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Honduras

Articles about Honduras


The tropical storm Agatha marks the beginning of the hurricane season in Central America. Thousands have fled their homes and more than 100.000 people have been evacuated Read more...


”Mel” Zelaya has secretly gone back to Honduras, he is now residing in the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa Read more...


Political and Economic pressure on an international scale has the aim of forcing the self proclaimed government in Honduras to reinstate democracy Read more...


Curfew in border regions means that several thousand Hondurans are "trapped" - in their homes or on the roads Read more...


As a direct result of the current coup d’état in Honduras project activities have been stalled, ACT Honduras Forum members report. None of the planned work is being implemented. No events with the participation of the community are being carried out, fearing that this may be taken as being directed against the de facto government. Also, members are concerned about the economic embargo, and about possible implications for future funding. Read more...


Churchbased development organizations in Europe condemn the Honduran Coup d’Etat. Read more...


Pressure builds from the international community and from civil society organizations to reinstate ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Read more...


Vast areas in several departments in Honduras are hit by massive rain and floods. 23 people have been killed amd over 22.000 have been evacuated. Read more...


The hondurian judicial system is corrupted to the bone, and there is good reason to keep an eye on the courts and officials of the central American country. Read more...


DanChurchAid currently has five partner organisations working with food security in Honduras. At different levels, they are all dedicated to rural development and sustainable agriculture, and in the recent past have begun working more with advocacy. Read more...


Increasing prices of food heavily affect the poorest people in Honduras who can no longer afford to buy enough food every day – the increased production of biofuels in the US is one of the main causes Read more...


Eight public prosecutors have been on hunger strike for 35 days in Honduras capital. The strike is a protest against the widespread corruption weighing down on civil society. NGO’s, church leaders and civilians support their claim. Read more...


Prosecutors in Honduras are on hunger strike now for more than one month as a protest against corruption, impunity and gross political interference in the Justice system. Read more...


Torrential rains have hit the Central American region as a result of a low pressure system over the Yucatán Peninsula. The rain started on October 10, 2007 and continued until October 18, 2007. Read more...


DanChurchAid supports a range of partners working with democracy, human rights and access to justice in Honduras within the programme Political Space. Read more...


DanChurchAid supports three different projects working to protect and support street children and children infected by HIV/AIDS. These activities are not part of the two overall programmes. Read more...


In Honduras, DanChurchAid is working to improve food security by combining advocacy efforts for better rural development policies at the national level with local mobilisation and technical support to small-scale landholders and landless farmers in rural areas. Read more...


DanChurchAid’s work in Honduras on democratisation is focused on the right to equality before the law and the battle against impunity. The programme work also includes support to alternative media and capacity building of civil society and their right to participate in political processes. Read more...