Honduras

U.S. Fugitive Eric Conn, Guilty In $550 Million Fraud, Is Captured In Honduras

11:17am December 05, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Eric Conn had been under house arrest when he cut off his ankle monitor and left it in a backpack along I-75 in Kentucky. He was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison.

Supporters of Honduran presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship party Salvador Nasralla protest in Tegucigalpa, on Wednesday.

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Rising Tension In Honduras As Presidential Vote Count Drags On

4:32am November 30, 2017

by Scott Neuman

After four days of counting ballots, an initial lead for challenger Salvador Nasralla has evaporated and he now leads incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez by one-tenth of one percent.

(From left) Nazareth Jiménez-Garcia, 13, her mother Francis Garcia, 41, her sister Frances Arleth Garcia, 20 and her brother Uriel Guevara Garcia, 17.

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Thousands Of Hondurans Waiting For Word On Special Permission To Stay In U.S.

10:26pm November 06, 2017

by Leila Fadel

Nicaraguans who have been covered under the same temporary status have been told they have just over a year to leave the country.

Protesters demanding justice in the murder of environmental activist Berta CÃ¡ceres gather outside the prosecutor's office, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 5.

4 Arrested In Murder Of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres

10:07pm May 02, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Some of the suspects are said to have ties to DESA, the company building an electric dam protested by the environmental activist.

Silvio Carrillo, center, listens during a meeting with non-profit leaders.

Family Of Slain Indigenous Rights Activist Wants U.S. To Stop Funding Honduras

5:06pm March 17, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Berta Cáceres' family says Honduras is a repressive regime that doesn't deserve U.S. help. But driving a wedge between two long-time allies is a Herculean task.

Berta Cáceres was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.

Berta Cáceres, Honduran Indigenous Rights Leader, Is Murdered

8:18pm March 03, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The InterAmerican Commission for Human Rights had called on Honduras to give Cáceres protection. Local media cite police as saying she was killed during a robbery at a house they were not guarding.

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U.S. Indicts 1 Of Honduras' Most Powerful Families

12:34pm October 08, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Three members of the Rosenthal family were indicted for allegedly laundering money for drug traffickers.

A bus carrying deportees arrives at El Edén center in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The center receives Hondurans bused home after being intercepted in Mexico on their trek to the U.S. Mexico stepped up its deportation efforts after a wave of Central America

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For Many Central American Migrants, U.S. Border Is Now Beyond Reach

4:39pm October 07, 2015

by Tim Padgett

The wave of migrants trying to reach the U.S. hasn't stopped, but in a major change, Mexico is rounding them up and sending them home before they reach the U.S. border.

Say cheese and solve a global health problem: 140 students took part in Emory University's challenge.

The Challenge: Curb Violence In Most Violent City. Hint: Nuns Can Help

2:50pm March 31, 2015

by Jim Burress

This year, at Emory University's global health challenge, students had to come up with clever solutions for a pressing problem. Only it wasn't a superbug. It was the extreme violence in Honduras.

A view of part of the vast Mosquitia jungle in Honduras. A team of explorers, guided by scans made from airplanes, recently discovered an important ancient city in the region.

Explorers Discover Ancient Lost City In Honduran Jungle

1:43pm March 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

Chris Fisher, an archaeologist who recently returned from the site of a lost city, says that some of the objects there looked as if they hadn't been touched in centuries.

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