Homicides in Honduras fell 12 percent in 2015 thanks in part to the capture and extradition to the United States of drug cartel bosses, a United Nations-backed organization said on Wednesday. The murder rate in Honduras dropped to 60 per 100,000 people from the 2014 rate of 68 per 100,000 … Read More
Monthly Archives: February 2016
US Special Forces Help Fight Honduras Street Gangs
U.S. Special Forces are engaged in the fight against Honduras street gangs in an effort to prevent the violence that causes illegal immigration into the United States, The Wall Street Journal reports. In Honduras, U.S. forces aid a local SWAT team called the Tigres, who target violent street gang members, … Read More
Clash in Honduras juvenile center kills two teens
At least two teens were killed and 15 other people were wounded in a clash between stick-wielding gangs in a juvenile detention center near Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa this past Thursday. Both of the dead were 17-year-old inmates, according to the authorities in charge of the Renaciendo facility 25 … Read More
Honduras to Plant 3,000 Acres of Bananas
Ramón Duarte, the general secretary of the union of the Standard Fruit SUTRASFCO Company, stated that their goal for this year was to expand banana production by 1,200 hectares (2,965 Acres). According to Duarte the expansion plan has 2 goals: increasing banana production improving their quality so as to be … Read More
Tigo to Invest $100 Million USD in Honduras
Millicom CEO Mauricio Ramos confirmed a $100 million dollar investment in Honduras, mainly to improve infrastructure. Tigo’s network covers between 85 and 90 percent of the population with voice, data and 3G, while the 4G network should reach approximately one third of the population by the end of 2016. This … Read More
Honduras Government to Guarantee Onion Crops
The coordinator of the Sectorial Office of Economic Development, Arnaldo Castillo, stated that, after an open dialogue, the Government reached an important agreement with Honduras’ onion importing and producing sectors. He stressed that the government would support the arrangements agreed between the producing and importing sectors. The import sector pledged … Read More
Honduras Banana Exports Increase by 11.5%
The Central Bank of Honduras stated that the country’s banana exports between January and November 2015 increased by 11.5% in value and 7.3% in volume when compared to the same period of 2014. During the reference period, banana sales amounted to $442.7 million dollars, i.e. 11.5% more than the $397.2 … Read More
Snack Food “Zambos” Chosen by Honduras Government to Help Promote the Nation’s Values & Traditions
Zambos – the iconic snacks brand made by Dinant and part of Honduran culture – will represent Honduras in a Government campaign to promote the nation’s values, traditions and skills abroad. An agreement signed by President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Miguel Mauricio Facusse, Executive President of Corporacion Dinant, means that … Read More
International Monetary Fund To Support Honduras’s Tax Exemptions Review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to send a team of experts to Honduras in early March to review the tax exemptions employed by the Government, the head of the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI), Miriam Guzman, said. Guzman said that tax exemptions, which are used to attract investment in … Read More
Honduran Emigration Is Economics, Not Violence
According to a report by the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (ERIC-SJ as it is known in Spanish), Hondurans primarily migrate for economic opportunities, not to flee violence. The report by ERIC-SJ, a Jesuit-run research and social action center in Honduras, is based on a survey of public perceptions of … Read More