Honduras

Honduras

Xiomara Castro wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes

Honduras' ruling party conceded defeat on Tuesday in presidential elections held two days earlier, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro.

01/12/2021

No Comment

Nicaraguans travel to Honduras on horses to receive Covid-19 vaccine

Nicaraguans travel to Honduras on horses to receive Covid-19 vaccine

26/10/2021

No Comment

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico

A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass exodus from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula Sunday, reaching a town about 16 miles away.

25/10/2021

No Comment

Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels

Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels

02/10/2021

Money

Anti-Bitcoin protests in El Salvador as official adoption draws closer

Other countries are keen to see whether the historic decision to make Bitcoin legal tender pays off. El Salvadorans are less convinced.

28/08/2021

Guatemala

Guatemala troops and police break up caravan of weary migrants

Some migrants threw rocks while authorities pushed the caravan back down the road with their riot shields. Migrants with children were more gently prodded back the way they had come.

19/01/2021

No Comment

Hondurans return to their homes ravaged by severe flooding

Locals return to their severely damaged homes after flooding caused by Hurricane Iota ravaged the area surrounding San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras.

21/11/2020

No Comment

Wave of rubbish washes up on normally pristine Honduras beach

Volunteers worked to clean up after a wave of rubbish hit Honduras’ Caribbean coast

23/09/2020

No Comment

Protests in Honduras over healthcare privatisation fears

Teachers, medical workers and students took to the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday (May 30) in protest at reports the government of President Juan Orlando Hernandez is seeking to privatise healthcare and education.

31/05/2019

World

Trump ramps up anti-immigration rhetoric as 'caravan' heads for U.S.

As thousands of Central American migrants make their way through Mexico and towards the U.S. border, Donald Trump has seized the opportunity to ramp up his rhetoric on illegal immigration.

24/10/2018

No Comment

Migrants trek in blazing heat in their bid to reach US

This is the throng of Central American migrants making their way up through Mexico towards the US border.

23/10/2018

World News

Mexico seeks UN help over Honduras migrant caravan amid Trump threats

As thousands of Honduran migrants head north, Mexico is stepping up security and seeking help from the UN refugee agency. Donald Trump has threatened to close the US-Mexican border.

19/10/2018

Honduras

US to end temporary protected status for Hondurans

Immigrant rights groups and labor unions pledged to support Honduran immigrants on Friday after the United States said it will end temporary protections for them on January 5, 2020, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation.

05/05/2018

Honduras

Hondurans protest against 'fraudulent' election

Protests to denounce the outcome of a controversial presidential election rock the Honduran capital a week ahead of a planned national strike.

13/01/2018

Honduras

Honduran opposition unites over election fraud allegations

Honduras' two main opposition parties want fresh presidential elections or recount as results over November's poll remain disputed

09/12/2017

World News

Your week in 60 seconds

How switched on were you to what was going on in the news this week? Watch our video below to see if you can identify the news story. (We've already given you the country.)

08/12/2017

Honduras

Honduras opposition calls for election recount or run-off

The opposition in Honduras has called for a run-off to be held if a full recount of votes in the disputed presidential elections is not held.

06/12/2017

Honduras

Honduras under curfew

The Honduran government has given the army and police extended powers to enforce a curfew designed to minimise the violent unrest that has erupted in the wake of contested presidential elections.

02/12/2017

Honduras

Honduras opposition leader pulls ahead in election results

Initial results in the Honduran presidential election show Salvador Nasralla, a former sportscaster, with the lead.

27/11/2017

Sport

Australia qualify for 2018 World Cup

Australia beat Honduras 3-1 on aggregate to book place in Russia for fourth World Cup in a row.

15/11/2017