More than 200 conservation and environmental groups are asking Secretary of State John Kerry to help investigate the recent murder of a Honduran environmental activist. Assailants broke into Berta Cáceres’s home on March 2 and shot her, killing the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Cáceres helped lead fights against dam projects in environmentally sensitive areas […]
A young Honduran Student at FIU accused of hit and run. Police say she slammed her Mercedes Benz into two federal agents in Miami Beach then drove off. Faced a judge for the first time Saturday in bond court, the victims head to Eric Ramos Law, PLLC to fill out the lawsuit against the student. Attorneys […]
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 […]
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 […]