Trump’s dramatic return to the White House from Walter Reed hospital delivered the kind of optics he not only craves but orchestrates on a predictable basis. So, it’s not so farfetched for many to ask: Should the US be…
The Supreme Court’s decision on the fate of DREAMers is imminent. If the justices listened to Americans in a new poll, it might help them decide more quickly; Latinos now have a slower rate than the US average when…
March is Women’s History Month and Time magazine shares its list of 100 women of the year; How vulnerable are immigrants at the border to catching the coronavirus?; A Mayan queen was discovered to have built something that amazes…
The problem with making asylum seekers wait in other countries is exactly what will happen to those being sent to Honduras; The case of a Latino Harvard scholar triggered a national controversy – and rightfully so; Don’t forget the…
Environment, zNew Headline
As crowdfunder to finish documentary on assassinated Honduran environmentalist gets underway, new report sheds unexpected light
Nov 2, 2017, 1:07 PM 0
LatinaLista — On March 2, 2016, the globally recognized Honduran Lenca environmental activist, Berta Cáceres, was brutally assassinated because of her efforts to fight environmentally unfriendly interests from exploiting the natural resources of her ancestral lands The last environmental…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Northern Triangle Migrants: From the Frying Pan into the Fire
May 16, 2017, 11:48 AM 0
By David Gagne Insight Crime A new report by an international humanitarian organization provides fresh statistics on the dangers that migrants from Central America’s Northern Triangle face both in their home country and during their perilous trek to the…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s mass migration
Nov 3, 2016, 9:45 AM 0
By Joseph Nevins The Conversation Central American migrants – particularly unaccompanied minors – are again crossing the U.S.-Mexico boundary in large numbers. In 2014, more than 68,000 unaccompanied Central American childrenwere apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico boundary. This year so far there…
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UN Special Rapporteur Exposes Indigenous Rights Violations During Official Country Visit to Honduras
Nov 19, 2015, 4:28 PM 0
Cultural Survival Conflicts over land rights, violence and impunity, and lack of adequate social service were major topics of discussion with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Vicky Tauli Corpuz during her official…
NewsMundo, zNew Headline
PEN International sounds alarm over Honduran university retaliation of student journalist
Aug 20, 2015, 6:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — PEN International is sounding the alarm for a young Honduran writer and student leader who has been targeted with intimidations and threats by his university administration because he participated in campus protests. Cesario Padilla, a journalism graduate…
Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Getting to know the courageous women of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico fighting for peace and social justice
Aug 6, 2015, 10:51 AM 0
LatinaLista — In December 2014, the Nobel Women’s Initiative launched a three-part mini documentary series spotlighting the women of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico who have committed their lives to fighting for human rights. Women Crossing the Line, provides the…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Racing the seasons to get a roof built for Honduran medical center
Jul 22, 2015, 9:54 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Raise the Roof in Honduras Helping build community-based healthcare in one of the most remote, rural and poor areas of Honduras has been the focus of CHIMES, California Honduras Institute for Medical and Educational Support since…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Indigenous Tolupanes put their lives on the line defending all Hondurans
Jul 14, 2015, 1:04 PM 0
By James Phillips Cultural Survival The Tolupanes of Yoro in central Honduras have become major actors in the massive protests and demonstrations that have been filling the streets of Honduran cities for weeks. Revelations that Honduran government functionaries and…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunding Campaign: Helping Garifuna children of Honduras discover their history and cultural pride via first-ever published children’s book for them
Sep 16, 2014, 11:20 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Helping Garifuna children of Honduras discover their history and cultural pride via first-ever published children’s book for them Garifuna culture originated from the Island of St. Vincent (in the Caribbean) in the 1600’s. Garifunas are a…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: A Slightly Honduran Perspective on the Immigration Crisis
Sep 11, 2014, 4:57 PM 0
By Matthew Keiser Honduras Weekly I don’t consider myself to be an expert on Honduras or even La Ceiba; it’s a country of 8 million different lives jostling and colliding with one another in ways unimaginable to many Americans….
Global Views, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Honduras’ ambitious experiment to save a country and its future
Aug 25, 2014, 4:42 PM 0
LatinaLista — The only thing safe about Honduras these days is the fact that it’s not on anyone’s vacation list. Having the dubious distinction of being the murder capital of the world and a place so riddled with violence…
Immigration, zNew Headline
Violence driving children out of Central America is new kind of war warranting US attention and intervention
Aug 12, 2014, 5:27 PM 0
LatinaLista — If news headlines are any barometer, the “humanitarian crisis” at the Texas-Mexico border that commanded media and political attention for the last month is no more. Reports out of southern Mexico reveal just how seriously Mexico’s President…
Immigration, zNew Headline
VIDEO: How Central America Views the U.S. Immigration Debate
Aug 4, 2014, 11:29 AM 0
LatinaLista — News continues to flow from the U.S.-Mexican border that the child migrant”crisis” is dramatically slowing. News outlets are reporting that the federal government is shutting down its emergency shelters at military bases in Texas, California and Oklahoma…
Global Views, zNew Headline
A closer look at what’s driving Central American unaccompanied minors northward
Jul 23, 2014, 12:21 PM 0
By Mike Allison Central American Politics One of the many things that has bothered me about the crisis of unaccompanied minors on the border is that I totally missed the story as the number of young people from Central…
By Kay Valle Infosurhoy.com Ninety-eight percent of femicides remain unsolved due to the lack of resources, according to Honduras’ Special Public Prosecutor for Women. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – One female was killed every 13 hours in the Central American nation…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Honduras Criminal Group Using Narcocorridos to Attract Child Recruits
Mar 14, 2014, 11:04 AM 0
By Michael Lohmuller InSight Crime A criminal group in Honduras is using songs about drug trafficking to glamorize criminal life for child recruits who they then train in the use of high-powered firearms, in another example of organized crime’s…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Honduran murals raise public awareness about violence in Central American nation
Jan 28, 2014, 2:19 PM 0
By Kay Valle Infosurhoy.com TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Art is their weapon and the walls of Tegucigalpa are their canvas in the fight against violence. In one of the most violent cities in the world – with 1,035 murders in…
Global Views, Videos, zNew Headline
Intern’l Video: Central America’s indigenous blacks gain a voice and presence in film
Jan 15, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The story of the African slave trade in the early Americas has been well memorialized in countless books, stage plays and films. Yet, there is one incident of this dehumanizing chapter in global history that isn’t as…
By Wendy Griffin LatinaLista People who are thinking of coming to Honduras to help or travel are getting very mixed messages on the Internet. For example, I was looking up the Episcopal Church of Honduras on Google, because there…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Honduras: Garifunas use innovative media techniques to encourage HIV/AIDS prevention
Dec 17, 2013, 4:16 PM 0
By Wendy Griffin LatinaLista When there is a health emergency like the occasional cholera or dengue epidemics in Honduras, non-profit organizations, and the Honduran government try to reach the local people through innovative programs. When the health emergency affects…
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VotoSocial.org Offers Independent Look at Ballot Talley Sheets for Honduran Election
Dec 11, 2013, 5:16 PM 0
Honduras Weekly HONDURAS — In an effort to give the average person access to the actual voting tallies for the recent presidential election in Honduras, and thereby provide transparency to the process, a group of enterprising young Hondurans —…
