Honduras
Honduras threatens to close US military bases over Trump’s anti-immigration agenda

As incoming President Trump threatens mass deportations, Honduran President Xiomara Castro warns of reconsidering military ties with the US.

Honduran court confirms the sentences of Berta Cáceres’ murderers

The news was celebrated by her organization COPINH and her family, but they emphasized that the intellectual authors of the crime have yet to face justice.

Environmental and community activist Juan López murdered in Honduras

The Honduran environmentalist was murdered in Tocoa after repeatedly warning about the grave threats made to his life

Tens of thousands on the streets of Honduras to support the government of Xiomara Castro

Amid growing accusations of a right-wing led coup attempt, the Libre party called for a national mobilization to defend the government of Xiomara Castro

Xiomara Castro calls on the Honduran people to stop the right-wing coup

Leftist Honduran President mobilizes popular forces to oppose a plan to carry out an alleged coup d’état against her

Attacks on Xiomara Castro’s government escalate after termination of extradition agreement with the US

A series of attacks from the US Embassy and the local oligarchy have sought to undermine the progressive government in Honduras

Honduran President Xiomara Castro rejects US interference and condemns coup plot

The Honduran head of state announced that it would suspend its extradition agreement with the United States after the US ambassador made a series of remarks against high-ranking government officials and meetings they held with Venezuelan officials.

Family of Berta Cáceres condemns sentencing delays in assassination case

The judicial convictions of the material and intellectual murderers of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres have yet to be ratified. According to several activists, this is due to the interference of private capital in Honduran justice

US judge sentences ex-president of Honduras to 45 years in prison

Former US ally Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison. A Manhattan court convicted him for the crime of exporting more than 400 tons of cocaine to the United States and possession of “destructive devices”

Hondurans mobilize in support of Xiomara Castro’s government

The head of state called for the mobilization following an intensified destabilization campaign by the right-wing opposition

How Honduran activist Edwin Espinal won his freedom from JOH’s dictatorship

Honduran activist and former political prisoner Edwin Espinal tells the story of his imprisonment and how he won his freedom

Honduran President Xiomara Castro warns of destabilization attempts against her government

President Xiomara Castro alerted the Honduran people that the conservative sectors that perpetrated the coup d’état against former president Manuel Zelaya in 2009 are now trying to destabilize her government