Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatening Central America | Weather News
The late season storm is forecast to bring heavy rains to flood-prone Central America before moving east towards the US.A new tropical storm in the…
Tropical Depression 19 could threaten Honduras as named storm
A tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen and possibly turn into a hurricane as it approaches Honduras, the National Hurricane Center…
Friday 4 October Discovery of America Day in Honduras
The day commemorates the date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas. Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean initiated the European exploration and…
Sunday 15 September Independence Day in Honduras
On his fourth and final voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus landed in Trujillo on 14 August 1502. It was the first time he had…
Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distribution
The former chief of the Honduran National Police was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to protect…
Towards Regional Resurgence: Revitalizing SICA, Decolonization and ASEAN Insights
Latin America has experienced its ups and downs for centuries. Its development tends to take a long time, even after it is free from colonialism.…
Honduras ex-president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers | Drugs News
Juan Orlando Hernandez says he was ‘wrongly accused’ at sentencing hearing for conviction on drugs and weapons charges. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of…
Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News
President Xiomara Castro says new measures including ‘terrorist’ designations for gang members are in response to public complaints about rising violence. Authorities in Honduras have…
Venezuela and Honduras announce actions to protest Ecuador’s embassy raid | Politics News
Honduras has recalled its charge d’affaires while Venezuela plans to close its diplomatic offices in Ecuador in protest. Two Latin American countries — Venezuela and…
The criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US court | Opinions
On Friday, March 8, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted on three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy in a Manhattan federal…
Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News
New York City, United States – The allegations shocked the courtroom. Last week, a confidential witness in a high-profile criminal case alleged that an Israeli…
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, has been found guilty in a New York federal courtroom of participating in a scheme to ship cocaine…
‘Divine justice’: How Hondurans are reacting to an ex-president’s US trial | Courts News
New York City, United States – Bundled against the cold gusts of a New York winter, Cecilio Alfaro braved the morning rush to arrive at…
The state of exception in Honduras is endangering innocent lives | Opinions
When Honduran President Xiomara Castro was elected in November 2021 after running on an anticorruption platform and promising to tackle the country’s disastrous human rights record…
Mexico president slams U.S. aid before Kamala Harris meeting
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sharply criticized U.S. aid to a group in his country hours before he met virtually on Friday with…
El Paso, Texas, ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals | Refugees News
Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, pushing the city of El Paso in the state of…
The murders of Indigenous activists mark the death of the planet | Indigenous Rights
In January 2022, Breiner David Cucuñame, a 14-year-old Indigenous Colombian activist, was shot dead in Colombia’s southwestern department of Cauca. He was killed in the company…
Honduras to build island colony to imprison gang members | Prison News
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighbouring El…
Russia’s war in Ukraine gatecrashes EU-Latin America reunion – POLITICO
A diplomatic row between EU and Latin American countries over how — or even whether — to mention the war in Ukraine risks turning what was…
Honduran armed forces seize control of prisons to stamp out gangs | Crime News
The government of Honduras has announced a crackdown on organised crime within the Central American country’s prison system after an attack in a women’s penal…