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The visual artist, César Chinchilla, will open his first exhibition on Thursday, September 9th, at the French Alliance in Tegucigalpa. It is entitled "Codes of the Past." The exhibition, which starts at 7 pm, is a series of digital pictures and a video project that will be on display until Friday, September 24th. The Honduran [...]

More than 400 tons of asphalt are being laid on the highway in the Department of Cortés. The improved roadway will allow a better flow of vehicles between the communities of Caracol, San Antonio, Río Lindo, Peña Blanca and Los Naranjos. About 64 kilometers of road will receive maintenance and patching, reducing soil saturation and [...]

Tortured Mexican kidnap victim says: ‘I would sit there wondering how people could be that bad.’ A man held for ransom by one of Mexico’s most brutal drugs gangs tells of beatings and constant killing of other captives Félix survived his ordeal at the hands of the Zeta cartel, one of Mexico’s most ruthless drugs [...]

A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico, helped untie the only other survivor – a wounded Ecuadorean – and the two fled together, an official said Friday. In an interview with El Heraldo newspaper, Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister, Alden Rivera, revealed details for the first time about the escape. Mexican officials [...]

In 1998, the second deadliest hurricane from the Atlantic, Hurricane Mitch, leveled much of Honduras and left at least 6,500 people for dead and 1 million homeless. As Honduran President Carlos Flores observed at the time, "In 72 hours we lost what we had built little by little over 50 years." "What has happened since [...]

Yesterday afternoon, Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries and a colleague, Chantal van Schuylenburch were arrested in the Australian city of Perth for attempting to talk with murder suspect Dan Ross, who is wanted by Interpol for questioning about his role in the death of a Dutch woman vacationing in Honduras, Mariska Mast. Mariska [...]

Thousands of Honduran workers marched Wednesday in major Honduras cities to demand an increase in the minimum wage and show solidarity with teachers who want the government to pay more than $200 million in contributions to a pension and benefits fund, past-due from the government of Manual Zelaya. The minimum wage, currently 5,500 lempiras ($290) [...]

Despite its scenic views, clear oceans and metropolitan capital, people living in remote areas of Honduras lack many basic services. For the remote towns of Chacalapa and Guadalupe Carney, located on the northern department of Colon, quality of life is poor due to the lack of medical services, education and other basic needs. Aware of [...]

Miss Honduras, Kenia Martinez, poses in her national costume at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant will take place in Las Vegas on August 23rd. See more photos here: Van Couver Sun

Honduras’ environmental prosecutor has filed criminal charges against two mining executives and a former government official after a British Catholic aid agency provided evidence to show that they ignored the alleged pollution of rivers. The mining officials, Christian Pineda and Renan Santamaria, could face up to six years in jail if convicted of contaminating water [...]

Juan de Dios Castillo is Honduras’ new national team coach, replacing Reinaldo Rueda, who guided the Central Americans at the recent World Cup. Honduras’ soccer federation said that Castillo’s contract would run through Dec. 31, 2011. The 59-year-old Mexican will debut with the national team on Sept. 3rd in a friendly against El Salvador in [...]

Emilio Izaguirre has vowed to be a success at Celtic after signing for the SPL giants, subject to a medical. The Honduras international arrived in Glasgow at the weekend and is undergoing a medical ahead of a reported £600,000 move. Motagua left-back Izaguirre – a team-mate of Rangers trialist Georgie Welcome – claims he will [...]

A 25-year-old man from Honduras and a 36-year-old man from Colombia on Friday were sentenced to prison on illegal immigration charges filed in federal court in East St. Louis. Wilmer Omar Mendez-Nunez of Honduras was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He had [...]

The Honduran government rejected the request for asylum by Guatemala’s former prisons chief, Alejandro Giammattei, citing the criminal charges against Giammattei in Guatemala. Honduran Ambassador, Jorge Gabrie, who accompanied Giammattei during the transfer, said the opposition politician surrendered voluntarily and that Honduras "expects him to have a fair trial, and that his life and human [...]

The total number of deaths due to hemorrhagic dengue in Honduras has risen to 55. The number of people who have contracted the non-lethal, classic dengue fever so far this year, totals 39,613, and approximately 1,099 people have been infected with hemorrhagic dengue, of whom 55 have died. The Health Ministry’s National Dengue Certification Commission [...]

Thousands of Honduras students are still without classes due to the strike by teachers demanding the government clear arrears to their pension and benefits fund. The protest of hundreds of teachers that began last week was extended “nationwide” and continues today according to the president of the Coprumh union, Eduardo Casaña. Thousands of teachers from [...]

A Guatemalan court on Monday ordered the arrest of a former presidential candidate, Alejandro Giammattei, who has been holed up at the Honduran Embassy in Tegucigalpa, on charges dating from his tenure as prisons chief during the previous administration. A police spokesman said that Giammattei is accused of abuse of authority, murder and extrajudicial execution. [...]

The country’s private business sector said that the establishment of a new minimum wage for workers is an issue that “was closed” at the time that union leaders gave the government until August 15th of this year to make a decision. The legal adviser of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), Armando Urtecho, said: [...]

Scientists at the University of Colorado have updated the hurricane season forecast this year for the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. After reviewing statistical models, and the evolution of oceanic and atmospheric conditions, estimates are that hurricane activity will be stronger this year than the historical average. They believe that in the coming months, we [...]