Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftist rule.
Polls show three candidates neck-and-neck in the race to succeed leftist President Xiomara Castro, whose husband, Manuel Zelaya, also led the country before being toppled in a 2009 coup. Trump’s favorite is 67-year-old Nasry “Tito” Asfura of the right-wing National Party.
His main challengers are 60-year-old lawyer Rixi Moncada from the ruling Libre party and 72-year-old TV host Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.
Polls opened at 7:00 am (1300 GMT) for 10 hours of voting, with the first results expected late Sunday.
Trump has conditioned continued US support for one of Latin America’s poorest countries on Asfura winning.