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Sunday May 27 | WTOP-FM Washington

Inmates, corruption rule Honduras' deadly prisons

Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes.

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Related Topix: Fire, Honduras, World News,

Sun May 20, 2012

Green Left Weekly

Honduras: Violent repression being backed by US and Canada

There is no end in sight to violence and repression in Honduras. There is also no end in sight to the United States and Canadian governments and business maintaining political, economic and military relations with the country's military-backed regime.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drug Enforcement Administration, Journalism, Honduras, World News,

Fri May 18, 2012

BBC News

Prisoners surrender in Honduras

Prisoners who took control of a jail in Honduras on Wednesday have surrendered after guards threatened to storm the compound in the city of San Pedro Sula.

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AmericanBankingNews.com

Honduran prison clash leaves one dead

At least one inmate is dead and eight are wounded as rival groups of inmates clash inside a prison in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News,

Thu May 17, 2012

The Washington Post

Probe underway in remote area of Honduras after gunfight involving U.S. drug agents

News of the firefight, along with allegations of the four deaths, led local residents to torch several houses and demand that U.S. drug enforcement agents leave the area, according to the mayor.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Honduras, Central America, World News, Drug Enforcement Administration

WTVC

Inmate killed in fight inside Honduran prison

Honduran authorities say at least one inmate has died and 11 others are wounded due to a fight inside a prison in the northern city of San Pedro Sula.

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The Miami Herald

Inmate killed in fight inside Honduran prison

Venezuelan government officials have transferred more than half of the inmates out of a trouble-ridden prison where gunfire recently erupted and where authorities reported two escape attempts.

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Related Topix: Prison, Colorado State Penitentiary, State Prisons, Honduras, World News, Riot

Cortez Journal News

Inmate killed in fight inside Honduran prison

It's the same place where 13 prisoners died in a riot in March. Prison director Orlando Leyva says San Pedro Sula Bishop Romulo Emiliani is inside the prison negotiating with the inmates.

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Tue May 15, 2012

The Miami Herald

Volunteer vacations

This summer, some students and young adults are spending their vacation time traveling abroad to Latin American and Caribbean countries to help those less fortunate.

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Related Topix: Miami, FL, Life, Holidays, Labor Day, Honduras, World News,

Wed May 09, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Stowaways come ashore at Port Everglades

Four stowaways who jumped ship into 42 feet of water at the mouth of Port Everglades on Wednesday were caught by city police and federal agents.

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Related Topix: Dania Beach, FL, Honduras, World News, Miami, FL

Fri May 04, 2012

The New Republic

Among Schoolchildren

The one-story houses were painted aqua, violet, orange, pistachio. I spoke to the taxi driver in broken Spanish.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News

 

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