Tag: Honduras

China’s reactive diplomacy shows maintenance beats momentum (Juan Fernando Herrera Ramos – ASPI The Strategist)

China’s sudden scramble to court Honduras before the country’s 30 November election shows how quickly China reacts when its influence is under threat. China’s...

Taiwan vice president heads to Honduras to work on shaky alliance (Al Jazeera)

Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai is travelling to Honduras to attend the swearing-in of the nation’s next president, Xiomara Castro, and shore up a shaky...

Rival Honduran lawmakers back different congressional heads in dispute with next president (Gustavo Palencia, Reuters)

Honduran lawmakers in rival alliances backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday amid disputes between President-elect Xiomara Castro and dissident members of...

Honduras’ ruling party candidate concedes presidential election (Al Jazeera)

Nasry Asfura, the ruling party candidate in the Honduras election, has conceded to his opposition rival, Xiomara Castro, who will become the country’s first...

Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro storms towards victory (Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia, Reuters)

Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro headed for a landslide win in Sunday's election, declaring victory as supporters danced outside her offices to celebrate the...

Opposition Leftist Races to Big Lead in Honduras Election Vote Count (Reuters, VoA)

Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro raced to an early lead in the Honduran presidential election on Sunday, partial election results showed, putting her in...

Opposition leads after ‘massive’ turnout in Honduras election (Al Jazeera)

Initial results from the presidential election in Honduras showed opposition candidate Xiomara Castro with a clear lead over conservative ruling party contender Nasry Asfura,...

‘Change is possible’: Honduras prepares for critical election (Anna-Cat Brigida, Al Jazeera)

Amid widespread fear of fraud and ensuing social unrest, Hondurans are preparing to vote in a tense presidential election that could end 12 years of...

China blasts US ‘bullying’ over Honduras’ Taiwan ties (Al Jazeera)

Ahead of a presidential election in Honduras this weekend, China is accusing the US of “bullying” after Washington reiterated that it wants the small Central American...

(USA/Honduras) Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States (Brookings)

Sarah Bermeo, David Leblang Apprehensions of family units from Honduras arriving at the U.S. southern border grew exponentially between 2012 and 2019, from 513 to 188,368 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/04/01/climate-violence-and-honduran-migration-to-the-united-states/

(USA/Honduras) US asks for life in prison for brother of Honduran president (Al Jazeera)

The US government wants Tony Hernandez to return $138.5m in ‘blood money’ and pay an additional $10m fine. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/us-asks-for-life-in-prison-for-brother-of-honduran-president

(Honduras) Honduras hardened its abortion ban. These women remain undeterred (Al Jazeera)

Natalie Alcoba https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/7/honduras-hardened-abortion-ban-these-women-remain-undeterred

HONDURAS/USA – Honduras asks US to extend TPS for citizens after hurricanes (Al Jazeera)

Honduras asked the United States on Friday to prolong temporary migration protections for thousands of its citizens to mitigate the devastation of two recent...