Honduras News

In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism.

Two weeks ago, President Obama traveled to Costa Rica to observe a summit of Central American leaders, focused in part on regional security.

At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks.

In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism.

The late Woody Guthrie was a legendary folksinger/songwriter who, simply by the example of his life and his art, did more than anyone to revive the American folk music tradition in the 20th century.

In this April 7, 2013 photo, police break into a home during a shootout that ended in two suspects killed and one officer injured as police carry out an offensive against gang members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death squads.

The cruise line's Ryndam is slated to bring its 1,260 passengers to the Banana Coast, Trujillo's newly created retail center, 11 times between 2014 and 2015 on its western Caribbean itineraries.

Palestinian Foreign minister Riad al-Malki takes part in a press conference with his Honduran Foreign Affairs minister Mireya Aguero after signing bilateral agreements at the Hondura's Foreign Ministry in Tegucigalpa on May 10, 2013.

Palestine on Friday established diplomatic relations with Honduras, during the Palestinian Authority foreign minister's tour of central American countries.

Nine Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows ; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2013-2014 academic year.

The trip was specifically planned to complete work that a group from St. Timothy Lutheran Church had begun on a previous mission.

But before your mind drops down the rabbit hole of, "Yet another journalism defector, another sign of the end," rest assured, it's not that dire.

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Two months after the death of revolutionary president Hugo ChA vez, the Venezuelan-propped Petrocaribe oil alliance is determined to continue growing even in the absence of its visionary and charismatic founder, who passed away to cancer on March 5. Dispelling claims that the oil agreement would dissolve without ChA vez at the helm, the 21 member ... (more)

Honduras: State-Sponsored Death Squad Terror by Stephen Lendman Adrienne Pine is American University Professor or Anthropology.

Honduran Army soldiers patrol streets in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on April 18, 2013.

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The operation was quick and under the cover of night. Armed, masked men arrived in late-model SUVs, getting through the gate into the small neighborhood of humble homes.

But for those people who call San Pedra Sula - recently crown the world's most violent city for the second year in a row - this is the daily reality of a region ripped apart by the drugs trade.