Tag: Honduras

• Sunday, October 3rd 2021 - 16:26 UTC

  Fire destroys half a small Honduran island

  

  At least 90 houses in the small Honduran island of Guanaja, a most coveted beach resort in the Caribbean Sea, have been brought down to its ashes Saturday when a fire broke out, it was reported.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Honduran president accused of assisting to smuggle tons of cocaine into the US

  

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was accused on Tuesday of assisting a drug trafficker smuggle tons of cocaine into the US. Assistant US Attorney Jacob Gutwillig made the claim during his opening statement at the trial of accused drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Guatemalan forces beat back to Honduras a migrant caravan heading for the US

  

  While the Mexican government militarized its borders, Guatemalan security forces on Monday cleared a road of hundreds of people in a mostly Honduran migrant caravan that had camped out overnight when authorities barred it from advancing toward the United States.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Honduras claims two hurricanes caused damage equivalent to half its GDP

  

  Hurricanes Eta and Iota have caused about US$10 billion in damages in Honduras and affected more than 4 million people, the Central American country's foreign minister said on Monday as he called for international support.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Royal Navy in relief support operations for hurricane devastated Honduras

  

  Royal Navy helicopters have flown vital reconnaissance missions over devastated Honduras as relief operations continue in the wake of Hurricane Eta and Iota. Severe flooding and landslides following the two catastrophic storms have left millions of Hondurans displaced and isolated without food and clean water.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 18:54 UTC

  Honduran president and wife test positive for Covid 19

  

  The Honduran president has said he and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus. The Central American nation has registered just under 10,000 COVID-19 infections, according to the health ministry, and 330 deaths.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:07 UTC

  Honduran migrant column heading for US, but Mexico warns it won't let them through

  

  US President Donald Trump has put Mexico and Central American nations under pressure to accept a series of migration agreements that aim to shift the burden of dealing with asylum-seekers on to them, and away from the United States.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  US Justice Department concluded Honduras president was bribed by drug cartels

  

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged battered from the trial and conviction of his brother last Friday after the US Justice Department concluded that the evidence showed narco-traffickers had bribed the president and his party.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Honduras president brother convicted in New York for drug trafficking

  

  A New York court convicted the Honduran president's brother of drug trafficking Friday, a verdict immediately rejected by the Central American leader as opponents called for his resignation.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Honduran president brother accused of receiving bribes from “El Chapo”

  

  United States prosecutors alleged on Wednesday that convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave US$1 million in bribes to the brother of Honduras' president to pass on to the Central American leader, who swiftly denied wrongdoing.