Traffic was stalled from 6:30 am until almost 10:00 am this morning on the road to Olancho. Protestors said they would not back down until the authorities of the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Housing (Soptravi) and the Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) report for duty, “not with documents, but with equipment […]
Members of the National Popular Resistance Front marched in Tegucigalpa today in protest of the fiscal package approved by Congress. The march began about 8:00 am from La Merced Park in Tegucigalpa, and culminated with a sitdown in the basement of the National Congress. The Honduran Secondary Teachers’ Association (COPEMH) President, Eulogio Chavez, said in […]
Angered by the sudden issue of 120 new taxi numbers, drivers staged protests yesterday at the Regional Transportation office. Police officers arrived on the scene to open a path for citizens to get through. Antonio Contreras, former Regional Director of Transportation, said the numbers of taxis that circulate at this time are legal. Henry Alvarez, […]
Approximately 10,000 people marched from the capital’s main university heading to the presidential palace, but were diverted to parliament in the city center by soldiers, according to organizers of the event. Thursday’s protesters were calling for a constitutional reform, and denounced corruption and human rights abuses they believe to have taken place since Zelaya was […]
The Honduran Institute for Children and Families (IHNFA)in Tegucigalpa has been taken over by members of the Union of Workers of the institution. They are complaining of harassment by those in charge, and making demands on the government before the institution will be returned. The protesters surrounded the building in the colony of El Prado […]