The five Syrians paid smugglers $10,000 each to travel through multiple countries before being detained for carrying false Greek documents in Honduras, their epic journey exposing a little-known southern smuggling route for Syrians fleeing war in their homeland. A sixth man was turned away from Honduras on Friday upon arrival … Read More      

Honduras has detained five Syrian nationals traveling by land to the United States, and in possession of fake Greek passports. The five men are currently being held in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. The central American nation is over 1,500 miles from the United States border. Police say there are … Read More      

An investor known as the ‘Canadian porn king’ faced court last Friday, November 13, accused of illegally seizing land from Garifuna communities on the east coast of Honduras Randy Jorgensen – who earnt the title of ‘porn king’ for amassing his wealth through an empire of pornographic video stores – … Read More      

UW-Whitewater student organization hopes to raise $10,000 to help high school students in Honduras start a hydroponic farm. In October, the UW-W Enactus chapter decided to partner with the Florida-based nonprofit World Resources Group and launch the campaign, Hydroponics 4 Honduras. A World Resources Group representative reached out to the … Read More      

Reporters Without Borders condemns the outrageous ban that has prevented Globo TV presenter Julio Ernesto Alvarado from working as a journalist for the past two weeks and reiterates its support for all the journalists who have been targeted by the authorities since a coup in 2009. The host of the … Read More      

San Pedro Sula: The Technology University of Honduras is busy preparing for its annual set of job-fairs. Seniors throughout the university’s multiple campuses are preparing themselves to graduate, but as they prepare to enter the work force they are being granted a slight chance to find jobs and are being … Read More      

With the inauguration of Internet del Pueblo in two schools in Marcala, La Paz, there are already 2,000 schools that have managed to get coverage. This turns Honduras into “the country in Central America that is on the vanguard of Internet access in schools” according to Juan Orlando. This benefits … Read More      

Over the weekend the first batch of Marines that came to Honduras temporarily to participate in military exercises and work on humanitarian aid left the country. Since this past June at least 180 Marines have been stationed at various locations around the country to do work on military activities, social … Read More      

Would you like to gain a bit of a glimpse into what happened throughout the country, over the weekend? Well if so, you’re in luck! On Friday a medical brigade set up shop in San Pedro Sula’s central park. It worked for free and treated some 300 residents … Read More      

Grupo Financiero Ficohsa has been named Bank of the Year and Bank of the Year Honduras in LatinFinance’s 2015 Bank of the Year Awards. The winners of this year’s awards employed nimble strategies that reflected a keen market understanding, focusing on efficiency and increasing market inclusion. Banco Financiero Ficohsa stood … Read More