Ormat Technologies signed a build, operate and transfer contract with Elcosa, a privately owned Honduran energy company, for approximately 15 years from commercial operation date. In December, Ormat concluded the drilling activity as well as tests to support the decision to construct the project. Geotérmica Platanares will sell its power, mainly under 30-year power purchase […]
At the start of the FBI’s recent Central American Law Enforcement Exchange (CALEE) program, participants from U.S. police departments and their counterparts from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Panama were strangers, but they shared one thing in common: a commitment to make their communities safe from violent gangs such as MS-13 and 18th […]
The town of Sonsonate, not far from the Pacific Ocean in western El Salvador, is home to a prison housing more than 800 inmates. Like many of the prisons in this Central American country, Centro Penal De Sonsonate incarcerates only gang members—and, by definition, each one is a killer. La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and […]
Honduras shrimp exports fell by 31% to $114.4 million through September 2015, year-on-year, according to statistics from the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH). The drop in value was driven by a 20.8% fall in export volumes and a 13.2% decrease of shrimp prices. Although some Honduras shrimp farms tested positive for early mortality syndrome last […]
The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almargo, announced plans to set up the Support Mission Against Corruption and Impunity (MACCIH) in Honduras during a ceremony with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in September. The MACCIH’s mandate during 2016 will be to tackle widespread corruption and impunity within the country. “MACCIH” […]