Honduras is making a push to attract long term financing, particularly for infrastructure development, President Juan Orlando Hernández said on Wednesday morning. The country needs to develop its local capital markets to help that goal, he told LatinFinance’s Central America Finance and Investment Forum in Tegucigalpa. “We don’t just need traditional, short-term financing. We […]
After several consecutive years of growth, and following the acquisition of the consumer banking business of Banco Citibank Honduras S.A. and Cititarjetas de Honduras S.A., has established itself as the largest in Honduras, and among the 10 most important banks the Central American region. This is confirmed by official figures released by the National Banking […]
Corporacion Dinant today published its Annual Security Report, a detailed and transparent account of the policies, procedures and significant improvements that the company has undertaken in Honduras over the last 12 months to safely secure its facilities while engaging peacefully and respectfully with local communities. The Annual Security Report highlights many achievements, including: Uniquely in […]
In 2013, while president of Congress, Hernández backed the creation of the “PMOP” (Policia Militar de Orden Publico) (The Military Police of Public Order) as an additional security force to help combat endemic gang-related violence. However, Saturday’s proposal only received 61 of the 86 votes required for it to pass. Even though their creation and deployment over […]
Lawmakers in Honduras have been urged to support the forthcoming inauguration in the Central American country of a United Nations office on human rights. The appeal was made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his address to the National Congress late on Wednesday.Mr Ban, who is on his first visit to the country said that […]