SICA

Honduras President to Attend SICA in Guatemala

Honduras President to Attend SICA in Guatemala

President Juan Orlando Hernández will participate in the XLV Summit of Chiefs of State and Government of SICA (Sistema de Integración Centroamericana – SICA) in Antigua, Guatemala.  Issues regarding regional security and trade agreements are expected to be addressed. Yesterday, President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic emphasized during his speech at SICA, that any initiative for the integration […]

Honduras Conference on Women’s Economic Rights

Honduras Conference on Women’s Economic Rights

Over 150 local and international representatives are convening at the First Regional Conference on Women’s Economic Rights held in Tegucigalpa. The women’s conference is concentrating on developing funding programs, entrepreneurship and public policies with gender equality at a regional level. The initiative is seeking to “analyze and recommend concrete actions to promote the necessary changes” […]

SICA Statement

SICA Statement

The Presidents that make up the System of Central American Integration (SICA) agreed on Tuesday to establish a common front against the menace of drug trafficking. In the joint statement, read out by President Porfirio Lobo Sosa in the Morazán Hall of the Presidential Palace, the leaders of the region stressed the importance of strengthening […]

President Porfirio Lobo Sosa Addresses the Republic

A Letter From the Office of the President of Honduras Compatriots: Yesterday we concluded, in Cartagena de Indias, the process that began on April 9th, with Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. I am pleased to inform all political forces and all those who advocated for the return of former […]

Ortega Boycotts SICA Over Honduras

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told the press that he skipped the Central American Integration System (SICA) meeting this week because it was designed and promoted by the United States. He questioned why the U.S. has not closed its military base in Palmerola, Honduras, which he said was instrumental in the coup that ousted then-President Manuel […]