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Man Arrested for Murder of 12 at Pool Hall in Tegucigalpa Honduras Released and Declared Innocent

Man Arrested for Murder of 12 at Pool Hall in Tegucigalpa Honduras Released and Declared Innocent

UPDATE 7:00 AM March 8, 2016: Arnold Leonel Hernandez Alias “El Pollo” was released by police and declared innocent this morning after hours of interrogation. The District Attorney’s office ordered him to be released due to lack of evidence and declared innocent unless proven otherwise. He is currently appearing on Honduras National TV declaring that he […]

New Board of Honduran National Congress Sworn In

New Board of Honduran National Congress Sworn In

President of the Honduran National Congress, Mauricio Oliva, on Thursday swore in members of the new board of Congress for the period of 2016 through 2018. On December 17, 2015, by a majority of 65 votes, the National Congress approved a motion by congressperson David Chavez Madison, to elect the new board of the state […]

Honduras Finance Minister Defends New Airport

Honduras Finance Minister Defends New Airport

The head of the Ministry of Finance, Wilfredo Cerrato, said that the construction of the Palmerola airport in Comayagua, and the eventual closure of Toncontin in Tegucigalpa, is a matter of national security. Cerrato addressed the issue after last week’s demonstration in the capital against Toncontin Airport in Honduras‘s upcoming closure stirred public sentiment. “Palmerola […]

Honduras: Conflict in Aguan Valley Drives Palm Oil Giant to Launch Grievance Mechanism

Honduras: Conflict in Aguan Valley Drives Palm Oil Giant to Launch Grievance Mechanism

Embattled by Conflict in the Bajo Aguan Region of Honduras, Corporacion Dinant has recruited a professional social worker to be based within the local communities of the Aguan near the company’s African Palm plantations and extraction mill. The appointment is part of Dinant’s program of regional Community Grievance Mechanisms, designed in collaboration with local people to […]

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