The captain of the national soccer team has been shot to death in a shopping mall parking lot in a city on the country’s Caribbean coast. Arnold Peralta was killed by an unidentified gunman on a motorcycle in his hometown of La Ceiba on Thursday December 10, 2015. The 26-year-old … Read More
Gamesa Electric Awarded Major Solar Project in Honduras
Gamesa Electric has been awarded a major solar project in Honduras which involves the supply of solar power stations and control for a 53,31MWp project in Honduras. With this operation, Gamesa Electric reinforces its presence in LATAM, with a new supply contract in a country in its first development stages … Read More
Honduras Red Cross Volunteer Rosario Fernandez – 43 Years of Volunteering
For 43 years, Rosario Fernandez, a Honduras Red Cross volunteer with a warm smile, has spent countless hours providing humanitarian relief to those in need. Even when rain floods the streets, or violence is everywhere, Rosario is on duty: “is my passion, it is a moral mandate that I have.” … Read More
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Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, associate dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2015 Jose Cecilio del Valle National Science Award from the government of Honduras. The award, named for a political and philosophical leader in … Read More
US, Honduras Craft Deal to Improve Labor Conditions
U.S. and Honduran officials have signed a labor plan aimed at improving a broad range of working conditions in the Central American nation. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and Carlos Madero, Honduras minister of labor, inked a deal that creates a framework for the comprehensive monitoring of labor practices to address … Read More
Japanese Princess Mako Commemorates 40 years of Volunteers in Honduras
Japan’s Princess Mako and Honduran First Lady Ana Garcia de Hernandez celebrated four decades of Japanese volunteers visiting Honduras to help develop medicine, art, science and other activities. The 24-year-old princess, granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, marked the event as part of her two-country visit to Central America begun last week … Read More
Honduras Guilty Verdict Shows Something is Working
A former national judge from Honduras’ special court system designed to handle high profile cases against gangs and members of organized crime has been found guilty for accepting a bribe, a positive sign that the country’s Attorney General’s Office is starting to purge the judicial system. The judge, Wendy Caballero, … Read More
Garifuna Leader Shot over Land Dispute in Honduras
“This is where the first bullet grazed me,” says Vidal Leiva, pointing to the side of his face. Shot three times outside his home on Nov. 27, the Garifuna community leader survived and is now recovering from the gunshot wounds to his torso. However, since the attack, members of Leiva’s … Read More
Indicted ex-leaders a message to Central America elites
In just three months, three former presidents of Central American countries have been charged with corruption, two of them in the past week as ex-leaders of both Honduras and El Salvador were ordered to stand trial. The region has always been fraught with scandals involving crooked politicians, but never have … Read More
Japan’s Princess Mako visits the Ancient Mayan Ruins in Copan Ruinas, Honduras
Japan’s Princess Mako inaugurated a new museum at the ancient Mayan ruins of Copan in Honduras on Monday December 7, 2015; as part of a bilateral visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Central American nation. She was joined by Honduran first lady Ana … Read More