Stories written by Thelma Mejía
Thelma Mejía has been working for IPS since 1987, when she started collaborating with the agency on subjects relating to childhood and gender. She took part in the Programa Especial de Cooperación Económica regional project, after which she was promoted to associate correspondent from Honduras. She became a full correspondent in 1994. Mejía has a degree in journalism and a master’s degree in political and social theory from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma, Honduras. She has worked as editor in chief of the daily Tegucigalpa-based El Heraldo and as a consultant on issue of governance, information access, political parties and mass media for the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the Centro de Competencias y Comunicación of the Friederich Ebert Foundation and various social organisations from Honduras. She is the author of several articles and of a book on journalism and political pressures. For more than five years, she has been a collaborator on the IPS environmental news service Tierramérica.

AGRICULTURE: Hybrids Could Be Answer to Banana Crisis

By Thelma Mejía
Banana varieties obtained by Honduran scientists could be the answer to the biological threat looming over this fruit's Cavendish family, the most exported banana worldwide.

Hybrids Could Provide Way Out of Banana Crisis

By Thelma Mejía and - -
Banana varieties obtained by Honduran scientists could be the answer to the biological threat looming over this fruit's Cavendish family, the most exported banana type in the world.
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“The loggers offer me bullets”

By Thelma Mejía and - -
Deforestation claims 80,000 hectares of trees annually in Honduras. The fight to save this resource means confronting death, depredation and destruction, says activist Bertha Oliva in an exclusive conversation with Tierramérica.
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“Poverty is subversive”

By Thelma Mejía and - -
Environmental degradation is one of the causes of socio-economic deterioration, says Honduran Catholic cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez, who describes the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development a failure, and blames "the arrogant attitude of the powerful nations."

DEVELOPMENT-HONDURAS: Deforestation Fuels Hunger

By Thelma Mejía
In the 24 poorest municipalities of Honduras, some 150,000 families face famine as a result of a drought that has lasted since January, and continued deforestation is only exacerbating the problem, say experts and activists.
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Deforestation Fuels Hunger in Honduras

By Thelma Mejía and - -
The depletion of natural resources is one reason that drought and hunger has such a great impact on 150,000 families today in Honduras, a country that loses some 80,000 hectares of forest each year.

RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Gov’t Accused of Financing Death Squads

By Thelma Mejía
Local rights groups accused the Honduran government Thursday of financing death squads to kill supposed gang-members.

DEVELOPMENT-HONDURAS: The Dream of Building a City

By Thelma Mejía
The blinding sun and the 16-hour workdays are nothing when it comes to building a dream: the new Morolica, a colonial city in Honduras that was leveled just over a year ago by Hurricane Mitch.

HONDURAS-NICARAGUA: OAS Envoy Tries Diplomacy in Border Dispute

By Thelma Mejía
The Organisation of American States (OAS) sent Luigi Einaudi to Honduras and Nicaragua to find a diplomatic solution for the maritime border conflict between the two, which intensified Friday after Managua announced a new border policy.

POLITICS-HONDURAS/NICARAGUA: OAS to Send Envoy, Calming Tensions

By Thelma Mejía
The Organisation of American States (OAS) decided to designate a special envoy to evaluate the border conflict between Honduras and Nicaragua and facilitate dialogue in an attempt to relieve tensions in Central America, reported Honduran experts Wednesday.

POLITICS-HONDURAS/NICARAGUA: Border Calm Hesitantly Returns

By Thelma Mejía
Calm returns to the southern Guasaule region in Honduras as the presence of troops, mobilised on the Nicaraguan side of the border, diminishes after several tense days of bilateral diplomatic crisis.

HONDURAS-NICARAGUA: Border Dispute Has Region on Edge

By Thelma Mejía
Nicaragua accused the Honduran government of mobilising troops in a gesture of intimidation while the two neighbours are embroiled in a tense border dispute, leading Honduras to call off the military's anti-drug manoeuvres Friday in an area near the border.

POLITICS-HONDURAS: Smuggling Cases Reveal Rampant Corruption

By Thelma Mejía
The anti-corruption fight in Honduras becomes increasingly difficult as more investigations reveal that police, government officials, lawyers and even judges are involved in smuggling and fraud.

DEVELOPMENT-HONDURAS: Small Town a Showcase for Sustainable Development

By Thelma Mejía
The little town of San Ramon Centro has become a showcase for sustainable human development since receiving a solar power unit capable of generating electricity to homes and workplaces.

ENVIRONMENT-CENTRAL AMERICA: Rains Worsen Hurricane Damage

By Thelma Mejía
Three weeks of heavy rains have Central America on edge, as floods in areas devasted 11 months ago by Hurricane Mitch have revealed weaknesses in the region's reconstruction.

RIGHTS-LATAM: People’s Defenders Call for Freedom of Expression

By Thelma Mejía
People's defenders from Latin America meeting in the capital of Honduras called for greater freedom of expression and guarantees for journalists in the region, who often face threats and even murder.

RIGHTS-LATAM: People’s Defenders Call for Freedom of Expression

By Thelma Mejía
People's defenders from Latin America meeting in the capital of Honduras called for greater freedom of expression and guarantees for journalists in the region, who often face threats and even murder.

ENVIRONMENT: Honduras, Still Wobbling from Mitch, Lashed by Rains

By Thelma Mejía
Heavy rains in the past two weeks have hit Honduras, which has not yet recovered from the severe damages caused by hurricane Mitch almost a year ago.

COFFEE-CENTRAL AMERICA: Plunging Prices May Mean Economic Crisis

By Thelma Mejía
Central America will lose a half billion dollars this year as a result of plummeting coffee prices on the international market, warned experts meeting in Honduras.

DEVELOPMENT-HONDURAS: Lenca Indigenous Woman Chosen for Prize

By Thelma Mejía
Isidora García, an indigenous woman of the Lenca community in Honduras, has not yet gotten over the surprise of being chosen by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) for a prize for women's creativity in rural areas.

RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Police Implicated in Murders of Minors

By Thelma Mejía
The Honduran police are suspected of carrying out execution-style murders of alleged gang members, the photos of whose tortured corpses have lately covered the title pages of local newspapers.
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