Central America
Honduras: IACHR orders protection for campesinos
The Honduran government faces criticism from the OAS human rights agency for its failure to protect campesino activists and LGBT people.
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Central America
Central America: ‘narco-deforestation’?
Central America's rainforests are being destroyed by drug traffickers who cut roads and airstirps on officially protected lands, according to a paper in the journal Science.
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Honduras: Radio Progreso executive murdered
A marketing director for an opposition radio station is the latest victim in the crime wave against Honduran journalists. Police claim it was a "crime of passion."
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Honduras: three convicted in reporter’s murder
A Honduran court has convicted three men in the murder of a well-known journalist, but impunity is still the rule for most killings of reporters and activists.
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Honduras: solidarity action hits US port
Honduran dockworkers carried their dispute with port management all the way to Oregon, where US dockworkers honored their picket line.
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Honduras: indigenous candidate’s brother killed
Indigenous supporters of a center-left mayoral candidate have occupied a town hall since last month to protest what they say were fraudulent election results.
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Honduras: Aguán campesino convicted of murder
After a five-year campaign, supporters of a campesino activist won him a chance for retrial—but he was convicted again in the new trial.
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Honduras: audit faults World Bank loan in Aguán
World Bank auditors say the bank violated ethical standards with a loan it gave a landowner in the conflictive Aguán Valley region of Honduras.
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Honduras: another journalist killed; toll reaches 37
Violence against Honduran journalists and opposition activists continues. The police dismiss most cases as common crimes.
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Honduras: two more opposition activists murdered
The wave of violence against LIBRE activists continue. Two have been killed, and one is fleeing the country because of threats to his life.
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Honduras: new party ‘breaks chains’ of old system
Two opposition parties charge fraud in the Nov. 24 election in Honduras. Did the vote restore democracy–or just aggravate the “social confrontation”?
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Honduras: opposition charges fraud in election
While the Nov. 24 election results remain in dispute, what is certain that the new center-left LIBRE coalition has ended Honduras' aging two-party system.