Honduras Votes: What Went Wrong?

Honduras is in a political mess after its recent election. The vote count is stuck. Hundreds of thousands of ballots are still not counted. Two main candidates are neck and neck. Nasry Asfura is slightly ahead. Salvador Nasralla is close behind. But many ballots have issues. They need to be checked again. The election was a disaster from the start. A test run showed big problems. Only 36% of practice ballots were processed. This was a red flag. But no one fixed the issues. Now, the whole country is paying the price. The electoral council is to blame. It's made up of three people. Each one represents a different political party. They couldn't agree on anything. This caused big delays. They hired a company to count the votes. But the company wasn't ready. Their machines couldn't handle the job. Political fights made things worse. Candidates accused each other of cheating. Even the U. S. President got involved. He endorsed one candidate. This made people doubt the results even more. International observers didn't see any big fraud. But they said the election was poorly run. Now, the country is waiting. The electoral council is doing a manual count. This will take time. But it's the only way to know the real results. Honduras needs a clear winner. The political chaos is hurting the country.