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FOOD: Food Security Problems in Honduras
Honduras faces food security problems for the next two years due to the damage caused by Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the country's farmlands in late 1998, says the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).WEEKLY SELECTION-HONDURAS: Minors Smuggled into Canada to Deal Drugs
Around 250 Honduran children are being used as street dealers by drug trafficking gangs in Canada, the non-governmental 'Casa Alianza' reported here Wednesday.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Minors Smuggled into Canada to Deal Drugs
Around 250 Honduran children are being used as street dealers by drug trafficking gangs in Canada, the non-governmental 'Casa Alianza' reported here Wednesday.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Blood-Stained Walls in General’s Torture Center
The country estate of a Honduran general who formed part of a past military government housed a torture centre used by the army in the 1980s, according to police reports and a team of U.S. anthropologists.POLITICS-CENTRAL AMERICA: US Identifies New Security Threats
U.S. President Bill Clinton will take advantage of his four-day tour in Central America, that began Monday, to warn his counterparts in the region of new threats to security identified by his government.HEALTH-HONDURAS: Doctors Criticise Cuban Medical Brigades
Criticism by local doctors of Cuban colleagues providing emergency assistance in Honduras in the wake of hurricane Mitch has jeopardised Havana's offer of 400 medical school scholarships, the Honduran government warned.HONDURAS: Military Could Be Accused of Illegal Possession of Arms
The Honduran armed forces may be accused of terrorism, based on the illegal possession of an arsenal reportedly capable of equipping an entire army, high-level officials of the Attorney-General's Office announced Wednesday.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Madrid-based Fugitive Officer Turns Himself In
Captain Billy Joya, accused of disappearances and torture in Honduras, gave himself up to legal authorities under the protection of an amnesty Wednesday, returning here after two years living as a fugitive in Spain.HONDURAS: Camdessus to Recommend Write-Off of 80 Percent of Debt
IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus promised Friday to recommend the cancellation of 80 percent of Honduras' foreign debt of around 4.3 billion dollars.CENTRAL AMERICA: The Smell of Death Hovers Over Choluteca
In the past six years, this region in southern Honduras had been developing as a new hub of economic development; now it is a devastated land over which the smell of death hovers./RPT/HONDURAS: Hurricane Mitch Triggers Declaration of Emergency
The Honduran government declared the Atlantic coast area a disaster zone due to the damages caused by Hurricane Mitch.HONDURAS: Hurricane Mitch Triggers Declaration of Emergency
The Honduran government declared the Atlantic coast area a disaster zone due to the damages caused by Hurricane Mitch.RELIGION BULLETIN-HONDURAS: Papal Nuncio says Indigenous Demands Must be Met
Vatican representative in Honduras, Luigi Conti, called on the government here to resolve demands for land, health and education services and justice voiced by indigenous people as soon as possible.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Papal Nuncio says Indigenous Demands Must be Met
Vatican representative in Honduras, Luigi Conti, called on the government here to resolve demands for land, health and education services and justice voiced by indigenous people as soon as possible.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Officers Implicated in Murder of Prosecutor
Military and police accomplices of thieves and drug traffickers are implicated in the murder of a chief prosecutor in northwestern Honduras, Prosecutor-General Eduardo Orellana maintained Tuesday.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Crisis in Army Over Restoration of Civil Power
The Honduran army is in the grip of a grave crisis sparked by the planned elimination of the post of commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the transfer of its powers to a civilian authority.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Debate Rages Over Reach of Amnesty
Debate is raging in Honduras over whether an amnesty issued for leftist guerrillas in Honduras in 1990 should be applied to members of the military who committed human rights violations in the 1980s.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Torture Disappears, but Not Summary Executions
The non-governmental Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH) reported Wednesday that although the systematic practice of torture had been uprooted in the past eight years, 190 extrajudicial executions were committed in that period.CULTURE-HONDURAS: New Finds Put Ex-Mayan Capital on World Map
Copan, cradle of Mayan civilization in Honduras, has once again drawn international attention thanks to the discovery of bones dating back to 1000 BC along with a large ceremonial site presumably used by the Mayan elite.HONDURAS: US Suspends Aid over Alleged Judicial Corruption
The United States suspended four million dollars in aid to the Honduran Judicial Power in retaliation for the 10-year prison sentence passed on a US murderer who claimed he killed in self-defence.RIGHTS-HONDURAS: Repentant Torturer Seeks Asylum
State entities and human rights organisations in Honduras reported Wednesday they will seek a new asylum country for former torturer, Fausto Reyes Caballero, who returned here Tuesday following deportation from Canada.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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