Citing a lack of support and failure to include the Cuban migrant crisis on the agenda for discussion, Costa Rica on Friday withdrew from the summit of the Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) – Central American Integration System – meetings in El Salvador. The foreign minister of Honduras, Arturo … Read More      

El Progreso, Honduras – El Progreso Honduras National Soccer Team crowned as the 2015 Champion last night Saturday December 19, 2015 . Honduras Progreso completely deserved to be the champion. Not only because it swept the regular round of the 2015 Honduran National Football League but because, because it defeated … Read More      

NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has set bail for the former president of Honduras who is charged as part of a broad prosecution into soccer’s governing body. The judge ordered former President Rafael Callejas freed on $4 million bond Thursday. Callejas is a member of FIFA’s … Read More      

Tegucigalpa, Honduras — The National Congress of Honduras approved on Wednesday a decree which was introduced to the House of Assembly by Gabriela Núñez (Liberal Party) and ruled on by the Electoral Affairs Committee, to extend the term of the current identity card until January 2018. The Decree details that … Read More      

Less than $500.00 was found in the accounts of the former President Rafael Leonardo Callejas and the President of the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras (Fenafuth) and CONCACAF Alfredo Hawit. The Office and Administrator Seized goods (Oabi) released the formal notification provided by the banks that managed their accounts; … Read More      

Inter-American Development Bank to loan $40 million to boost the Honduran electricity sector, specifically to support a reform process anchored in renewable energy. A $40 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has been issued to the Honduras government for investment in the country’s electricity sector. The monies will … Read More      

The Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned about the region’s high number of femicides. Last month, the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC complied official data from the region’s countries, revealing that 1,678 women were murdered because of their gender. … Read More      

Tegucigalpa, Dec 16 President of the National Congress of Honduras, Mauricio Oliva, expressed today his country”s interest in taking part in the Cuban mega project of Mariel. The project of the Special Development Zone of Mariel, west of Havana, is considered an attractive and necessary pole for the Latin American … Read More      

The gunmen who murdered Honduras-born international football star Arnold Peralta in his hometown last week have been identified and are being sought, officials said on Wednesday. “We have identified the persons believed to have participated” in the December 10 slaying, Honduran Security Minister Julian Pacheco told a news conference. “In … Read More      

Honduras defeated Cuba by a final score of 2 – 0 in a soccer match played in Juticalpa, Honduras on Wednesday December 16, 2015. Honduras closed the soccer year by beating Cuba 2-0 in a match in preparation for the quadrangular round of the Concacaf tournament heading to the World … Read More