Election Crisis

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has accused political actors of engineering an electoral coup as uncertainty grows around the results of the November 30 presidential election, with protests erupting in the capital and election officials struggling to finalize the count.

Castro’s warning came as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Tegucigalpa demanding transparency after technical failures and disputed tally sheets slowed the official results, according to Reuters.

The crisis has raised fears of further instability in the Central American country just weeks before Castro is due to leave office in January.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Castro said the election …