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Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Expert Visits Honduras

Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Expert Visits Honduras

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, is carrying out her first official visit to Honduras.  She arrived in the country yesterday,  November 2nd, and will be staying through Tuesday, November  10th.  She is here to study the situation of indigenous peoples in the country. “During my mission, I […]

Treasure Returned to Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA — The Honduran Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, received two jade- and iron pyrite-coated jaw bones of two members of the Maya elite that had been sent anonymously to the Honduran Embassy in the Netherlands. The pieces were delivered Tuesday to IHAH manager Dario Euraque by Honduras’ deputy foreign relations secretary Eduardo Rosales. […]