News Honduras: The Logging Barons of Catacamas, Honduras
Catacamas is the largest municipality in Central America, home to thousands of square kilometers of pristine forest. Political elites in this remote part of Honduras have maintained a profitable ...
News Honduras: Honduras watchdog bans financiers from trading in cryptocurrency
TEGUCIGALPA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Honduras' CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country's financial system from trading in cryptocurrency or virtual assets, it said in a resolution, citing ...
News Honduras: Honduras watchdog bans institutions from trading crypto
Honduras' CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country's financial system from trading in cryptocurrency and similar virtual assets, it said in a resolution, citing risks of fraud and money laundering. The National Banking and Securities Commission said a resolution, dated from Monday but made public on Friday, had "immediate effect." The resolution bans institutions under its supervision to "maintain, invest, intermediate or trade in cyptocurrencies, crypto-assets, virtual currencies, tokens, or any similar virtual assets not issued or authorized by the central bank."
News Honduras: Honduras Financial Regulator Restricts Banks From Dealing in Crypto
The Honduran financial system has slammed the brakes on cryptocurrencies, with the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBS) prohibiting institutions under its supervision from dealing with ...
News Honduras: Honduras Levies Security Tax to Pay for Prison
With Honduras set to build its first ever maximum security prison, the government is wrestling with some serious questions: will the prison itself become a hotbed for crime? And if Honduras is ready ...
News Honduras: Honduras: Crypto Gets Nixed
Honduran regulators have had enough of cryptocurrencies. The country’s National Banking and Insurance Commission (CNBS) has prohibited them from the country’s financial system “with immediate effect.” ...
News Honduras: Honduras still owes Taiwan NT$13.36 billion after China switch
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Honduras still owes Taiwan NT$13.36 billion (US$422.5 million) more than three years after cutting diplomatic ties with Taipei and recognizing Beijing, CentroAmerica360 reported ...
News Honduras: How to Protect Your Investments in Honduras
Arbitration has been evolving rapidly as a conflict resolution system in Honduras. Amid political uncertainty, investors are looking for safer and more effective ways to protect their finances. In ...
News Honduras: La Paz, Honduras
The department of La Paz does not house any major transnational criminal economies or established criminal actors. Congress representatives for the department have faced accusations of corruption and ...
News Honduras: Mounting corporate pressure on Honduras threatens community rights
Honduras is currently facing a total of $19.4 billion in lawsuits from corporations, an amount equivalent to roughly 53% of the country’s GDP in 2024, according to new data by the Institute for Policy Studies, Transnational Institute, Honduras Solidarity Network and TerraJusta. More than $1.6 billion of the claims are from the energy sector alone, […]
News Honduras: In Honduras, local communities miss out on benefits of large-scale renewables
CHOLUTECA, Honduras — Under the slogan “Without human rights, there is no energy sovereignty,” more than 100 community members and activists gathered in mid-July at the Casa Real Hotel in Choluteca, a city in southern Honduras near the Nicaraguan border. At the event, participants — a mix of nonprofit leaders and community members — questioned […]
News Honduras: 'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks
The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.
News Honduras: Honduras Generates Employment with Community Activities
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandes launched the program “Desarrollemos Honduras” (Let's Develop Honduras) alongside civil servants and community members. Hernandes explained that if a house has a damaged or a...
News Honduras: ibex Expands Call Center Operations in Honduras, Creating 250 New Jobs in the Region
--ibex, a leading global provider of business process outsourcing and customer engagement technology solutions, today announced a significant expansion of its operations in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. ibex has officially added almost 10,000 square feet of space to its real estate footprint in Honduras. ibex's expanded operations in Honduras are...
News Honduras: New Honduras Jobs Plan Aims To Stem Migration And Poverty
Poverty and migration are stubborn problems in Honduras but Hernandez's government is determined to combat both. Honduras is working on a new economic growth strategy to curb migration and poverty ...
News Honduras: San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city fueling 'real estate boom' in Honduras due to drug dealing: Report
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city has allowed Honduran migrant drug dealers to make so much money dealing in the city that they’re causing a "real ...
News Honduras: In Honduras, climate-caused agriculture problems hit women and girls especially hard
In Honduras, the changing climate is undermining traditional agriculture. That's particularly difficult for women and girls, who depend on farming. And it's contributing to what experts call the ...
News Honduras: Purdue leads team of educators on Honduras agricultural tour
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University led group of secondary agricultural science and business teachers will return Tuesday (7/2) from an eight-day international learning and engagement program ...
