Tag: Honduras

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  US warns Central America to be cautious about relations with Beijing

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence warned Central American nations to be cautious when building relations with China, which has been increasingly active in the region. Amid mounting tensions between the United States and China, Pence brought up ties with Beijing as he met in Washington with leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as Mexico's foreign secretary.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  UN General Assembly next president a woman: Ecuadorean foreign minister

  

  The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of its upcoming 73rd session, becoming the only fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body and the first since 2006.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:13 UTC

  British government project to prevent corruption in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

  

  The British Government is supporting a project to encourage municipalities from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to adopt practices which can prevent corruption. The initiative, under the “Islands of Integrity” concept, aims to address the root causes of corruption by encouraging free-market policies and enhancing efficiency.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  UK supports reelected Honduran president but demands respect for human rights and combating corruption

  

  UK expressed support for Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez who was re-elected in a controversial process, and calls on the new leader to make respect for human rights and the fight against corruption, the priorities of his administration. Fernandez took the oath of office on 27 January.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 08:47 UTC

  Trump administration recognizes reelected Hernandez as Honduras president

  

  The Trump administration on Friday recognized the results of Honduras’ disputed presidential election, despite problems found by poll observers and calls from the U.S. Congress for a new vote. In a statement, the U.S. State Department congratulated President Juan Orlando Hernandez on his re-election, but also urged the country’s electoral commission to examine all disputes to the result.

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 19:24 UTC

  Honduras recount of presidential votes “extremely consistent”

  

  Honduras' electoral tribunal has finished the partial recount of votes from the disputed presidential election, declaring the results are “extremely consistent” with the original count. In the partial recount of 4,753 ballot boxes, President Juan Orlando Hernandez won 50.1% of the votes, against some 31.5% for his rival Salvador Nasralla.

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 05:25 UTC

  Honduras opposition, backed by international observers, challenges election results and insists on full recount

  

  The challenger in Honduras' still unresolved presidential election has filed a challenge to the November 26 contest that seeks to annul the results and requests a recount. Salvador Nasralla, candidate of the opposition alliance, and his campaign team handed over the paperwork with just minutes to spare before a midnight deadline on Friday.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Curfew and disobedience in Honduras as vote recount begins

  

  Honduran TV star turned opposition candidate called on Sunday on the country's military to rebel from enforcing a curfew that was imposed after deadly protests followed last week's disputed presidential vote.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:12 UTC

  US allied Honduras presidential candidate is losing to opposition challenger

  

  Early results from Honduras' presidential election on Monday showed leftist challenger Salvador Nasralla with a surprise lead over incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez. David Matamoros, president of the electoral court, announced that, with 57% of the vote counted, Nasralla is polling 45.7% of the vote, to Hernandez' 40.2%.

• Thursday, August 24th 2017 - 07:25 UTC

  Hunger, one of the main causes of migration to U.S. from the “Dry Corridor”

  

  A new report presented at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) finds that migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to the United States is motivated in large part by poverty and hunger, aggravated by drought conditions associated with the El Niño phenomenon that began in 2014.