Honduras

Honduras: Crime at Tegucigalpa Basilica Prompts U.S. Embassy Restrictions

Date: November 3rd, 2010 |

The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa now restricts access for U.S. diplomats and their families to Tegucigalpa’s Basilica of Suyapa, authorizing them to visit the popular tourist site only as part of an organized tour that provides armed security for the group. The church is in a high crime area and has been the site of [read more]

Central America: Tropical Storm Agatha, Pacayo Volcano Wreak Havoc

Date: June 2nd, 2010 |

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Tropical storm Agatha ravaged Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, causing scores of mudslides and significant flooding, and killing at least 179 people. The eruption of Guatemala’s Pacayo volcano a few days before Agatha hit compounded the country’s problems, dumping tons of ash on Guatemala City and elsewhere that turned to thick mud [read more]

Honduras: Tensions High as Zelaya Returns

Date: September 24th, 2009 |

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Deposed and exiled President Manuel Zelaya snuck back into the country and took shelter in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, where thousands of supporters rallied Sept. 22 and were dispersed by soldiers firing tear gas. The airport was closed, a curfew was imposed, and one person was killed in the violence. Neither Zelaya nor the [read more]

Honduras: Heavy Rains Cause National Emergency

Date: October 22nd, 2008 |

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Continual heavy rain has created severe flooding and landslides throughout the country, prompting the government to declare a national state of emergency and the Disaster Response Office to call a “red alert” in many areas. Towns and cities affected include El Progreso, Santa Rita, El Negrito, Tela, the department of Comayagua, Corquín and other areas [read more]

Honduras: Kidnapped Hotelier Released

Date: October 1st, 2008 |

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Four gunmen kidnapped an American hotelier Sept. 20 but released him a week later in Copan. The man, who has been living in Honduras for 15 years, was snatched outside his Gran Hotel Sula on the Atlantic Coast and did not know if a ransom had been paid. The incident was not isolated: more than [read more]

Honduras: Spike in Dengue Fever Raises Alert

Date: June 30th, 2010 |

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Health authorities raised a red alert for dengue fever after 10 people died and some 11,000 contracted the mosquito-borne disease. Of the total cases, 461 are the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, and the main victims are under 19 years of age. Classic dengue fever is a serious viral disease that causes high fever, intense headaches [read more]

Honduras: Army to Patrol Streets, Clamp Down on Drug Violence

Date: April 14th, 2010 |

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The army will begin patrolling streets in Tegucigalpa and other areas to clamp down on drug cartel violence. The country of fewer than 8 million people has had an average of more than 4,000 homicides the past five years, with more than 5,300 in 2009. Soldiers have been told to search vehicles and pedestrians and [read more]

Honduras: Curfew Extended in Aftermath of Coup

Date: July 1st, 2009 |

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Congress extended a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew July 1 that had been imposed throughout the country June 29-30 in the wake of the military removing President Manuel Zelaya from power and sending him into exile. Demonstrations both for and against the coup occurred in Tegucigalpa and elsewhere, and tensions remained high. The U.S. [read more]

Honduras: Roatan Unrest

Date: October 15th, 2008 |

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Residents of Roatan, the most popular of Honduras’ Bay Islands, are in an uproar over a significant increase in the price of electricity provided by the island’s utility company and have been demonstrating widely, blocking roads, including the roads to the airport, cruise ship port, downtown and other areas. Protesters set up road checkpoints and [read more]

Mexico and Central America: Hurricane Felix and Henriette Hit on Same Day

Date: September 5th, 2007 |

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Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes made landfall on the same day for the first time since such data has been recorded. Current statistics date to 1949 and also show that this hurricane season has seen another first, two category 5 hurricanes (the strongest) occurring in the same season, with this week’s Hurricane Felix coming two weeks [read more]

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