News from Honduras:
OAS and Honduras to establish mission to support security reform
May 19, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Arturo Corrales, on Friday signed an agreement for the establishment of a mission to support...
Botched DEA raid in Honduras results in civilian deaths
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- Based on a May 14 report from Tiempo.hn, a joint anti-narcotics Honduran national police-US DEA operation targeting a small boat on the Patuca River, near Paplaya, in Honduras, resulted in four deaths and four persons wounded.
Strengthening the justice sector in Honduras
May 12, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A World Bank project in Honduras has helped make justice accessible to many people who previously struggled with an inefficient, outdated, opaque judicial system. Through a range of activities – from training...
OAS inaugurates child migration forum with first ladies of Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala
April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday inaugurated the Child Migration Forum "On Their Own,” organized by the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children.
Three regional airlines banned by EU in new blacklist update
April 4, 2012
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission adopted on Tuesday the 19th update of the European list of air carriers, including three Caribbean airlines, which are for safety reasons subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions.
Honduras discusses security, justice and human rights at OAS
March 16, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met on Thursday with Arturo Corrales, Foreign Relations Minister of Honduras, who is visiting Washington, DC to discuss his country’s progress...
Drug-related violence has reached alarming levels in Central America, says UN
March 1, 2012
VIENNA, Austria -- Escalating violence involving drug trafficking organizations in Central America has reached “alarming and unprecedented levels,” making it one of the most violent areas in the world, the United Nations anti-narcotics panel stressed.
Honduras inaugurates first wind farm
February 25, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- On Wednesday, Honduras celebrated the inauguration of the country’s first wind farm and the largest in the Central American region. The 102 MW Cerro de Hula (CdH) facility started commercial operation in December 2011.
Commentary: Honduras deadly prison fire: History repeats itself with tragic and fateful dividends
February 23, 2012
When a horrific fire broke out in a Honduran prison on Tuesday night last week, the 350-plus inmates trapped in the blaze received what was tantamount to their de facto death sentences. While the blaze in this particular case seemed to be caused by...
US ATF team to investigate prison fire in Honduras
February 18, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- At the request of the Honduran government, the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Friday activated its international response team (IRT) to investigate the fire that swept through a...
OAS offers collaboration to Honduras on prison issues
February 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Thursday offered concrete support from the Organization to the government of Honduras to collaborate towards solving the prison problems.
After prison blaze kills hundreds in Honduras, UN warns on overcrowding
February 16, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A United Nations human rights official on Wednesday called on Latin American countries to tackle the problem of prison overcrowding in the wake of an overnight fire at a jail in Honduras that killed hundreds of inmates.
IDB expects to approve $1.9 billion for Central America and Dominican Republic in 2012
February 11, 2012
SAN PEDRO, Belize -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) expects to approve $1.9 billion in projects with sovereign guarantees in 2012, in sectors such as infrastructure, energy, transportation and rural development.
OAS collaborates with Honduras on security policies reform
February 2, 2012
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The secretary for multidimensional security of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Adam Blackwell, met this week with representatives of the government of Honduras with the objective of studying...
OAS donates firearms marking equipment to Honduras
December 8, 2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday donated a firearms marking machine to the government of Honduras to be used by its Secretary of Security with the objective of combating the illicit trafficking of firearms.
Honduras receives $180 million for financial sector, natural disaster preparation
December 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved three loans for Honduras for a total of $180 million to support reforms to the pension system and the financial sector, and to help the country deal with natural disasters.
Jamaica, Honduras among eight more countries to take steps to address climate change
November 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- A week of meetings among countries participating in the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) has resulted in more than $1 billion committed to solving the problems of climate change. On Friday, the Climate Investment Funds...
Senior UN relief official views flood disaster in Nicaragua
November 4, 2011
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- With an estimated 1.2 million people in Central America affected by severe floods, the United Nations is mobilizing resources to provide life-saving assistance to those in need, as a senior UN relief official visiting Nicaragua...
Hurricane Rina slowly strengthening
October 26, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, the eye of hurricane Rina was located about 275 miles east-southeast of Chetumal, Mexico, and about 275 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Rina is moving toward the west near 3 mph.
Tropical depression forms in western Caribbean
October 24, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Sunday, the centre of newly-formed tropical depression eighteen was located about 105 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border. According to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami...
Central American countries participate in Tuxtla Mechanism meeting
October 21, 2011
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico -- The ministerial meeting held in preparation for the 13th summit of heads of state and government of the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Coordination that was held on October 16-17 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, ended on Monday.
Dominican Republic and OAS call for greater SICA-CARICOM integration
October 8, 2011
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, and the assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, have called on Central American and Caribbean...
Mexico to host 13th Summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism
October 8, 2011
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico, will host the 13th Summit of heads of state and government of the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Coordination, on 16 and 17 October 2011.
OAS is meeting point of similarities and differences, says Honduras president
October 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday received, in a protocolary session, the president of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, who acknowledged the work carried out by the...
Small producers in Honduras to benefit from UN-backed project to cut poverty
September 24, 2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Small producers in rural areas of Honduras will be the main beneficiaries of a new United Nations-backed project that will invest $21 million to combat poverty in the north of the country.
IMF concludes mission to Honduras
September 17, 2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Przemek Gajdeczka visited Honduras from September 6 to 16 to conduct discussions under the third review of the stand-by arrangement and stand-by credit facility.
Central America and Mexico join Belize in celebrating independence
September 9, 2011
BELMOPAN, Belize -- To commemorate their countries’ independences, the embassies of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua, along with the government of Belize, for the fourth consecutive year have...
Commentary: Drug trafficking: Central America's dark shadow
September 3, 2011
For years, Central America has served as a one-way transit route for drugs traveling north toward the United States. Now, with increasingly frequent crackdowns on drug trafficking in Mexico and continued U.S. demand.
Tropical Storm Harvey takes aim at Belize
August 20, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Friday, the center of Tropical Storm Harvey was located 255 miles east-southeast of Belize City and about 130 miles east of Isla Roatan, Honduras, moving toward the west at about 9 mph.
Tropical system threatens Central America
August 19, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- Satellite images indicate that the low-level circulation associated with a tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better-defined and a surface low could be forming about 100 miles east-northeast of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua.
IDB Group supports sustainable agriculture in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua
August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) approved a loan and technical assistance of $4.9 million to Root Capital, a nonprofit social investment fund that is pioneering finance for cooperatives, producers’ associations...
Spain grants $25 million to Honduras for rural water and sanitation
August 4, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- Honduras will receive a $25 million grant from the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean to expand and improve drinking water and sanitation services in rural communities.
IMF completes second review for Honduras
August 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review of Honduras’s economic performance under a program supported by an 18-month stand-by arrangement and a standby credit facility.
Honduras bank to expand 'green' loans
July 29, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the approval of a $30 million green line facility for Banco Atlántida of Honduras to support its loans to environmentally sustainable projects.
Thirteen journalists assassinated in Honduras since 2009 coup
July 21, 2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The assassination last Thursday of the director of the “Joconguera” Community Radio and member of the People´s National Resistance Front, Nery Jeremias Orellana, took to 13 the number of journalists murdered in Honduras.
Permanent shark sanctuary for Honduras
June 27, 2011
ROATAN, Honduras -- Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa has announced a permanent shark sanctuary in Honduran waters, building on the country's 2010 shark-fishing moratorium. The designation encompasses all 240,000 square kilometers...
Cell phones in the fight against crime in Honduras
June 22, 2011
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, considered the second most violent city in Latin America, a pilot project was carried out in 2010 to assess the use of cell phones to record and report crimes.
OAS general assembly calls for coordinated efforts to improve citizen security in the Americas
June 8, 2011
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) appealed on Monday for intensified international and multilateral cooperation to improve citizen security in the Americas.
Honduras returns to the OAS
June 3, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) decided this week to lift the suspension of the right of participation of Honduras in the Organization during its forty-first special session.
Honduras return to OAS to be decided on June 1
May 25, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) will make a decision on the return of Honduras to the Organization during a Special General Assembly on June 1 at Organization headquarters.
