La répression au Salvador pousse les membres des gangs vers le Honduras
Un peu moins répressif que son voisin, le #Honduras tente également de lutter contre les #gangs présents sur son territoire et de contenir une immigration de délinquants fuyant la «main de fer» déployée par le président salvadorien.
"In La Esperanza and the capital, Tegucigalpa, people plan to gather on 1 April to mark the anniversary of their struggle, and in memory of Cáceres, murdered in 2016 aged 44"
"[Honduran President Xiomara] Castro has deemed the forum, called the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, to be an illegitimate usurpation of Honduran sovereignty and has hit upon an elegant solution: She has taken steps to withdraw Honduras from ICSID."
Honduras Ratchets Up Battle With Crypto-Libertarian Investors, Rejects World Bank Court
After the Honduran president repealed a law granting unfettered authority to outside investors, the cryptoquistadors took the dispute to a World Bank arbitration court.
Honduras Ratchets Up Battle With Crypto-Libertarian Investors, Rejects World Bank Court
After the Honduran president repealed a law granting unfettered authority to outside investors, the cryptoquistadors took the dispute to a World Bank arbitration court.
#Honduras, following a US-backed coup in 2009, saw its descent into a narco-state under Hernández's rule, who was recently convicted of drug trafficking
#Haiti remains without a stable government amidst armed group opposition to the US-backed Prime Minister installed after the 2021 president's assassination.
Mainstream coverage often ignores this intervention's role in driving asylum seekers to the US, hindering efforts to address the immigration crisis
After nearly two days of deliberations, a jury in New York declared on Friday that Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, is guilty on all the drug trafficking charges against him.
This past July, my wife and I took a cruise, the first stop on the cruise was Roatan, Honduras. This is an interesting house that we passed while the ship was pulling into port. The photo is a bit hazy, but the original is worse. The reason for the haze is that when I stepped out of our airconditioned suite onto the balcony, the lens fogged up.
US billionaires are trying to establish a libertarian city-state in Honduras to evade democratic constraints. As progressive president Xiomara Castro resists their efforts, the Peter Thiel–backed firm Próspera is suing the country for constraining its profits.
Latin America Is Leading the Way in Standing Up to Israel
Bolivia has severed diplomatic relations with Israel, and Colombia, Chile, and Honduras have all recalled their ambassadors. Latin America is leading the way in opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. Kurt Hackbarth writes.
🇮🇱 Exporting militarism: how Israeli companies market repression in Latin America
「 In the favelas in Brazil, the militarised police unit BOPE (Special Police Operations Unit) cooperates with ISDS, and the methods of repression in the favelas and in Palestine are very similar. BOPE occupies the rooftops of homes to control and kill people, just as the Israeli military does in Palestinian cities 」
「 Israeli military support for Latin American dictatorships has been enormous. the percentage of purchases of Israeli weapons during various dictatorships include:
Argentina (1976-1983) 95%
El Salvador (1972-1979) 92%
Honduras (1972-1981) 81% 」
Pre-construction studies to build the interoceanic rail corridor in Honduras will be carried out in 2024, according to the government. The assistant to the president, Héctor Zelaya, said the plans are being updated as the project has been in limbo for several years....
Panama and Costa Rica announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border, as the countries continue to grapple with a steady increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap....
Billionaires Are Suing the Honduran Government for Blocking Their Profit-Making Scheme (jacobin.com)
US billionaires are trying to establish a libertarian city-state in Honduras to evade democratic constraints. As progressive president Xiomara Castro resists their efforts, the Peter Thiel–backed firm Próspera is suing the country for constraining its profits.
Honduras aims to carry out interoceanic rail corridor studies in 2024 (www.bnamericas.com)
Pre-construction studies to build the interoceanic rail corridor in Honduras will be carried out in 2024, according to the government. The assistant to the president, Héctor Zelaya, said the plans are being updated as the project has been in limbo for several years....
Panama, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Panama and Costa Rica announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border, as the countries continue to grapple with a steady increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap....