Conservative businessman Nasry "Tito" Asfura will be sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras, two months after being helped to election victory by US President Donald Trump.
Asfura was declared the winner of November's election by a razor-thin margin after Trump threatened to cut aid to Central America's poorest country if his "friend" was defeated.
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