By Hector Martinez on February 17, 2012
aguán valley, farmers, honduras, land dispute
Business - Economics, Politics in Honduras
Today, landowners, farmers, and the executive branch of the Government of Honduras signed an agreement on the purchase and sale of land in the Aguán area, disputed for some time in northern Honduras. The event was broadcast on national radio and television networks. President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and the Director of the National Agrarian Institute […]
By Catracha Hondurena on August 16, 2011
farmers, land dispute
Business - Economics, Politics in Honduras
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 […]
By gringa on February 15, 2011
garifuna, honduras, land dispute, trujillo
Environmental News, Honduran Culture, Politics in Honduras
Canadian “Porn King” Randy Jorgensen’s tourism “development” projects are stirring up conflict and destroying afro-descendant Garifuna communities in Trujillo on the north coast of Honduras Jorgensen, president of the Canadian pornographic video store chain Adults Only Video, through his real estate development company Life Vision Properties (based in Trujillo, Honduras), plans to convert a beautiful […]