally of freedom.”
“The specter of communism returns with the same old stories, but reality speaks louder,” responded Moncada, who highlighted some of the measures taken by the government of outgoing President Xiomara Castro during these years, such as the distribution of properties, job creation, and the construction of infrastructure, including hospitals, roads, and schools.
“They call me a communist to hide the truth: they fear the democratization of the economy, they are terrified of the Tax Justice Act; and they want money to remain a privilege for ten families and not a right for the people,” he wrote in another message on his X account.
Meanwhile, the other candidate targeted, Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, lamented Trump’s statements, in which Trump described him as an “almost communist” who “is not a friend of freedom,” reminding everyone that he served as vice president under current President Castro.
Hondurans go to the polls this Sunday. Trump has fully immersed himself in the campaign, which is proceeding this week under an electoral silence after 45 intense days in which the candidates’ promises have been overshadowed by the accusations the three main candidates have leveled at each other, especially regarding the possibility of all being victims of electoral fraud.
Trump said on Truth Social that Nasralla “is pretending to be a communist just to split the vote” for the candidate he has endorsed, Nasry Asfura, the former mayor of Tegucigalpa. “The only true friend of freedom in Honduras,” he said of him.
Nasralla began his message by expressing his respect for the United States, before lamenting “the malicious disinformation” spread by his political rivals about Trump’s advisors. “When I am elected by my people this Sunday, they will find in me an ally of freedom,” he said.
“I urge reason and common sense at this crossroads our country is facing. Long live traditional values!” he emphasized in his message on X.
The candidates in Honduras’ general elections, held on Sunday, November 30, concluded a tense campaign last weekend marked by accusations of fraud and attacks between them, blaming each other for both the difficult economic situation and the unrest in the streets.
Around six million Hondurans are eligible to vote in these elections, which, in addition to electing a new president, also determine the composition of Congress, nearly 300 mayoralties, and Honduras’ twenty seats in the Central American Parliament.
