By Hector Martinez on February 24, 2016
CarlsJr, GrandOpening, Restaurant, SanPedroSula
Business - Economics, Headline News
CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (“CKE”), parent company of Carl’s Jr.® and Hardee’s®, announced today the opening of its second Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Honduras. Located in San Pedro Sula, the two-story restaurant marks the successful continuation of an exclusive 10-restaurant, five-year development agreement, which went into effect in 2014 between CKE and leading local real […]
By Hector Martinez on February 24, 2016
crime, extortion, gangs, mara, MaraSalvatrucha, ms13, MS18, murder, narcotics, OrganizedCrime, salvatrucha
General Honduras News, Headline News
Police in Honduras on Tuesday arrested eight people, including Jorge Neptaly Romero Mejía mayor of Talanga a town close to the capital city of Tegucigalpa and a former policeman ex-Sub-Commissioner Álvaro García, on charges of links to one of the country’s most feared criminal gangs. Arrest were carried out following a long investigation involving over […]
By Hector Martinez on February 23, 2016
corruption, Extradition, InternationalLaw
Headline News
Juan Jiménez Mayor, spokesman and leader of the Support Mission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) stated Monday that extradition is an international cooperation mechanism where a person being charged is required by justice to be tried in the country requesting the extradition. The Government of Honduras and the Organization of American States (OAS) formally […]
By Hector Martinez on February 23, 2016
CICIH, corruption, Impunity, MACCIH, OAS, OEA
Crime Fighting, Headline News, Politics in Honduras
MACCIH “The (mission) is an unprecedented initiative aimed at producing structural reform in the administration of Honduran justice,” stated Juan Jimenez former Peruvian justice minister, who will serve as the leader and spokesman . He said $22 billion or 2 percent of Honduras’ gross domestic product is lost to corruption every year. In January, Honduran […]
By Hector Martinez on February 23, 2016
Business, EMS, Environmental News, exports, Production, Shrimp
Business - Economics, Environmental News, Headline News, Weather
Honduras will not be sending much shrimp to the US in 2016. According to importers from the region, the country is still suffering from the losses caused by disease and poor weather, and the prognosis for 2016 is flat. Most production in Central America is centered around the Gulf of Fonseca the Pacific Ocean inlet […]