Honduras

The Real News Network
View In: HondurasAfter the Honduran government fulfilled a campaign promise by moving to end an extreme form of special economic zone, two US senators threatened to withdraw foreign aid to the country.

Counter Punch
View In: HondurasXiomara Castro, the president of Honduras, won a major victory for democracy earlier this year when Congress repealed the country’s Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico law (ZEDE, or “Economic Development and Employment Zones” in English). The legislation enabled the creation of special governanc...

Democracy Now!
View In: HondurasAuthorities in Honduras have arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernández for allegedly smuggling over 1 million pounds of cocaine into the United States since 2004. Hernández, who now faces extradition to the United States, was a longtime U.S. ally, in power from 2014 until January 27 of this year...

FAIR
View In: HondurasThis week on CounterSpin, we talk about the recent Honduran election and signs of hard-won hope in that country. The post Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Election appeared first on FAIR.

Alex Rubinstein
View In: HondurasI spoke about the US-backed coup in Honduras with the country's newly elected president, Xiomara Castro Zelaya, back in 2019.

Popular Resistance
View In: HondurasOn November 28, more than 5 million Hondurans will be asked to elect the President of the Republic, 128 deputies to the National Congress, 20 to the Central American Parliament, 298 mayors and more than 2 thousand municipal councillors. As the election date approaches, the political atmosphere has becom...