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Pope denounces slaying of Honduran environmental defender

Pope Francis has condemned the slaying of an environmental activist in Honduras

The Independent UK

Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured

Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prisonbreak left two inmates dead and three injured

The Independent UK

Environmental Activist Killed In Honduras For Protecting Tropical Forests

Tragic killing of environmental activist Juan Lopez in Honduras underscores risks faced by defenders of natural resources.

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Honduras manager calls for resolution to Palma’s lack of game time at Celtic

Honduras manager Reinaldo Rueda has called on the situation around Luis Palma’s lack of minutes for Celtic to be resolved, with the forward…

The National (Scotland)

El Salvador police chief, key gangs crackdown, dies in helicopter crash: 'it can't be investigated as a mere accident'

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas died near the country's border with Honduras. President Bukele said the crash could not be investigated a mere "accident"

Latin Times

Gangs'stories: how 15-year-old Jennifer became Honduras’ first female gang leader

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters constitute fundamental lenses through which…

The Conversation

Honduras Defense Minister, Deputy Step Down Over Drug Trafficking Accusations

Their resignation came Saturday, three days after President Xiomara Castro canceled the extradition treaty with the United States.

Latin Times

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Honduras Gang Violence Forces Thousands From Their Homes

After criminals recently forced a family to leave their home in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, the owner again tried to rent it out, this time, to a young couple.

International Business Times

Reduced Coffee Exports From Honduras Sparks Short-Covering in Coffee

September arabica coffee (KCU24 ) today is up +3.80 (+1.67%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMU24 ) is up +7 (+0.17%). Coffee prices today are moderately higher on signs of smaller global supplies. Short covering in coffee future emerged today after the Honduran Coffee Institute reported that coffee exports from...

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Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in U.S. prison for cocaine distribution

The former chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a cocaine conspiracy

The Independent UK

The key to tackling Florida's coral crisis might just be found off the shores of Honduras

A team of scientists looks to create an offspring from both corals since they have both thrived in similar extreme heat conditions

Latin Times

‘Just give me 30 men and a few arms’: Honduran Indigenous groups ready to fight to save land

Miskito and other groups demand government action against criminal forces behind an unprecedented wave of deforestation in their territory

The Guardian - UK

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

International Business Times

US Jails Ex-Honduras President For 45 Years On Drugs Charges

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

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Former Honduran President Sentenced To 45 Years For Drug Trafficking

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez sentenced to 45 years in US for drug trafficking, accused of conspiring with drug cartels and turning Hond...

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Ex-president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in US prison for drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernández said all Honduran political parties accepted drug money, but denied taking bribes himself

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Heavy Rains Claim 30 Lives In Central America

Severe weather in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador results in 30 fatalities and widespread damage, displacing thousands.

Latin Times

Former Honduran president to learn if he'll spend the rest of his life at an American prison

Juan Orlando Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. He was extradited to the U.S. on April 2022

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Heavy Rains Claim 30 Lives In Central America

Severe storms in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador cause fatalities and widespread damage, displacing thousands.

Latin Times

U.S. extends work permits for migrants with TPS from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua

The measure will now expire in March 2025

International Business Times

One Year On, Honduras Prison Massacre Survivors Still Reeling

Samantha still does not know how she survived the slaughter of 46 fellow inmates in a brutal gang battle at Honduras's only women's prison a year ago.

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Honduras President Unveils Plans For 20,000-Capacity 'Megaprison'

Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' to combat gang violence and reform prisons amidst escalating narcoviolence.

The Independent UK

Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' for gang members as part of a crackdown

The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison.”

The Conversation

Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads

The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine of the 10 countries are in Africa – the only non-African country on the list is Honduras in central America.

Latin Times

How Denver is looking to integrate more than 1,400 unaccompanied migrant children who arrived in the city

Most of them have come from Honduras, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data.

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