Sugar Is Life Foundation and the World Food Programme Tackle Malnutrition in Honduras

Sugar Is Life Foundation and the World Food Programme Tackle Malnutrition in Honduras

Sugar Is Life Foundation (FUNAZUCAR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) join once again to tackle malnutrition in Honduras serving more than 40,000 people with the donation of 42 metric tons of sugar. FUNAZUCAR joins this programme, which ensures proper nutrition for children under 5 years, particularly in the critical period of the first 1000 […]

Singapore opens up to Honduran melon exporters

Singapore opens up to Honduran melon exporters

Honduran melon exporters will have another Asian market to ship to for the upcoming and slightly delayed season. Singapore is now an available market for melon exports, and producer Grupo Agrolíbano is planning to take advantage of the new opportunity. In addition, the country’s Agriculture Minister Jacobo Paz reportedly said an opening to the Japanese […]

Eléutera Foundation to Make Bitcoin Available to Hondurans

Eléutera Foundation to Make Bitcoin Available to Hondurans

The Eléutera Foundation was formed in Honduras in 2013 and promotes the ideas of classical liberalism, or “social and economic liberty” as the Foundation explains. They announced Tuesday that they’ve partnered with the software developer Mimetic Markets to increase Bitcoin accessibility to residents of Honduras. Mimetic Markets’ signature product is its application programming interface (API) for trading in cash and futures […]

WorldRemit partners with Bancomer Transfer Services to offer money transfers to Latin America

WorldRemit partners with Bancomer Transfer Services to offer money transfers to Latin America

WorldRemit has announced its partnership with Bancomer Transfer Services, Inc. to offer money transfers to Latin America. The agreement adds 15 countries to WorldRemit’s list of receiving markets, the company’s biggest single expansion to date. Bancomer Transfer Services’ extensive network of affiliated financial institutions and retail networks will enable bank deposits and cash collection in Argentina, […]

International Drug Organization with Ties to Honduras Raided in Brazil

International Drug Organization with Ties to Honduras Raided in Brazil

Brazil’s Federal Police, in collaboration with security forces of Honduras, Colombia and the United States, dismantled Tuesday an international drug-trafficking and money-laundering ring operating out of Brazil, Venezuela and Honduras, officials said. The organization was based in Sinop, a municipality in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, where most of the 24 arrest warrants […]