Honduran President Xiomara Castro appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump for direct dialogue on the November 30 elections late Saturday during the three-hour period ending at 11:16 p.m. UTC, as Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and the Dominican Republic issued a joint statement warning of a possible self-coup in Honduras in the coming hours, according to posts on X. In her statement posted on X, Castro addressed Trump's social media support for candidate Nasry Asfura, claiming it influenced the process negatively, and explained her sanction of Legislative Decree No. 58-2025, which orders the National Electoral Council (CNE) to count votes and minutes, reaffirming national sovereignty. She cited the CNE's refusal to scrutinize 4,774 minutes representing 1,558,689 votes and failure to resolve 292 challenges involving alleged irregularities like adulterated records and over 500,000 votes lacking biometric support, as stated in her X post at approximately 10:00 p.m. UTC. The joint statement from the eight nations, shared on X by user Agustin Antonetti, expressed urgent concern over a self-coup being prepared by the Zelaya Castro family, urging attention to movements. Separately, RCV Noticias reported on X that electoral materials at the CNE Logistics Center were under strong military guard to ensure security and transparency. Castro's decree, approved by 69 deputies, responds to actions by the CNE and Electoral Court of Justice (ECJ), which she accused of violating the constitution by not convening fully and denying vote counts, per her statement. EFE Noticias confirmed on X that Castro requested the dialogue specifically about Trump's public statements.
