The ratings and Outlook for Banco de Desarrollo Rural, S.A.’s (Banrural) are unaffected by its recent acquisition of Banco ProCredit Honduras, S.A (ProCredit), now Banco de Desarrollo Rural Honduras, S.A.(Banrural Honduras), according to Fitch Ratings. A complete list of Banrural’s ratings follows at the end of this press release. Transaction … Read More    

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced the affiliation of the shared ownership component of Parrot Tree Plantation on Roatán, the largest of the Bay Islands. Located approximately 35 miles off the north coast of Honduras, the … Read More    

El gerente de Planificación de la Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (Enee), Gerardo Salgado, informó que para febrero de 2015 se espera que comience la generación de una parte de los parques solares en construcción, específicamente de siete. La empresa Energía Básica S. A. (Enerbasa) es la primera que ha … Read More    

Cristina – a Tapir born and raised at Dinant’s Center for Wildlife Conservation at Farallones in Honduras – has moved to a new home at Houston Zoo to become a Wildlife Ambassador of Honduras. Part of Corporacion Dinant’s highly successful endangered indigenous species breeding program – which includes jaguars, … Read More    

The first Honduran to be extradited to the U.S. to face cocaine trafficking charges has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Miami U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles imposed the sentence Tuesday on Carlos Arnoldo Lobo, who was extradited from Honduras in May. Lobo was sent to the … Read More    

HONDURAS – Harvest of the 2014 second de postrera season crops, mainly beans, is almost concluded. Despite a late start of planting activities due to below-average rainfall during the first part of September, estimates point to a significant increase in the area planted compared to the same season last year, … Read More    

A fierce social movement in Honduras, composed of many sectors, is pushing back to protect democracy, lives, and political rights. Indigenous peoples, including Garifuna, Lenca, Pech, Miskito, Maya Chortí, and Tolupan, are asserting their human right to autonomy, territory, and cultural survival. The Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people are organized through the … Read More