A carbon offset project in Honduras La Moskitia has set off alarms among a faction of Indigenous Miskito authorities who claim that there was no
These are screams or whispers from people who have been abused robbed kidnapped tortured and disappeared by alleged police officers during the state of emergency
Monserrat is the daughter of Margarita Murillo a Honduran leading activist who was involved in campesino movements until her murder in 2014 She arrived in
The past four months have been one that has further exposed the farce of the 8220 Western 8221 world order we live in The State
A 12 person jury found former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández guilty of drug trafficking and weapons possession charges after a two week trial
You have to learn to respect the opinions of others what I 8217 m telling you is that anything can happen and it 8217
Amilcar Alexander Ardón Soriano walked to the witness stand beneath the solemn gaze of Judge Castel presiding over the trial that is still an open
After the fall of the Los Cachiros Cartel and its criminal allies Adán Fúnez mayor of Tocoa remains a powerful figure in the department of
Alexander Ardón Soriano the ex mayor of El Paraíso Copán played a pivotal role in initiating the trial against Juan Orlando Hernández He admitted in
It has been a long time since gold made dreams come true in El Corpus a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca The mining
Situated on one side of the train tracks in the Bronx is La Esquina Garífuna a food truck specializing in traditional Honduran cuisine Owned by
In anticipation of the upcoming trial of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on charges related to drug trafficking Honduras is examining how organized crime
Despite recognition from international organizations of Honduras efforts to protect La Moskitia a remote jungle region in the easternmost department of Gracias a Dios the
Guido Eguigure the vice minister of the Secretariat of Human Rights SEDH resigned from his post on January 15 He is currently awaiting President Xiomara
Luis Redondo president of National Congress is facing several denunciations of violence by his former partner who also filed a child support petition in the
According to information provided to Contracorriente after a denunciation and preliminary investigation against Lenir Pérez legal representative of Inversiones Los Pinares an indictment by the
On January 20 2024 around 300 men women and minors left the main bus station in San Pedro Sula Honduras en route to the U
Experts on disinformation and influence campaigns told Contracorriente that between May and July 2023 the Anti Corruption Council Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción 8211 CNA and its
It s been over 44 years since the disappearance torture and murder of hundreds of people in Honduras and Berta Oliva coordinator of the Committee
At the COP28 in Dubai Paraguay advanced in negotiations with Singapore and the United Arab Emirates Paracel one of the interested companies is questioned in
In the image captured thirty years ago four women engaged in sex work wait for clients on a park bench in Comayagüela under a tree
Facing the Caribbean Sea along kilometers of a white beach in the Honduran Moskitia more than 160 shacks that a few months ago functioned as
On Thursday the Human Rights Watch HRW presented its world report on human rights encompassing over 100 countries Regarding Honduras the report states that Xiomara
Members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras Copinh mobilized last Tuesday December 12 in Tegucigalpa marching from the Central Bank
Monserrath suffered a miscarriage at her home approximately four months after being deported from Mexico She had been sexually abused on the migration route to
After the cancellation of the town hall meeting meant to be held on Saturday December 9 by the mayor of Tocoa Adán Fúnez hundreds of
Violence against campesino families and legal actions against leaders in Bajo Aguán in northern Honduras intensify almost two years after the signing of a tripartite
An indigenous reservation in the Colombian Amazon was included in two separate carbon market projects that were approved and have sold credits in what may
For Honduran women crossing the street without being victims of harassment is improbable and crossing borders without suffering gender based violence is unimaginable Rosa 8211
Christina Portillo was taken from her business in the Rivera Hernández sector of San Pedro Sula on the night of November 24 by men dressed
It s been eight months since Ana Hernández was found dead at her home south of Tegucigalpa the capital of Honduras Her family still doesn
Interview Attorney Alex Navas Cristosal 8217 s national legal coordinator in Honduras and a former Maccih official told Contracorriente that the prosecutorial injunction recently issued
Heavy rain showed that Valle de Sula an alluvial valley located in northwestern Honduras remains vulnerable and thousands of families who live on the banks
Climate change is already pushing Honduran reefs to their limits
Hondurans euphorically relived celebrations of the November 2021 elections which had the highest voter turnout in recent history when former President Juan Orlando Hernández was
Several members of Indigenous communities including leaders who hold a peaceful protest in front of the Attorney General s Office in Ciudad de Guatemala asserted
In Honduras the journey of thousands of migrants has been exploited by businesses that generate millions of lempiras in profits In addition to Honduran migrants
On October 31 ordinary sessions in National Congress were brought to a close This was the last opportunity to ratify the repeal of the ZEDE
Seen above is Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez who was expatriated and is serving a 26 year prison sentence for alleged treason as punishment for opposing
In a forum held in Costa Rica in which three experts participated it was stated that the most critical case on authoritarianism is Nicaragua however
Leaders of this criminal organization were indicted in the U S but some members have served their sentences and returned to Honduras where they face
The electoral victory of Bernardo Arévalo and the Movimiento Semilla party in Guatemala and the response of the people to the multiple attempts to prevent
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele diverted funds from the development of municipalities to create an institution that decides what public works projects will be carried out
Josías Aguilar an attorney who had previously worked as a detective in two operations against the Valle Valle Cartel at the age of 21 exposed
Yesterday Guatemala held the second round of its presidential election During the first round in June the country experienced something unexpected the underdog a party
The death of young Keren López at the hands of the Honduran State who had custody of the child shocked public opinion because this is
Last night Arnol Javier Alemán one of the eight Guapinol defenders who had been released in February 2022 after spending 29 months imprisoned in a
Six international arbitration claims were filed against Honduras to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ICSID which is part of the World Bank
Rosy Flores always wanted to be a criminal lawyer in El Progreso a small and violent city in northern Honduras Ten months passed before she
Comayagüela is the commercial epicenter of the capital of Honduras and also the most unequal There violence and multiple expressions of survival converge On the
They come from Colombia Spain the United States Peru Mexico or Israel They flourish in electoral campaigns They are political consultants This investigation reveals unspeakable
The Argentinean consultant, an excentric and provocative character, broke into South American politics in 2020 for his intervention in electoral campaigns in digital media for
No one saw it coming Not the polls experts political strategists or the public no one We were disheartened as it usually happens when darkness
The death of 46 women in the National Female Penitentiary for Social Adaptation Penitenciaría Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social PNFAS exposed the poor decisions of
An investigation by Contracorriente revealed the effects of drug trafficking in the communities of El Merendón in northern Honduras where villagers still fear Geovanny Fuentes
The death of 46 inmates in The National Female Peninntenciary for Social Adaptation PNFAS in Spanish the murder of Ericka Julissa Bandy in broad daylight
Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez used to be a businessman in the timber industry and an ambitious drug trafficker in Choloma northern Honduras He set up his
In the mountain range of El Merendón in northern Honduras coffee is grown in almost three thousand blocks of land 80 percent of which is
Text:Javier Carrington Graphics:Persy Cabrera Translated and Edited by: Jorge Paz Reyes When we talk about screams, we always associate them with violence or lack of
Indigenous Tolupan communities who live in the mountains of Yoro have to walk for hours to access basic health services a debt owed to them
There are approximately 200 000 active workers during harvest season in the sugar industry in Honduras Most are working under a subcontract for sugar refineries
In 2022 around 190 000 people entered Honduras irregularly the majority of them from Cuba and Venezuela more people than in the past 12 years
Pedro Pinto 67 has spent over half his life defending the environment in the western region of Ocotepeque Honduras In November 2022 two of his
Shortly before May 17 the international day against Homophobia Transphobia and Biphobia I m writing this article to reflect on something that has gained momentum
A day after two well known environmentalists from Guapinol were murdered a Twitter smear campaign dating back to 2021 intensified once again The campaign accuses
There exist three political realities in Honduras that we need to take into consideration when talking about the LGBTQI+ community the first one is that
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Alexis Carrasco is sculpting Gallery his other self He has been doing it for ten years and is already an expert craftsman of the exhausting
On Tuesday January 31 at the Soto Cano air base Arnaldo Urbina Soto the former mayor of Yoro municipality was handed over to the US
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On January 27 as President Xiomara Castro s government marked one year in office feminist activists counted 365 femicides over that same period 8211 one
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ announced that after their special Shadow Diplomats an investigation in which Contracorriente participated in collaboration with the Centro
On 7 January 2023 passengers on a bus traveling between Guapinol and Concepción witnessed a shocking scene two men lay dead beside a motorcycle while
Text: Teddy BacaGraphic: Daniel FonsecaTranslated & Edited by: Jorge Paz Reyes Many things have happened since I last wrote for Contracorriente: I finished some diploma
In an exclusive interview for Contracorriente CC Undersecretary Uzra Zeya UZ spoke about her government 8217 s support to Honduras on issues of education security
President Xiomara Castro has officially denounced the Guapinol mine and Palmerola airport projects They are going ahead regardless with no interruption to the power and
An oil concession held by BG International Limited BG Group in Honduras Miskito Keys Cayos Miskitos home to the indigenous Garífuna community is under question
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At the entrance to the Metropolitan Preventative Police Unit Unidad Metropolitana de Prevención 8211 UMEP in the city of Trujillo in northern Honduras once the
In the coastal border area between Honduras and Guatemala lies the land once slated for the Cuyamel Omoa National Park El Parque Nacional Cuyamel Omoa
In Honduras climate change affects 90 of the population on a daily basis underscoring the need for real solutions from the authorities Journalists for the
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Translated on October 12 2022 | Last month three young people died and 31 were hospitalized during a training session for aspiring auxiliary officers
Translated on September 29th | Protests by Indigenous peoples and environmental groups in Honduras have been taking place in Tegucigalpa to demand that
As she was leaving the September 15 Independence Day parade Dulce Pamela Bizarro a trans woman and member of the LGBTQIA+ contingent said We are
I have an aunt who gets her news from TikTok says Paola Palacios a Honduran whose family lives in Arizona in the United States
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Translated on September 08th 8211 In November 2021 the defenders of the Guapinol River in Carlos Escaleras National Park northern Honduras cast a
On August 9 the International Day of Indigenous Peoples the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña OFRANEH held a demonstration at the Justice
The United Nations UN has delivered a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Honduras and the UN Secretariat to the Xiomara Castro government
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One year after the decision in the case Vicky Hernandez and Others vs Honduras 8221 where the Inter American Court of Human Rights ICHR ruled
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Journalists in Honduras are vulnerable to violence and impunity is the norm after any are attacked threatened or murdered The only body in Honduras that
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