Los primeros 100 días de gestión del presidente Nasry Asfura continúan generando análisis desde distintos sectores políticos y económicos.

Mientras algunas voces observan señales orientadas a la estabilidad y la inversión, otras advierten que el nuevo gobierno enfrenta desafíos profundos relacionados con institucionalidad, corrupción y capacidad de gestión.

La socióloga Julieta Castellanos sostiene que las recientes elecciones modificaron significativamente la correlación de fuerzas en el sistema político hondureño. En su análisis, el partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) perdió capacidad de incidencia tanto política como institucional, especialmente dentro del Congreso Nacional.

Para la académica, esta configuración representa una prueba decisiva para el país y para las fuerzas tradicionales que vuelven a dominar el tablero político.

Castellanos agrega que “la ciudadanía mantiene altos niveles de desconfianza hacia la clase política debido a los constantes señalamientos de corrupción e impunidad que han marcado los últimos años».

Mientras que, entre los temas pendientes aparecen procesos impulsados por la Misión de Apoyo contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en Honduras (MACCIH), el denominado narco video, el caso de la presunta estafa financiera de Koriun y señalamientos respecto al manejo de recursos en la Corte Suprema de Justicia y otras instituciones estatales y se plantea dudas sobre la capacidad del nuevo gobierno para enfrentar investigaciones y casos emblemáticos relacionados con corrupción y crimen organizado.

La exrectora también cuestionó el arranque operativo del gobierno de Asfura y señala “Todavía no se observan transformaciones profundas” en sectores históricamente afectados como salud, educación y seguridad pública.

La académica considera que, a pesar de las expectativas generadas por el cambio de gobierno, persisten problemas estructurales que durante años han limitado el fortalecimiento institucional del país.

Desde el ámbito económico, el economista del Foro Social de la Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras (FOSDEH), Mario Palma, destaca algunos avances durante los primeros 100 días de gobierno, especialmente en materia de confianza económica y atracción de inversión.

Palma considera que “varias de las medidas impulsadas por la administración de Asfura podrían contribuir a reducir la incertidumbre económica y fortalecer la percepción de estabilidad nacional”.

Así mismo, y al cumplirse cien días de haber iniciado su mandato, el gobierno de Nasry Asfura enfrenta un escenario marcado por altas expectativas y desafíos persistentes.

Entre los aspectos positivos, resalta las negociaciones con el Fondo Monetario Internacional y el retorno de Honduras al Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).

“Estas acciones generan señales de mayor certidumbre para el capital extranjero y para los mercados internacionales”, afirma el economista.

En su visión, la estabilidad macroeconómica y la generación de confianza resultan fundamentales para atraer inversión y dinamizar la economía hondureña.

El representante de FOSDEH también subraya el énfasis oficial en seguridad, al considerar que este factor incide directamente tanto en la ciudadanía como en la confianza de inversionistas nacionales e internacionales.

Palma advierte: “El objetivo es reactivar la economía y mejorar los indicadores”, al referirse a la estrategia económica del gobierno. No obstante, señala que los avances iniciales no eliminan los problemas estructurales que históricamente han limitado la competitividad del país.

Mientras sectores económicos observan señales favorables en materia de estabilidad y apertura a la inversión, voces académicas y analistas políticos mantienen cuestionamientos sobre la capacidad del nuevo liderazgo para transformar prácticas históricas vinculadas a corrupción, gobernabilidad y debilidad institucional.

Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Republican challenger Spencer Pratt, and Democratic Socialists of America-aligned city councilwoman Nithya Raman squared off in a heated nonpartisan debate on Wednesday as the city heads toward its June 2 mayoral primary.

The debate, hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, centered on questions of public safety, affordability and immigration. Conservative commentators on social media, as well as some on the left, generally felt that Pratt exceeded expectations as he jumps into politics following his history as a reality star on «The Hills.» 

Fox News Digital took a look back at the top moments of the debate, including Bass confronting top issues such as the Palisades fires that tore through Southern California in 2025.  

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‘Stabbed in the neck’

«First off, Inside Safe, I like to say Inside Safe makes all of us outside, unsafe,» Pratt said near the midpoint of the debate.

Inside Safe is a municipal program spearheaded by Bass intended to take people out of homeless encampments and bring them into temporary or permanent indoor housing. A city report found that it spent $300 million on the project, which assisted roughly 6,000 people, 40% of whom have since ended up back on the streets.

«The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super meth,» Pratt continued. «They are on fentanyl. The DEA statistic says 93% of this is a drug addiction problem. I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with [Raman] and we can find some of these people she’s going to offer treatment for. She’s going to get stabbed in the neck.»

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Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman talks with Mayor Karen Bass at Hazeltine Park in Sherman Oaks on Feb. 10, 2024, before a campaign event. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

‘This is a yes or no question’

Near the end of the debate, moderator Enrique Chiabra asked the three candidates a straightforward question.

«I want to ask you all three if this is a yes or no question and answer,» Chiabra said. «So there’s an LA council member. He wants voters to decide. He is saying that non-citizens, should they be allowed to vote in local elections. Is this a yes or no, Mr. Pratt?»

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Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman attends National Coming Out Day 2024 in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 11, 2024. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

Pratt answered in a single word: «No.»

Bass gave a longer answer, differentiating between green card holders and illegal immigrants, pointing out that some cities allow the former category to vote in local elections.

Raman, meanwhile, gave an answer that a Los Angeles Times columnist described as «tongue-tied.»

«Yeah, I would say again, it does depend in other places, school boards have non-citizens, non-citizens who are residents who vote for these,» she began to say, before a moderator cut her off.

‘The most dangerous thing that the mayor put us up against’

Early in the debate, Pratt took a jab at Bass over her handling of the January 2025 Pacific Palisades fires.

«To the mayor, Karen Bass, the thousand firefighters that were available, but there [were] no engines for them because of the $17 million that Chief Crowley had asked the mayor for nine weeks before, and Mayor Karen Bass denied it,» Pratt said. «Not to mention Janisse Quinones, who Mayor Karen Bass put into a position of power at the LA DWP. She drained both of these reservoirs that these firefighters needed to put out these fires.»

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TV personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt visits Fox & Friends at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City on Jan. 28, 2026. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Pratt called Bass’ conduct in the lead-up to the fires «the most dangerous thing that the mayor put us up against.»

‘Mayor Bass and I are definitely not working together’

Raman, who has been struggling to break through in the polls, accused Bass and Pratt during the debate of working together to block her out of the general election.

«You’re going to watch today as Mayor Bass and Spencer Pratt attack me because they want to run against each other in the general election,» Raman said, directly addressing debate viewers. 

«First off, Mayor Bass and I are definitely not working together,» Pratt responded. «I blame this person for burning my house and my parents house and my town and all my neighbors down.»

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said «it depends» when asked whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote in local elections. (Getty Images)

He went on to point out that Bass’ strong relationship with labor unions and her status as incumbent mayor made her a stronger opponent than Raman, in his view.

Pratt concluded his statement by dismissing Raman as a «random council member.»

‘Public safety should be our number one priority’

As the debate shifted to public safety, Pratt took an opportunity to slam Raman for historically advocating for decreased police funding.

«Councilwoman Raman keeps saying that the police department is over funded public safety – should be our number one priority,» he said. «And we’re going to find all this money when we stop her useless open bed plans. That actually doesn’t put drug addicts in these housing, that we’re spending billions of dollars, and we’re going to actually start checking where this money is going.»

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Pratt proposed providing more resources to the Los Angeles Police Department to ultimately build the force to 12,500 officers.

Political critics of Supreme Court decisions fundamentally do not understand the role of the institution, according to Chief Justice John Roberts.

It is to interpret the law, not make it, he told a judicial conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

«I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,» Roberts said Wednesday night. «I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.»

The decision reviewing the unconstitutionality of race-based gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act has resurfaced rebukes of the political ideology of the Court. Three conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, were placed on the bench by President Donald Trump during his first term, giving Republican-nominated justices a 6-3 majority.

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Justices, however, are making decisions based on the law and contextual readings of the Constitution, not their personal policy preferences, Roberts stressed to the conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in Pennsylvania.

«I think considered criticism is a very good thing,» Roberts said. «You hope it’s intelligent criticism, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a free country and I certainly don’t object to it, and I don’t think my colleagues do either.»

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The Supreme Court has also expanded gun rights and overturned the constitutional right to abortion in recent years. Public confidence in the Supreme Court was at a low of 40% after the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion ruling, showing the politics of rulings determines perception as the words of the Constitution remain unchanged.

The rulings are «based on our best effort to figure out what the Constitution means and how it applies» to the existing law, Roberts said.

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Protesters wave transgender pride flags outside the Supreme Court in Washington as it hears arguments on Jan. 13, 2026, over state laws barring transgender girls and women from school athletic teams. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

«We’re not simply part of the political process, and there’s a reason for that, and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate,» Roberts said, stressing that «one thing we have to do is make decisions that are unpopular.»

«On the other hand,» Roberts said, «there is a point where it changes from criticism of the opinion to criticism of the judge and it can lead to some very serious problems.»

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Heated political rhetoric, potentially fueled by violent protest groups, can endanger judges.

In June 2022, an armed suspect was caught outside Kavanaugh’s home. Nicholas John Roske pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 97 months in prison and lifetime supervised release after admitting to the attempted assassination.

«There’s a lot of hostility that’s publicized about judicial decisions and which judge wrote those decisions,» Roberts warned. «I think we have to be a little more careful and make sure people, to the extent you can, are more careful about that.»

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Judges bowing to the pressures of political ideology from the American public would have devastating effects, according to Roberts.

«If you do it cavalierly, overrule precedent just because you think it’s wrong, then the whole system begins to suffer,» he said.

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The advanced ages of Thomas and Alito have raised questions of whether they might consider retirement either before the midterms — which could change Congress’ ability to get through another conservative justice nominee under Trump — or before 2028, where a flip of the White House and/or Congress could shift the court back away from a conservative majority.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.