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Honduras Adopts El Salvador-Style Prison Measures Against Gangs

Honduras has approved stricter prison rules targeting suspected gang members and drug traffickers, adopting measures similar to those used in El Salvador’s anti-gang crackdown.

Honduras Macaw Rescue Effort Draws Attention to Narco Threats

A new report from The Nation has put international attention on a remote corner of eastern Honduras, where Indigenous Miskito guardians are protecting the...

Honduras Confirms Airport Will Not Reopen to International Flights

Honduras has ruled out the return of regular international flights to Toncontín Airport in Tegucigalpa, ending months of speculation over the future of the...

Honduras Police Detain Ex-Mayor Adán Fúnez Over 2024 Activist Killing

Honduras police arrested former Tocoa Mayor Adán Fúnez Martínez on Tuesday along with two other men accused of ordering the 2024 murder of environmental...

Hondurasgate: Audios Reveal Alleged U.S. Plot Against the Left in Latin America

Leaked audio recordings published by a digital outlet reveal an alleged plot involving the United States, Israel, Honduras and Argentina to destabilize leftist governments...

Honduras Faces Soaring U.S. Airfares After Spirit Airlines Exit

The sudden collapse of Spirit Airlines on May 2 has carved a deep gap in Honduras's aviation map, eliminating more than 24 weekly flights...

Honduran Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesting Students

Honduran riot police fired tear gas Monday at students protesting a proposed cut to the budget of the National Autonomous University of Honduras. About...

Cloud Jaguar Spotted in Honduras After 10 Years

Camera traps have photographed a young male jaguar high in the Sierra del Merendón mountain range in northern Honduras. The images, captured on February...

Former Honduras President Thanks Trump For Overturned US Conviction

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said Wednesday that a United States appeals court overturned the 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking that had...

Eight Killed in Honduras Bus and Tanker Truck Crash

At least eight people died and eight others were injured when a bus collided head-on with a tanker truck on a major highway in...

Honduras Agrees With the U.S. to Work Jointly Against Organized Crime

Honduras pledged on Sunday to work with U.S. security agencies to fight drug trafficking, following a meeting between Kristi Noem, Washington’s special envoy for...

Last Cuban doctors leave Honduras amid Trump pressure

The last contingent of Cuban doctors still in Honduras departed this Thursday after the agreement under which they had operated in the country for...

UN Documents Killings, Disappearances and Torture by Honduras Security Forces in 2025

Honduras security forces committed serious human rights abuses in 2025 while the country operated under a state of exception, the United Nations human rights...

Honduras Keeps Extradition Pact with U.S. After Trump Pardon

Honduran President Xiomara Castro pulled back the termination of her country's extradition treaty with the United States on January 10, just ahead of her...
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Costa Rica President to Tour CECOT Days After Opening a 5,100-Inmate Prison

President Fernández will travel to El Salvador on Friday to tour the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the mega-prison at the center of President Nayib...

Credit Card Purchases Offer New Leads in Killing of American in Costa Rica

Supermarket purchases and a hotel stay allegedly paid for with a dead American’s credit cards have given investigators new leads in the search for...

Costa Rica Bills Would Keep Kids Off Social Media Until 14 or 15

Costa Rican children younger than 15 could be barred from opening social media accounts under one of two bills now before the Legislative Assembly....

Costa Rica Moves 2,700 Corals Deeper to Escape El Niño Heat

Scientists moved 2,700 corals at Isla Tortuga into deeper water as El Niño heat raises the risk of bleaching on Costa Rica reefs.