TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared on Sunday (Monday in Manila) the winner of a heavily disputed presidential election held three weeks ago, despite mounting protests and opposition claims of fraud.

Electoral authorities made the announcement the day that Hernandez’s leftist opponent, Salvador Nasralla, left for the United States to highlight what he said was ballot tampering in the November 26 poll.

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