The assassination of Honduran water defender Juan López offers a chilling reminder of the threats local leaders face in the most dangerous region in the world for environmental activists.
Long associated with the Andean region, coca cultivation is expanding rapidly in Central America. As eradication efforts intensify, local communities may be in the crossfire.
Según lideres comunitarios, la violencia y desplazamiento que facilita el acaparamiento de tierras con fines de lucro en toda la costa caribeña de Honduras es nada menos que un genocidio contra el pueblo Garífuna.
Aunque Juan Orlando Hernández fue condenado por tráfico de drogas en un tribunal de Nueva York, EE.UU. aún no ha reconocido su papel en fomentar el tráfico de droga patrocinado por el Estado en Honduras.
Although Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking in a New York court, the United States has yet to own up to its role in fostering state-sponsored drug trafficking in Honduras.
The 2009 coup ratcheted up the sell-off of land and resources, enabled state-sponsored drug trafficking and corruption, and fueled a migrant exodus—all with U.S. and Canadian support.
The 2009 U.S.-backed coup ruptured Honduras’s three-decade-old democracy. Despite a media blockade, militarization, and deadly repression, the people took to the streets—and refused to back down.
Often overlooked in the story of U.S. imperialism in Central America, Honduras has served as a training base and staging ground for interventions throughout the region. In the 1980s, the impacts were devastating.
Xiomara Castro llegó a la presidencia con la promesa de refundar el país tras más de una década de neoliberalismo agresivo. A pesar de grandes retos, la esperanza no se ha frustrada aun.
