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The 67-year-old construction magnate and former mayor of the Honduran capital is running in a tight three-way race gainst a leftist lawyer and a fellow right-wing TV host in the Sunday vote.

The boy died after three months in captivity, having been taken from his school in the Amazon by guerrillas and other criminal groups fighting Colombia's leftist government.

In the aftermath of the protests, Mexico’s leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum accused right-wing opponents of hijacking the demonstration to provoke unrest and smear her government.

But Caracas claims it is really a ploy to overthrow its leftist president Maduro, who the United States considers an illegitimate leader and a drug lord -- a charge that he denies.

The leftist New Democratic Party, which has seven MPs, often has backed minority Liberal governments, but had not yet announced at midday Sunday how it would vote.