The Howard G. Buffett Foundation announced a two-year, $2.4 million commitment to scale up the World Food Program’s innovative “Purchase for Progress” (P4P) program in Honduras. P4P empowers smallholder farmers-those farming less than five hectares of land-through critical training, education and paying fair prices for their produce. Eight thousand Honduran farmers will benefit from this […]
The reported killing of 23 Honduran farmers in a dispute with the owners of UN-accredited palm oil plantations in Honduras is forcing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) executive board to reconsider its stakeholder consultation processes. In Brussels, the Green MEP Bas Eickhout called the alleged human rights abuses “a disgrace”, and told EurActiv he would […]
The Vice President of MUCA (Unified Movement of Campesinos of the Aguán), Pedro Salgado, and his wife, Reyna Irene Licona were murdered on Sunday, August 21st at 7:30 pm. According to Julio Espinal, commander of some 600 police and soldiers in the area, authorities do not yet know the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Salgado […]
Government officials, including the National Police and Armed Forces, gathered at the Presidential House to discuss the implementation of Operation Xatruch II, which is aimed at establishing stability in the Aguá area and disarming all residents. Honduran Security Minister Oscar Álvarez said he regretted the recent deaths of innocent civilians, and sympathized with those who […]
Military troops and police officers were sent to northern Honduras today, after 11 people were killed in the Aguán region of Colón over the past few days (six on Monday and five on Sunday). Roughly 300 peasants were armed with machetes and automatic rifles, and according to police, two peasants and four guards were killed […]