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News Articles: Honduras

A sticker on a wall in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, invites people to vote in the presidential elections on Sunday. Hondurans will elect a successor to President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was first elected in 2013.

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  • Latin America

Honduran voters want to protest the president. Their options are a cast of characters

Hondurans go to the polls Sunday, and many voters say they're undecided who they'll vote for. But one thing they do know is that they'll be casting a vote to punish the current National Party.

November 27, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
A man cleans a rooftop as the sun sets over the embattled Pedregal neighborhood of Tegucigalpa.

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  • Latin America

Can U.S. Aid Make Honduras More Livable? One Group Tries to Slow Out-Migration

The Association for a More Just Society, is one of many organizations working in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to address societal ills that are driving migrants north to the U.S. border.

May 25, 2021
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By:
  • John Burnett
Edita Maldonado hosts a weekly radio program that tries to reunite migrants who disappeared on the dangerous trek north with their loved ones back in Progreso, Honduras.

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  • National

Why People Are Fleeing Honduras For The U.S.: 'All That's Left Here Is Misery'

Hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding are leading more families to flee the Honduras for the southern U.S. border than any other country. At least 200 families a day are asking for asylum.

May 10, 2021
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By:
  • John Burnett
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (left) speaks with then-Vice President Biden during a news conference in Guatemala City on March 2, 2015. Leaders from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras were meeting with Biden for two days of talks about child migrants entering the United States.

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  • Latin America

With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader

U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández enabled drug trafficking into the U.S., and Democratic lawmakers want punishment. It comes as President Biden seeks Central American aid.

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • James Fredrick
With the sun setting off the coast of northern Honduras, Ella Guity watches her daughters, Jirian and Eleny, swim in the warm Caribbean waters of the village of Rio Esteban, home to a group with African and indigenous roots known as the Garifuna. Ella had left years earlier for life in the big city, but the pandemic led her back home.

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  • Family

PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life

Ella Guity lived in the capital of Honduras with her daughters and mother. COVID-19 was surging. She sent them all to the fishing village where she grew up. Could she — should she — go too?

January 30, 2021
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By:
  • Tomas Ayuso
Two hurricanes destroyed bridges, roads, schools, health clinics and homes. Here is the aftermath in Protección in Honduras' Santa Barbara department on Dec. 11.

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  • Latin America

Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras

Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
This satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Iota in the North Atlantic Ocean on Monday, at 07:11 EST.

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  • Weather

Hurricane Iota Makes Landfall In Nicaragua, Region Braces For 'Catastrophic' Impact

Just two weeks after Hurricane Eta dumped heavy rainfall in the region, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and southern Belize are facing an even stronger storm fueled by climate change.

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Elie Levine,
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • and 1 more
Navy members help evacuate people on a boat from the Karata and Wawa Bar communities ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

2 Weeks After Eta, Nicaragua Braces For Massive Hurricane Iota

Iota, now a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph, is expected to hit Nicaragua on Monday evening, bringing catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and extreme rainfall.

November 16, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Men walk along a flooded road Wednesday in Toyos, Honduras, after heavy rains from Eta caused a river to overflow.

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  • Latin America

Tropical Storm Eta Dumps Massive Rainfall On Central America

Although significantly diminished from its status as a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall, Eta continues to pose a flooding danger, especially to Nicaragua and neighboring Honduras.

November 04, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Palm trees blow in the wind as Hurricane Eta nears landfall in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Hurricane Eta Lashes Nicaragua's Coast As Forecasters Warn Of 'Catastrophic' Flooding

The center of the Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 mph, is moving toward the coast Tuesday morning. It's expected to dump torrential rains in the country's poorest region.

November 03, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Carrie Kahn
Satellite imagery of Hurricane Eta. It was upgraded to a major hurricane by the National Hurricane Center on Monday. It is expected to dump 35 inches of rain in some isolated areas of Nicaragua after making landfall.

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  • Weather

Eta Is Now A 'Major Hurricane' As It Barrels Towards Central American Coast

Forecasters say Hurricane Eta is rapidly gaining strength as it churns towards the coast of Nicaragua. The storm is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding and landslides.

November 02, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Honduran migrants walking in a group stop before Guatemalan police in January near Agua Caliente, Guatemala. The Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says U.S. immigration agents in Guatemala helped officials deport Hondurans traveling in a migrant caravan earlier this year.

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  • World

Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS 'Ad Hoc' Migrant Deportations In Guatemala

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

October 29, 2020
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn

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