Another migrant caravan leaves from Honduras towards the US border
Social and economic conditions in the country continue to worsen while the institutional crisis also deepens following the drug trafficking conviction of the president’s brother in a US court
Protests continue in Honduras following femicide of nursing student in police station
Keyla Martínez was killed in police custody after being detained for allegedly violating curfew restrictions in the northwestern Honduran city of La Esperanza
Honduran women mobilize against attacks on their rights and an increase in violence
Abortion is illegal in Honduras in all circumstances. According to the UN, between 51,000 and 82,000 abortions are performed in unsafe and clandestine conditions in the country each year
Migrants stranded in Guatemala following repression by security forces
The migrant caravan which is on it’s way to the United States has to pass through Guatemala and Mexico first in order to reach the US.
Guatemalan security forces repress Honduran migrant caravan heading towards the US
Thousands of Hondurans, who have set off for the US, seek to escape the deepening crisis within the country, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastation caused by the Eta and Iota hurricanes in November 2020
A new migrant caravan leaves from Honduras for the US
Over 3,000 Hondurans have embarked on a perilous journey to the US in the absence of a response from the far-right government of President Juan Orlando Hernández to the socio-economic crisis in the country
The US is doing its best to lock out China from Latin America and the Caribbean
Vijay Prashad writes on how the US has meddled in trade relations between China and El Salvador, while promoting its own private investment initiatives
100+ days without Garifuna community members
In Triunfo de la Cruz, Honduras people mobilized to mark 100 days since the forced disappearance of 5 Garifuna community members
100 days since the forced disappearance of Honduran Garífuna leaders
The Afro-descendant and Indigenous Garifuna community of Honduras continues to demand the safe return of the five members of their community abducted by armed men dressed in police and military uniforms in July
Garifuna community in Honduras demands safe return of disappeared
On the International Day of the Disappeared (August 30), the Garifunas of Honduras continued to demand the safe return of the five abducted members of their community
Garifuna leaders in Honduras still missing after 16 days
Armed men wearing bullet-proof vests with the insignia of the police and military kidnapped four members of the Honduran organization OFRANEH, as well another member of the Garifuna community member on July 18
“Where is the money,” Hondurans ask government as health care system collapses
Recent revelations regarding massive corruption are the latest indicator of the rotten state of the health system on Honduras. Meanwhile, the forced disappearance of 4 Garifuna leaders has caused outrage with social movements launching protests
- Cuba demands an end to the US embargo at the UN General Assembly
- US ‘seizes’ Iranian and other regional news sites, cites ‘disinformation’ and ‘national security threats’
- Fatiha Briki is the latest Algerian human rights activist under detention
- Israeli settlers, security forces invade Sheikh Jarrah, leave several Palestinians injured
- UN criticized for leaving out Israel and Saudi coalition from list of violators of children’s rights
