Honduras is facing at least US$14 billion in claims brought against it by corporations to protect their profits at the expense of people and the environment 鈥 a practice that applies across Latin America, reports Tamara Pearson.
Honduras
The Honduran army and national police converged on a Gar铆funa community in Punta Gorda 鈥 on the island of Roat谩n 鈥 on November 7, violently evicting residents, reports Ana Zorita.
United States Ambassador to Honduras Laura Dogu was summoned by Honduran foreign minister Enrique Reina on October 31 for meddling in the country鈥檚 internal affairs, writes Ana Zorita.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro signed a decree on April 25 that repealed the law creating the country's nefarious Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDEs), reports Ben Radford.
The newly inaugurated government of progressive President Xiomara Castro declared Honduras聽free of open-cut mining on February 28 to protect its environment, reports聽People's Dispatch.
Leftist Xiomara Castro has been sworn in, marking the first time since 2006 that Honduras has a legitimately-elected president. Ben Radford reports.
Leftist Libertad y Refundaci贸n (Libre) party candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya won November鈥檚 presidential elections in Honduras with 51% of the vote 鈥 the highest proportion of votes for a presidential candidate in Honduran history, reports Ben Radford.
Following Xiomara Castro鈥檚 victory in the Honduran elections, Bertha Z煤niga C谩ceres discusses聽what this means for people鈥檚 movements in the country.
Delegates from the Progressive International Observatory witnessed the election of Xiomara Castro in Honduras on November 28.
Five years have passed since social leader and environmental activist Berta C谩ceres was assassinated in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, reports聽People's Dispatch.
In the first 13 days of 2019, there were five major killings聽in Honduras聽in what local media are calling massacres, TeleSUR English . All up, 18 people were killed by gunmen.
The Honduran聽Attorney General鈥檚 office and the national police say they are investigating the rash of murders but no suspects have been apprehended yet.
A new map developed at the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach the United States.
UC geography professor Tomasz Stepinski has turned high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency into one of the most detailed looks so far at how people are reshaping the planet.
Stepinski said: 鈥淩ight now there are caravans of people walking to the United States. Many of them are coming from Guatemala.鈥
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