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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 20 december 2017

Honduras president calls for peace following re-election

ply with their will, expressed count included “extreme
freely at the ballot box,” statistical improbability.”
Hernandez said in a tele- A Georgetown University
vised speech. researcher who advised
But street protests contin- the OAS said an implausi-
ued Tuesday, with roads bly uniform wave of late-
and highways blocked at breaking results across the
various points by burning country pushed Hernandez
tires and rocks two days past Nasrallah after a day-
after the Electoral Tribunal long interruption in count-
rejected complaints by ing. Nasralla, who was in
Salvador Nasralla and de- Washington to rally inter-
clared Hernandez the vic- national support, said he
tor in the Nov. 26 election. would file a new formal ap-
According to the court’s peal of the results, and said
official count, Hernandez he was encouraged by the
won with 42.95 percent to reaction of the U.S. gov-
41.42 for Nasralla, a former ernment, which issued a
sportscaster backed by a statement Monday urging
left-leaning coalition. parties unhappy with the
However the Organization vote to take advantage
of American States, which of a five-day period to ap-
had observers monitoring peal it. But Honduras Vice
A woman carries a baby affected by tear gas near a barricade erected by supporters of presi- the election, called for a President Ricardo Alvarez
dential candidate Salvador Nasralla protesting official election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, repeat of the election, say- insisted on Monday there
Monday, Dec. 18, 2017. ing the official version of the would be no do-over.q
(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
By FREDDY CUEVAS his disputed re-election
LUIS ALONSO LUGO and bring peace to the di-
Associated Press vided country, even as his
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras challenger said he would
(AP) — Honduras President once again challenge the
Juan Orlando Hernandez official result.
called on the country’s “The people have spoken
leaders Tuesday to accept and it only remains to com-
12 reported dead as tourist

bus crashes in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At pavement while others
least 12 people died when walked around.
a bus carrying cruise ship Martin said the crash oc-
passengers to Mayan ruins curred as the bus was on its
in eastern Mexico flipped way to the ruins at Chac-
over on a highway early choben, about 110 miles
Tuesday, officials said. (175 kilometers) south of
Seven Americans and two Tulum.
citizens of Sweden are The cause of the accident
among the injured, ac- was under investigation.
cording to Quintana Roo Costa Maya Mahahual,
state Civil Defense spokes- the bus company involved,
man Vicente Martin, who said in a statement that
said authorities haven’t yet the bus was carrying tour-
established the nationali- ists who had arrived to the
ties of the dead. coastal town of Mahahual
Video images from the aboard a cruise ship.
scene showed the bus on In addition to the tourists,
its side in vegetation off a guide and driver were
the two-lane highway, with aboard the bus, the com-
some survivors lying on the pany said.q