By Dr. Ronn Pineo & Ian Kowalski Council on Hemispheric Affairs The most violent nation in the world is Honduras, with more murders per capita (92 per 100,000) than even Iraq or Afghanistan and twenty times more than the…
Global Views, zNew Headline
The 21st Century battle fought by Honduras’ indigenous to know their history and retain their identity
Nov 7, 2013, 1:33 PM 0
By Wendy Griffin Honduras Weekly During a recent Intercultural Education seminar in San Pedro Sula at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (National Teaching University) in July 2013, the Pech teacher Angel Martinez was explaining Pech crafts and he was surprised…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Houston foundation crowdfunds to help finish construction of medical clinic for remote Honduran village
Oct 30, 2013, 4:00 PM 0
LatinaLista — The ongoing sniping back and forth over the Affordable Care Act is trivial and senseless when viewed from the perspective of villagers of Santa Ana, Intibuca, Honduras. Since 2004, the 700 villagers of this remote mountain town…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Miskito Indians of Honduras Finally Granted Over 1 Million Acres of Traditional Land
Oct 9, 2013, 2:17 PM 0
First Peoples Worldwide The Miskito people of Honduras have been granted land title to approximately 1.6 million acres of territory along the Honduras/Nicaragua border and the Caribbean coastline, an area known as the Cape of Gracias A Dios. The…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Honduras: Korean-owned auto factory, with U.S. ties, under investigation for alleged abuse of labor rights
Sep 12, 2013, 12:47 PM 0
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista A Korean-owned factory in Honduras is being investigated for allegedly violating labor rights after former employees complained they had to wear diapers to work because they were not given sufficient bathroom breaks. Kyungshin-Lear Electrical Distribution…
Global Views, zNew Headline
International Day of the Disappeared highlights how the issue is far from gone in the Americas
Aug 30, 2013, 2:50 PM 1
LatinaLista — As a developed nation, U.S. citizens are spared most of the atrocities people endure in countries being ravaged by civil war, unrestrained criminal violence and outright ethnic attacks. A popular tool of these types of conflicts is…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Faith Fuels Much of the Heavy Lifting in Honduras
Jul 8, 2013, 12:27 PM 0
By Paul Willcocks Honduras Weekly I’d certainly argue that you don’t have to believe in God to help others. It seems a natural thing to to do for any thinking, feeling creature. But it’s striking that the people who…
Global Views
In Central America, Community-Minded Libraries Become Community Funded
Mar 22, 2013, 10:52 AM 0
By Carol A. Erickson American Libraries Report on Guatemala and Honduras libraries The homicide rate in Honduras is among the highest in the world. Decades of corruption have gnawed through government and police forces from top to bottom. Trafficking…
Children
Children’s book benefitting Honduran school creates early introduction to doing social good
Mar 1, 2013, 3:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — Honduras is a hard country to live in. It ranks as having a murder rate ten times the global average; it is the second poorest country in Central America; and gang violence rivals drug cartels. For a…
By Dave Mills Honduras Weekly February 6th was a typical Wednesday night in the United States. People came home from work, ate dinner and watched the daily news. Kids did their homework in between yawns. There was nothing out…
Global Views
Honduras’ Model Cities Law Threatens Maya Ruins at Copán Says Honduran Jurist
Jan 30, 2013, 2:56 PM 0
Honduras Weekly Fredín Fúnez of the Association of Jurists for the State of Law warned on Friday that national heritage sites such as the Maya ruins of Copán could be at risk of passing over to the control of…
Honduras Weekly The species-diverse forest in Honduras is so seriously at risk from deforestation and mismanagement that UNESCO has put it on the “red list” of world heritage sites in danger. Who does the forest belong to? The Garifuna…
Global Views
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the Northern Triangle, Whose Citizens are Caught in Crossfire
Oct 23, 2012, 12:18 PM 0
By Gene Bolton Council on Hemispheric Affairs The ambiguity between the role of military forces and the police is a growing concern in Central America’s Northern Triangle countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In all three countries, underpaid, outmanned,…
Local News, South
Honduran Experts Examining Disability Issues Visit Pensacola
Oct 5, 2012, 8:45 AM 0
La Costa Latina PENSACOLA, FL—Two Honduran advocates for the disabled spent time in Pensacola in September to meet with local groups concerning disability rights, therapy, and educational opportunities. The visitors, both blind, were accompanied by their personal assistants and…
By Ashton Farmanara and Alexander Frye Council on Hemispheric Affairs Last March, U.S.-Honduran relations came under studied scrutiny after Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and 93 other House members sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advocating an…
By Geoffrey Ramsey InSight: Organized Crime in the Americas Reporters Without Borders has said that the biggest threat to press freedom in Honduras is powerful landowner Miguel Facusse Barjum, though the accusations do not stop there — Facusse has…
Art, General, Online, Technology
Hondureño artist’s exhibit to be featured in live online global gallery broadcast
Jun 24, 2010, 8:47 AM 0
LatinaLista — When it comes to technology, some people feel it’s a work of art. In fact, when you actually think about it, technology and art do go hand-in-hand. So, it’s a no-brainer when an art gallery wants to…
Economy, Environment, General, Global Views, Human Rights
Dump Day campaign raises money to feed people who live at Honduras dump
Apr 14, 2010, 9:24 AM 1
LatinaLista — It wasn’t that long ago that Honduras dominated world headlines due to the country’s political turmoil, and remains in the spotlight because of the increase in violence and murders of journalists. Yet there is another story in…
General, Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
Denying health care to undocumented immigrants is just another version of a death panel
Nov 30, 2009, 1:53 PM 1
LatinaLista — During yesterday’s coverage of Honduras’ elections, reports were being filed from cities such as Miami, Houston, NYC and Los Angeles citing the number of Hondurans who reside in those cities but were doing their civic duty in…
General, Global Views, Government, Politics
Honduras gets ready for another showdown with Sunday’s elections
Nov 27, 2009, 3:36 PM 1
LatinaLista — From the beginning when news broke that Honduran President Zelaya had been forced from his presidential palace at gunpoint, there has been much controversy in the blogosphere and around the world as to whether or not this…
General, Global Views, Government, Palabra Final
White House takes two different stands for Mexico and Honduras and neither one makes sense
Sep 23, 2009, 3:33 PM 3
LatinaLista — Ever since Honduran President Mel Zelaya was unceremoniously removed from office by a military junta, the Obama administration has joined with other world leaders in demanding the Honduran government reinstate Zelaya. Nominee for Mexico’s Attorney General Arturo…
Causes, General, Government, Human Rights, Multimedia, Online, Palabra Final, Politics
Former U.S. Marine creates citizen journalist site to uncover real story in Honduras
Jul 14, 2009, 1:27 PM 10
LatinaLista — The overthrow of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya Rosales has created more than just a tiny country defying the world in defending their actions but it has created a surprising spin-off benefit — the rise of citizen journalists….
General, Global Views, Government, Guest Voz, Human Rights, Politics
Guest Voz: Honduran blogger sets record straight on real story in Honduras
Jul 2, 2009, 9:20 PM 25
LatinaLista — Earlier this week, Latina Lista published a post opining how the “coup” in Honduras didn’t have all the earmarks of traditional Latin American military takeovers. Honduran protesters march against the referendum. (Source: El Heraldo newspaper) Yet, many…
General, Government, Human Rights, Palabra Final, Politics
World’s political leaders rushing to judgement to support ousted Honduran president
Jun 30, 2009, 2:57 PM 9
LatinaLista — When the news first filtered out that Honduras President Manuel Zelaya had been roused from his bed early Sunday morning and escorted out of the presidential palace, still in his pajamas, by military soldiers pointing their weapons…
American Dreams, Business, Economy, Global Views
Latina entrepreneur creates new foundation to help the needy of Honduras
Jul 8, 2008, 11:37 AM 0
LatinaLista — Whenever there is talk of immigrants, it’s always about how they want to achieve the “American Dream.” Well, a second part of that Dream is how these same immigrants help their families left behind. Usually, it’s in…
