Diverse voices
Wherein lies our pride?
It’s just a regular day. I leave my house and it’s not long before people stare at me. They stare with disgust and disapproval; others
Daniel Fajardo
25 June, 2024
Tag: Human Rights
Human rights
Honduran police accused of illegally detaining Guapinol human rights defender
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
Leonardo Aguilar
16 August, 2023
News
«States of exception, in general, are difficult to sustain»: Uzra Zeya, Under Secretary of State
In an exclusive interview for Contracorriente (CC), Undersecretary Uzra Zeya (UZ) spoke about her government’s support to Honduras on issues of education, security, migration and
Jennifer Ávila
12 January, 2023
Photo Galleries
Despite the risks, LGBTQIA+ community says it will participate in Honduran civic events
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
Jorge Cabrera
15 September, 2022
Tamara Pearson
7 July, 2022
Human rights
Berta Cáceres supporters accuse the Atala clan of complicity in her murder
David Castillo, the former general manager of energy company DESA, was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for being one of the
Fernando Silva
22 June, 2022
Photo Galleries
The children who harvest your coffee
The best, export-quality Honduran coffee is grown at 1,600 meters above sea level, say the local coffee growers in the mountains of Corquín, one of
Martín Cálix
13 March, 2021
Photo Galleries
The migrant caravan of 2021: thousands flee from the Honduran crisis
Approximately 7000 Honduran citizens are travelling through Guatemalan territory in the first migrant caravan of 2021. This exodus, possibly the largest since 2018, comes despite
Contra Corriente
22 January, 2021
In-depth Investigations
Dilemmas and paradoxes of El Salvador’s Armed Forces
What is at stake is not only the future of El Salvador’s Armed Forces, but also of democracy itself, write historians Knut Walter and Otto
Otto Argueta Ramírez
6 September, 2020
For defending their land and culture, violence struck the Garifuna people
The kidnapping of five men in the coastal community of Triunfo de la Cruz (Tela, Atlántida), four of whom were Garifuna, is yet another instance
Allan Bu
16 August, 2020
Multimedia-eng
Hunger caused by the pandemic drives more people onto the streets
Photography by Martín Cálix and Deiby Yánes Translation: John Turnure Extreme poverty has always forced people to beg. This has been the story for years,
Martín Cálix
5 August, 2020
Covid-19 Coverage
More responsibility and more impunity: the Armed Forces and its role in the pandemic
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
Fernando Silva
1 August, 2020
Columns
Solidarity to resist ICE
Photo: Gorge ICE Resistance I am thousands of kilometers away on a Witness for Peace* tour in the northwest Pacific of the United States. In
Jennifer Ávila
11 October, 2018
