On November 26, Hondurans went to the polls to select the country’s next president. It had been eight years since a US-backed coup toppled the left-leaning president, Manuel Zelaya, and ushered in conservative rule. Squaring off were the incumbent National Party leader, Juan Orlando Hernández, and the center-left opposition candidate, Salvador Nasralla.

As election returns rolled in, Nasralla jumped out to a five-point lead over Hernández. But that gap slowly evaporated and Hernández began to pull ahead as concerns surfaced about possible electoral fraud. International observers soon called on Honduran voting authorities to conduct a recount.

On December 4, the National Party–controlled electoral commission announced that Hernández was now besting Nasralla by a small margin. However, the Supreme Electoral Commission still has yet to declare a winner and the possibility of a broader recount has not been ruled out.