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Analysis: Corruption in Central America frustrates U.S. plan to tackle migration 'root causes'

More than a year into U.S. President Joe Biden's sweeping effort to tackle the "root causes" of migration with aid to Central America, projects likely worth millions of dollars have been canceled or put on hold due to corruption and governance concerns, U.S. officials and others tracking the issue said.

Reuters

Disparities in global empathy: why some refugees are more welcome than others

The world is accustomed to the stereotypical face of the refugee. The well-worn tropes of the Black or Brown face from post-genocide Rwanda, war-torn Somalia, or gang-ridden Honduras. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in the first half of 2021, there were more than 26.6 million…

The Conversation

Mountain labs turn Honduras from cocaine way station into producer

Increase in coca plantations could give rise to a new generation of drug traffickers, and refortify the clans of old

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Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers

In one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings, Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans are released with ease to pursue asylum in the United States

The Independent UK

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Vice President Of Honduras Plans To Generate 85,000 Jobs From Cannabis, Here's How

By Ulises Roman Rodriguez, via El Planteo.

Benzinga

Mysterious Mansion Ruins On An El Salvadoran Beach Captivate Onlookers

The villa may bear silent witness to the horrors of Hurricane Mitch, which hit Honduras and Nicaragua in 1998.

Zenger

Honduras arrests accused drug cartel leader sought by U.S. for extradition

Honduran authorities arrested accused cartel leader Herlinda Bobadilla on Sunday, following an extradition request for her and her sons by the United States.

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Ex-Honduras police chief detained after US court appearance

The former national police chief of Honduras has made an initial appearance in a New York courtroom after his extradition to the United States

The Independent UK

Ex-Honduras police chief worked with ex-president to ship drugs, prosecutors say

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled drugs and weapons charges against a former police chief for Honduras, saying he conspired with now-detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to ship cocaine to the United States.

Reuters

Former Honduran President Hernandez pleads not guilty to US drug charges

The former president of Honduras wants to call former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama as well as convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as defense witnesses against U.S. drug charges.

Tribune News Service

Ex-president of Honduras pleads not guilty to drugs and weapons charges in New York court

Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to United States last month

The Independent UK

Honduras ex-President Hernandez pleads not guilty in US court

Former president’s lawyer says Hernandez, who is facing drug charges, is being treated like a ‘prisoner of war’.

Al Jazeera

Honduran ex-president Hernandez pleads not guilty in U.S., decries treatment

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, with chains around his ankles, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. drug and weapons charges in Manhattan federal court while his lawyer complained of "prisoner of war" conditions in jail.

Reuters

Honduran economic zones in 'limbo' after government repeal

A plan to create special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras has been thrown into limbo because the new government has repealed a law many criticized as surrendering sovereignty

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Honduras requests development bank membership in search of financing

Honduras requested membership of the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, the organization reported Thursday, as leftist President Xiomara Castro's administration seeks financing to alleviate severe budgetary imbalances left by her predecessor.

Reason

Honduras Ends Its Experiment With Charter Cities

No more new ZEDEs will exist, after a unanimous congressional vote to end program; existing ZEDEs are optimistic their deals will be honored.

Al Jazeera

Honduras ex-President Hernandez makes first US court appearance

Juan Orlando Hernandez faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after being extradited to the United States this week.

Reuters

U.S. orders ex-Honduras president detained pending possible bail application

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez to be detained pending a possible bail application by his lawyers, in Hernandez's initial court appearance on U.S. drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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Honduran Congress unanimously nixes special economic zones

Honduras' Congress unanimously repealed a law overnight which allowed for the creation of special economic zones exempt from some national laws and taxes throughout the country, known as Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs).

The Independent UK

Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on sweeping drug trafficking charges

Federal prosecutors allege Juan Orlando Hernandez participated in a vast conspiracy to traffick ‘hundreds of thousands of kilograms’ of cocaine into the US

Reuters

Former Honduras president extradited to U.S. on drugs, weapons charges

The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offenses, and he was extradited to the United States.

Al Jazeera

Honduras ex-President Hernandez on way to US to face drug charges

US authorities accuse Juan Orlando Hernandez of receiving millions in bribes as part of a drug-trafficking scheme.

Reuters

Honduran ex-president extradited, flying to U.S. to face drug charges

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States on Thursday where he is set to face drug trafficking charges, capping a dramatic fall from grace after the conservative leader left office earlier this year.

The Guardian - UK

Ex-president of Honduras extradited to US on drugs charges

Juan Orlando Hernández accused of involvement with drug cartels and related weapons charges

The Independent UK

Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US

Honduras has extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges

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