Alfredo Hawit, former international soccer official from Honduras appeared in Brooklyn, New York, federal court following extradition from Switzerland and pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. Alfredo Hawit, the former vice president of FIFA, is among dozens of soccer officials and sports advertising executives accused in a sprawling indictment alleging they took portion in a […]
The Miguel Facusse Foundation, named in honor of Corporacion Dinant’s founder and former Executive President, is joining forces with the Honduran National Congress, the Mayor of Amapala and others to fund and build an aqueduct that will carry 20,000 gallons of drinking water to the people of Zacate Grande in southern Honduras. The project, expected […]
Tuesday was a day of mourning at Columbia University to honor three students killed in a bus accident in Honduras last week. Flags flew at half-staff and a candlelight vigil was held to honor Abigail Flanagan, Daniella Moffson and Olivia Erhardt, who were killed when the bus careened down an embankment into a ravine in […]
The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed midfielder Deybi Flores to a multi-year contract after finalizing his transfer from Honduran side Club Deportivo Motagua. Flores was originally acquired by Whitecaps FC on a one-year loan from Motagua last February. He made 15 appearances, including 11 starts, with the Whitecaps in 2015. “Deybi showed flashes of promise in […]
Two New York college students and a U.S. health-care worker died Wednesday in this Central American nation when their bus crashed while taking them to the airport to fly home after a volunteer mission helping poor Hondurans. Isa Alvarado, spokeswoman for the Public Ministry morgue in Honduras, said the dead were three American women aged […]