By News Wire on December 21, 2015
News from Honduras, Sports in Honduras

Four International Federation of American Football (IFAF) member organizations from theCentral American region came together from December 4th – 6th, 2015 in the capital city ofTegucigalpa, Honduras. The IFAF 2015 – 4 Nations Tournament featured the national teams of El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras and Nicaragua. Honduras beat out the other contenders in this first round qualifying […]
By News Wire on December 20, 2015
General Honduras News, Human Interest

Children migrating from their homes trying to find a better and safer place to grow up happens in many places in the world. Although no longer a leading news story, the crisis of unaccompanied migrant children traveling from Central America to the United States is still going on. UNICEF works with governments to mitigate the […]
By News Wire on December 20, 2015
Foreign Relations, Headline News

The U.S. Congress has approved a US $750 million program of funding for countries in Central America in a bid to curb the wave of undocumented migrants and unaccompanied children crossing the border. The Alliance for Prosperity Plan for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador has been in the pipeline since early 2015, and will nearly […]
By News Wire on December 20, 2015
Human Rights, News from Honduras

Journalists, gay-rights activists, student protesters, indigenous campaigners and farmers on disputed territories all have something in common in Honduras: speaking out about their work puts them in extreme danger. “Impunity, threats, attacks, harassment and criminal defamation charges are all risks faced by those who try to work in sensitive areas, exposing corruption, militarisation, human-rights abuse […]
By News Wire on December 20, 2015
Diplomatic Headlines, Headline News

Citing a lack of support and failure to include the Cuban migrant crisis on the agenda for discussion, Costa Rica on Friday withdrew from the summit of the Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) – Central American Integration System – meetings in El Salvador. The foreign minister of Honduras, Arturo Corrales, confirmed to the SICA […]