Nasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’ closely contested presidential election, securing victory with the backing of US President Donald Trump, who praised him as a “friend of freedom” and said they would work together to fight what he called “narcocommunism.” The conservative businessman-turned-president-elect campaigned on pledges to work hard and to “save democracy” from the left, with Gabrielle Nadler offering a closer look at Honduras’ next president.