By Laura Garcia

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – In Honduras, Nasry Asfura, the conservative presidential candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, maintained a razor-thin lead on Saturday as counting stretched into its seventh day and the race remains too close to call.

With 88% of ballots tallied, Asfura of the National Party had 40.19%, about 20,000 votes ahead of centrist rival Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party, who stood at 39.49%, according to the electoral authority. Rixi Moncada of the ruling leftist LIBRE Party remained well behind in third place on 19.30%.

Some 14% of ballots showed inconsistencies, officials said, and would be reviewed.

The race has received very close attention from Washington.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on social media on

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