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Five Things to Know About Honduras Ahead of the Elections

A president sent out of the country in his pajamas, another locked up in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking, deep turquoise waters that...

Visiting Honduras: Traveling From Tela’s Beaches to Copan’s Mayan Ruins

As our United Airlines flight was descending into San Pedro Sula airport, the large square fields outside La Lima and the serpentine Ulua river...

Honduran Generals Re-Imprisoned Over 2009 Coup Protest Killing

Two retired Honduran generals, Venancio Cervantes, 69, and Carlos Puerto, 63, were sent back to prison on Tuesday, March 18, following a judicial ruling...

Honduras Plane Crash Death Toll Rises to 13 as Final Body Recovered

The death toll from Monday’s crash of a Lanhsa Airlines Jetstream 32 turboprop off Roatán Island has risen to 13, with Honduran rescue teams...

Honduran mayor accused of drug trafficking arrested

Authorities in Honduras have arrested the mayor of an indigenous Miskito community this week on charges of aggravated drug trafficking. The mayor of Brus Laguna,...

Hondurans March Against Sex Education Law

Thousands of Hondurans marched in the capital and other cities of the country on Saturday to demand that the government veto a sex education...

Honduras Launches Offensive to Regain Control of Prisons

Hundreds of military police officers entered two maximum-security prisons in Honduras on Thursday as part of an offensive against gang members launched on Monday...

Honduras declares sanitary emergency due to avian influenza

The government of Honduras decreed this Saturday a "sanitary emergency" for 90 days, after detecting avian influenza in pelicans located on the Caribbean coast,...

Honduras approves extradition of ex-police chief to US on drug charges

A Honduran judge on Friday authorized the extradition to the United States of former national police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla who is accused of...

Once a US ally, Honduras ex-president to face justice over drugs

Former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez tried to style himself as a champion of the fight against drug-trafficking, but now he is one of...

Honduran judge grants extradition of ex-president Hernandez to US

A judge in Honduras on Wednesday granted the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States where he is wanted for...

Former Honduran President Hernandez suffered “Humiliations” during Arrest, says wife

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, captured on Tuesday following a U.S. extradition request for drug trafficking, was subjected to "humiliations" during his arrest,...

Honduras asks UN to create Anti-Corruption Commission

The Honduran government of Xiomara Castro asked the UN on Thursday to create a commission against corruption and impunity, the Foreign Ministry announced. "The president...

Former Honduran president appears before judge after US extradition request

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, whom the United States is seeking to extradite after accusing him of trafficking some 500 tons of cocaine,...
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Costa Rica Pilot Faces Discipline After Aviation Safety Criticism

Costa Rican police pilot David Damazzio Fernández faces possible suspension or dismissal over media comments about aviation safety oversight and criticism posted on social media.

OAS Countries Seek October Meeting to Consider Measures Against Nicaragua

A group of five countries in the Organization of American States (OAS) is proposing that the region’s foreign ministers meet on October 2 to...

Pura Vida: Past the Point of No Return

Growing up on the Lower East Side of New York certainly didn’t prepare me for the culture shock of moving to a sleepy little...

Costa Rica Velodrome Shows Damage Less Than Two Weeks After Upgrade

Less than two weeks after reopening following more than â‚¡105 million (about $219,000) in repairs, the velodrome at Parque de La Paz in southern...