News of honduras

China-Taiwan battle lines run through Latin America

28-03-2023 11:43 After Honduras' severing of ties with Taiwan, only Paraguay and 12 other countries now maintain diplomatic relations with the self-ruled democratic island.

ENVIRONMENT

Rising seas eating away at Honduran fishing village

01-03-2023 10:07 Inhabitants of Cedeño and other fishing villages on the Gulf of Fonseca – shared by Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua – are at the forefront of one of the more visible symptoms of climate change: sea level rise caused by melting glaciers and ice sheets.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Honduras human rights campaigners awarded Emilio Mignone prize

23-02-2023 20:49 Human rights campaigners from Honduras awarded with this year’s Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize.

by James Grainger

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Messi scores twice as Argentina down Honduras

24-09-2022 11:27 Lionel Messi's expertly taken double helped seal a comprehensive 3-0 win for Argentina over Honduras in Miami on Friday to extend their impressive unbeaten run ahead of the Qatar World Cup.

WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS

Scaloni irked as visa trouble delays Argentina's key defenders

22-09-2022 20:43 Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has voiced his displeasure at the late arrival of two key defenders for World Cup tune-ups in the United States after visa problems.

Drug Trafficking

Honduras extradites alleged drug matriarch to the US

26-07-2022 16:00 Honduras hands over gang grandame for US trial; sexagenarian Herlinda Bobadilla arrested in mountainous cartel shootout which killed son.

US Border Crisis

Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas

29-06-2022 14:13 Dozens of people held a vigil for the 51 migrants, who are thought to have come from Latin America, who died when they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer in Texas near the border with Mexico.

NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

Latin America

Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder

22-06-2022 10:43 Senior executive of hydroelectric dam in Honduras given prison sentence of more than 22 years for his role in 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

Drug-trafficking allegations

Honduras ex-president Hernández to be extradited to the US over drug-trafficking

28-03-2022 21:44 Honduras' Supreme Court authorises extradition to the United States of former president Juan Orlando Hernández on drug-trafficking charges.

Central America

Deal ends Honduran legislative crisis as rebel backs down

08-02-2022 13:57 A legislative crisis that threatened the presidency of Honduras' first woman president is resolved as rebel lawmaker signs deal to withdraw his claim to be speaker of Congress.

CFK IN HONDURAS

Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘judicial coups’ and ‘neoliberals’ in Honduras speech

27-01-2022 09:27 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner delivered a fiery lecture at a university in Tegucigalpa on Wednesday, denouncing “judicial coups” in Latin America and slamming austerity measures proposed by "neoliberals" seeking to shrink the state.

CENTRAL AMERICA

Xiomara Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of Honduras

27-01-2022 08:01 Honduras' president-elect Xiomara Castro made a last ditch attempt late Wednesday night to solve a congressional crisis, just hours left before her inauguration as the country's first female leader is due to take place.

CENTRAL AMERICA

Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in

25-01-2022 18:18 Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner due to attend president-elect Xiomara's Castro's swearing-in ceremony in two days.

GUEST VOICE

Will 2022 be a year of consolidation for Latin America’s left?

14-01-2022 02:04 Three of the four Latin American presidential elections held last year were won by progressive candidates – and similar scenes could be repeated in Brazil and Colombia in the next 12 months.

by Clarisa Demattei*

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

'Fed up' Latin American voters demand change

22-12-2021 11:01 When Latin American voters went to the polls in 2021, they had an unambiguous message for the ruling elite: we've had enough.

ELECTION IN HONDURAS

Former first lady set to become Honduras' first woman president

29-11-2021 13:15 Former first lady Xiomara Castro appears set to become Honduras' first woman president after taking a commanding lead over the ruling party candidate.

ENVIRONMENT

Another deadly year for Latin America's environment defenders

13-09-2021 14:01 A record 227 people were killed worldwide in 2020 for their defence of nature – more than four a week on average, and almost three-quarters of them in Latin America, said environmental rights organisation Global Witness.

HUMAN RIGHTS & NICARAGUA

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

18-06-2021 23:16 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International strongly criticise Argentina’s government for abstaining in OAS vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders.

Human rights

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

16-06-2021 00:41 Casa Rosada fails to endorse OAS resolution against Nicaragua demanding "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."

News of honduras

China-Taiwan battle lines run through Latin America

Rising seas eating away at Honduran fishing village

Honduras human rights campaigners awarded Emilio Mignone prize

Messi scores twice as Argentina down Honduras

Scaloni irked as visa trouble delays Argentina's key defenders

Honduras extradites alleged drug matriarch to the US

Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

Honduras ex-president Hernández to be extradited to the US over drug-trafficking

Deal ends Honduran legislative crisis as rebel backs down

Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘judicial coups’ and ‘neoliberals’ in Honduras speech

Xiomara Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of Honduras

Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in

Will 2022 be a year of consolidation for Latin America’s left?

'Fed up' Latin American voters demand change

Former first lady set to become Honduras' first woman president

Another deadly year for Latin America's environment defenders

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

Poverty in Argentina rises, hurting economy before election

China, Brazil strike deal to ditch dollar for trade

INDEC: Poverty reached 39.2% of population in second half of 2022

2024 Copa América to be held in the United States

More plaudits for parrilla: Don Julio voted world’s greatest steakhouse

Fiestas, viajes y pesca: quién es el empresario detenido por la muerte de la mujer que cayó del 6° piso

¿Efecto dominó? Otro famoso fue denunciado por abuso de menores, el tercero en diez días

Cuándo cobro ANSES: calendario completo de abril de 2023

Otra vez saltó el dólar

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