Honduras News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A group of U.S. senators is urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations.

A member of the Honduran presidential guard was fatally shot during an armed robbery in Tegucigalpa, a spokesman for President Porfirio Lobo's administration told Efe Tuesday.

Klinsmann's squad took on Honduras back in February in San Pedro Sula, they lost to a squad that they should have beaten.

El Salvador's chief army and police chaplain, Monsignor Fabio Colindres, and former guerrilla fighter Raul Mijango talked inside the San Pedro Sula prison with leaders of Honduras' 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha gangs.

Many key sectors of the Canadian economy have job openings, but no people to fill them.

The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens that the crime and violence levels in Honduras remain critically high.

The architect of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica has died. Antonio Dimalanta died June 7 at the age of 95. Dimalanta is described by leaders of the Catholic and Filipino community as man rooted in faith and culture.

Emilio Garcia of York Springs poses with his bags of imported coffee beans form his hometown of Marcala, Honduras.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras A Honduran political party led by ousted President Manuel Zelaya has chosen his wife to be its presidential candidate in elections next November.

IHG announces the signing of two new Holiday Inn Express hotels in Managua, Nicaragua and Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

These may include career opportunities, higher education, marriage, safety from persecution in their native lands, to be reunited with loved ones, and other reasons.

'We are partnering locally with Latter Rain Ministries to share the gospel in Fort Wayne.

Honduras has been the global homicide capital since at least 2010 , with levels of violence, corruption, and impunity that suggest a failing state .

Years ago, when Medellin was the murder capital of the world, police detective Lina Molina said she would easily respond to half a dozen or more homicides in an eight-hour shift.

Members of the 18th Street gang announce a truce during a press conference at a prison in San Pedro Sula, on May 28. The gang is involved in drug trafficking that has brought terror to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Confiscated weapons lie on a couch after the arrest of several members of the 18th Street gang after a shootout with police and military during an anti-drug operation in San Pedro Sula, on March 27. San Pedro Sula, the country's second-largest city after the capital, Tegucigalpa, has a homicide rate of 169 per 100,000 people and was named the ... (more)

In this June 1, 2013 photo, a National Police officer is reflected in the full-length mirror carried by a street vendor walking through l Mayoreo market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

In this June 1, 2013 photo, a National Police officer is reflected in the full-length mirror carried by a street vendor walking through l Mayoreo market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

In this June 1, 2013 photo, a National Police officer is reflected in the full-length mirror carried by a street vendor walking through l Mayoreo market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Both properties are slated to open in 2014. Managed by Latin American Hospitality Management S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo AGRISAL, the hotels will be franchised by an affiliate of IHG.