NEW YORK – A convicted drug trafficker testified in a New York courtroom on Thursday that he met with the brother of current Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to get the Central American country’s government to pay its debts with a company that the trafficker’s cartel used to launder money. … Read More
Daily Archives: March 17, 2017
Honduras will Import Less Potatoe and Avocado Seeds
The Honduran national government wants to promote the local production of potatoes and avocados to reduce imports, increase exports, and to improve the farmers’ economy. To this end, the Minister of Economic Development, Arnaldo Castillo, and a group of business executives from the Taiwan Sugar Corporation company, visited the avocado … Read More
Recycling: Processing PolyEthylene Terephthalate Bottles in Honduras
Meckesheim, Germany-based Herbold Meckesheim GmbH says it has worked with recycling company INVEMA to commission a plant for the recycling of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles in Honduras. The plant, which began operating at the end of 2016, has been designed to produce bottle-to-bottle-quality flakes to meet United States … Read More
Honduran Teen Dodges Gang Recruitment Migrates to the USA and Granted Asylum
SAN ANTONIO – Had it not been for a security guard at his school in Honduras who intervened, Edwuard Salgado may not have lived to tell his story. Barely in his teens when it happened, Salgado survived a beating by members of a violent Honduran gang known for threatening young … Read More