Author: Fernando Silva

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Reporter and audiovisual producer. He covers power structures, migration, and corruption.

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Lawyer and journalist, having graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras, Valle de Sula (UNAM-VS). He has worked in radio, for print media, and as a web and investigative journalist. He has worked with environmental organizations and on investigations into forced displacement as a result of violence linked to drug smuggling.

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Multimedia reporter. She focuses on extractivism, the environment, power structures, gender and sexual and reproductive rights.

First week of Xiomara gov’t in Honduras sees many important changes

Fernando Silva

3 February, 2022
Business elites feel hope and anxiety after Xiomara Castro’s victory

Fernando Silva

6 December, 2021
Cabbage invasion tip of the iceberg in Honduran environmental struggle

Fernando Silva

9 September, 2021
Central American activists ramp up fight against corruption despite government threats

Fernando Silva

23 June, 2021
The odd and large-scale corruption by Hilda Hernández, sister of the Honduran president

Fernando Silva

13 March, 2021
Storms provide perfect excuse to build more dams without community input

Fernando Silva

26 February, 2021
Official data distorts the true number of storm-related deaths in Honduras

Fernando Silva

8 January, 2021
Hoaxes and errors with the Honduran president’s Covid-19 test results

Fernando Silva

17 December, 2020
President’s COVID-19 test results concealed by Health Ministry

Fernando Silva

20 November, 2020
Small business owners in Honduras feel abandoned

Fernando Silva

20 November, 2020
Electoral reforms alone won’t stop illegal financing of political parties

Fernando Silva

10 November, 2020
More responsibility and more impunity: the Armed Forces and its role in the pandemic

Fernando Silva

1 August, 2020
Displaced and Returned to Despair

Fernando Silva

4 July, 2018

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First week of Xiomara gov’t in Honduras sees many important changes

Fernando Silva 3 February, 2022

Legislators from the faction supporting Luis Redondo as president of the National Congress met on February 2 to vote on several laws that fulfill some of President Xiomara Castro’s campaign promises. A law proposed by Representative Rasel Tomé condemning the coup that deposed Manuel Zelaya 12 years earlier was approved, and includes amnesty provisions for those that defend national sovereignty, land and water sources. It also protects public officials from prosecution for corruption-related crimes committed from 2006 to 2009.

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Business elites feel hope and anxiety after Xiomara Castro’s victory

Fernando Silva 6 December, 2021

Xiomara Castro’s victory on November 28 swept many entrenched politicians out of office and toppled the two parties that have held onto power for decades through shady political deal making. Business leaders who have benefitted from the policies of previous governments now face an uncertain future, as the incoming administration has promised to repeal or revise some of these policies. However, other political and business sectors that opposed the current administration are now hoping for real change.

Cabbage invasion tip of the iceberg in Honduran environmental struggle

Fernando Silva 9 September, 2021

Parts of the protected forest reserve of La Tigra National Park in central Honduras have been cleared to grow produce for Tegucigalpa’s dinner tables. Cabbage has become the economic mainstay of a community that settled in the wrong place.

Central American activists ramp up fight against corruption despite government threats

Fernando Silva 23 June, 2021

Civil society organizations from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador recently launched the Center Against Corruption and Impunity in Northern Central America (CCINOC) in order to focus on one of the region’s biggest problems – corruption.

The odd and large-scale corruption by Hilda Hernández, sister of the Honduran president

Fernando Silva 13 March, 2021

The Hermes case filed by UFERCO, the Ministry of Justice’s anti-corruption unit, is the last piece of a puzzle that now provides a complete picture of how Juan Orlando Hernández rose to power through political patronage and media control. The indictment charges Hilda Hernández, the deceased minister and sister of the president, with leading a corruption ring that embezzled more than 122 million lempiras (US$5 million) in public funds.

Storms provide perfect excuse to build more dams without community input

Fernando Silva 26 February, 2021

The Honduran government has promised that the construction of 14 dams will prevent the severe flooding that the country experienced during tropical storms Eta and

Official data distorts the true number of storm-related deaths in Honduras

Fernando Silva 8 January, 2021

According to official data, Tropical Storms Eta and Iota caused the death of 96 people. One devastated family speaks out about the government’s unreliable death tally, demonstrating that the true number of deaths is unknown.

Hoaxes and errors with the Honduran president’s Covid-19 test results

Fernando Silva 17 December, 2020

Six months after Contracorriente submitted a formal information request to the Institute for Public Information Access (Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública – IAIP), the Ministry of Public Health released information confirming that President Juan Orlando Hernandez tested negative for COVID-19 the day before he made a public appearance where he stated that he and his wife had tested positive for the virus.

President’s COVID-19 test results concealed by Health Ministry

Fernando Silva 20 November, 2020

The Ministry of Health failed to release a copy of the test results in which Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 after Contracorriente requested it, based on a Institute of Access to Public Information (IAIP) requirement. Now, the commissioner’s board of the IAIP has issued a legal resolution for the handing over of the information. If not complied with, the case will be brought before the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR).

Small business owners in Honduras feel abandoned

Fernando Silva 20 November, 2020

One of the pandemic relief measures taken by the government of Honduras was to secure up to US$2.5 billion in debt to be used for guaranteed loans channeled through a government bank to small and medium-size enterprises. Despite the government’s promises of relief for small businesses, our investigation found that this money has mostly benefited private banks, business conglomerates, and medium-size companies. There has been almost no official relief for microenterprises.

Electoral reforms alone won’t stop illegal financing of political parties

Fernando Silva 10 November, 2020

Last Monday, the government’s special anti-corruption unit (Unidad Fiscal Especializada Contra Redes de Corrupción – UFERCO) presented its court case against Nasry Asfura, a candidate for the National Party’s presidential nomination, and a member of its Let’s Save Honduras movement (Salvemos Honduras del Partido Nacional). The charges accuse him of using public funds for his 2014 political campaign. Meanwhile, the National Congress continues to debate electoral reforms.

More responsibility and more impunity: the Armed Forces and its role in the pandemic

Fernando Silva 1 August, 2020

Translation by: John Turnure Led by General Tito Livio Moreno, the Armed Forces are the most prominent institution in critical areas of the fight against

Displaced and Returned to Despair

Fernando Silva 4 July, 2018

Text: Fernando Silva Photo: Martín Cálix “Esperanza” and her two daughters leave their neighborhood in Tegucigalpa with a small wallet, filled with prescriptions and some

Author: Fernando Silva

First week of Xiomara gov’t in Honduras sees many important changes

Business elites feel hope and anxiety after Xiomara Castro’s victory

Cabbage invasion tip of the iceberg in Honduran environmental struggle

Central American activists ramp up fight against corruption despite government threats

The odd and large-scale corruption by Hilda Hernández, sister of the Honduran president

Storms provide perfect excuse to build more dams without community input

Official data distorts the true number of storm-related deaths in Honduras

Hoaxes and errors with the Honduran president’s Covid-19 test results

President’s COVID-19 test results concealed by Health Ministry

Small business owners in Honduras feel abandoned

Electoral reforms alone won’t stop illegal financing of political parties

More responsibility and more impunity: the Armed Forces and its role in the pandemic

Displaced and Returned to Despair

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