More than 50,000 residents in the San Pedro Sula neighborhood of Las Palmas, and others close by, will have better access to healthcare in the coming months. The Macro Distrito de Salud (Macro Health District) building is nearing completion, according to the head of the Directorate of Municipal Health, Juan José Leiva. The structure is […]
Today, in the United States, it is “National Watermelon Day”, and Honduras sends its regards! Honduras is actually Central America’s largest watermelon producer and exporter. According to figures from the National Statistics Institute of Honduras, more than 5,700 containers of watermelon are exported to the U.S. and Europe. The Central Bank of Honduras reports that […]
Honduras has an estimated 116,000 gang members. The MS13 and Barrio 18 appear to be the dominant gangs in Honduras, but smaller groups like the Chirizos, West Side, and the Mara 61 also exist. The Honduran government, however, is strategizing to eliminate this criminal element. The Honduran military is now working together with the military in […]
More evidence has been found to back claims of the misappropriation of public funds that recently crippled the Honduras health care system (Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social – IHSS). The devastation of this scandal has hit the nation at its core, hurting those in this country who are most in need. The Unit of Investigation […]
In the past ten months, from October of last year to date, 50,000 people in Honduras have been infected with the chikungunya virus, but it could have been many more without the preventative work done so far, according to Authorities of the Ministry of Health of Honduras. If the population is not made more aware […]