“The party is over for drug traffickers,” according to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. Since his inauguration in January, Hernández has concentrated all his efforts into fighting drug trafficking in his country. Honduras is one of several Central American countries that have become drug-trafficking logistics and transit hubs, facilitating the … Read More
Chile and the United States will strengthen Honduras’ agricultural exports
The Governments of the United States and Chile, represented by the USAID and AGCI, signed a statement of intent in triangular technical cooperation with Honduras. Jorge Lobo, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras, James Watson, director of USAID, and Jorge Daccarett, Executive Director of AGCI endorsed the agreement. Honduras, … Read More
Magnum Cell Therapies in Honduras enters Joint Venture with Bioheart
Magnum Cell Therapies’ whose mission is to provide the latest regenerative medicine therapies to patients suffering from degenerative diseases at its state of the art clinic and laboratory located in Honduras has entered into a joint venture with Bioheart, Inc. (OTCQB: BHRT), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development … Read More
Bay Islands March 2014 Newsletter
“How much could we get for our house or condo in today’s market?” “How long would it take to sell?” “Does it make sense to make a move now, or should we wait?” What exactly is our market like? Is it time to buy? Time to Sell?
Even if you’re not … Read More
Honduras, Ecuador restore full diplomatic relations
Ecuador and Honduras announced the full normalization of diplomatic relations Thursday, after years of estrangement following the 2009 coup that ousted leftist Honduran president Manuel Zelaya. Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa and his Honduran counterpart Juan Orlando Hernandez appointed new ambassadors and announced plans to kick-start bilateral trade nearly a year … Read More
United States and Honduras Extend Memorandum of Understanding to Protect the Cultural Heritage of Honduras
The Department of State is pleased to announce the extension and amendment of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Honduras Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Columbian Cultures and Ecclesiastical Ethnological … Read More
7 Foreigners with assault rifles arrested in Honduras
Honduran security forces on Wednesday arrested five Colombians, a Jamaican and a Nicaraguan and seized military weapons from them, a police spokesman said. The foreigners were arrested in Puerto Lempira, in Gracias a Dios province, in Honduras’ Caribbean region, Anibal Bacca told reporters. Authorities seized three shotguns and six combat … Read More
Lessons from a Young Honduran Soccer Player
The distance between the wall surrounding Mision Caribe (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) and the building that houses its headquarters was about 10 feet. The director’s 6-year-old lad was out there kicking around a soccer ball. A couple of ladies who just happened to be standing in the courtyard quickly became the opposing … Read More
Dockworkers in USA Port show Solidarity with Puerto Cortes Honduras Dockworkers Leading to Persecution
Dockworkers at the Port of Portland in Oregon walked off their jobs at the container yard on March 4 to honor a picket line set up by a small group of Honduran dockworkers protesting what they said were labor abuses at the Puerto Cortés port in northern Honduras. The picketers … Read More
Canadian aid sets stage for Oil extraction in Honduras
LA CEIBA, HONDURAS Oil extraction may be on the horizon in Honduras, and Canadian aid is helping set the stage. The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) has been financing technical assistance to the hydrocarbon sector in Honduras as part of a $9.5-million Sustainable Energy Access project … Read More