Honduras: Heavy Rains Cause National Emergency

By Larry Habegger | October 22nd, 2008 |

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... [Read this entry]

Honduras: Roatan Unrest

By Larry Habegger | 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... [Read this entry]

Honduras: Kidnapped Hotelier Released

By Larry Habegger | 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... [Read this entry]

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

By Larry Habegger | 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... [Read this entry]

Guatemala: Floods and Mudslides

By Larry Habegger | October 11th, 2005 |

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Torrential rains from Hurricane Stan swept across Guatemala and other Central American countries causing extensive flooding and massive mudslides that wiped out entire villages. Areas hardest hit were Mayan mountain... [Read this entry]

Honduras

By Larry Habegger | June 14th, 2005 |

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Highway travel in Honduras can be dangerous because of bandits, and they are often quick to use weapons when victims resist. A Canadian man was killed in a bus holdup... [Read this entry]

Guatemala and Honduras

By Larry Habegger | October 26th, 2004 |

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These Central American countries are launching similar programs to increase safety on urban buses, having national police and soldiers patrol the transit lines to stop crime and extortion. The Guatemalan... [Read this entry]

Honduras

By Larry Habegger | August 24th, 2004 |

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Amidst a general warning that al Qaeda operatives are traveling in Central America trying to recruit people to stage terrorist attacks in Latin America, Honduras has increased security at a... [Read this entry]

Honduras

By Larry Habegger | June 25th, 2002 |

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Crime in San Pedro Sula has increased to the point where the national government has taken the drastic step of passing a law that allows police searches of private homes... [Read this entry]

Honduras

By Larry Habegger | December 19th, 2001 |

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Several crimes against U.S. travelers have occurred since the beginning of the year. In April a missionary driving from Texas to Honduras’s northern coast was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint.... [Read this entry]

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