News Honduras Choluteca: 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 Choluteca: 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 Choluteca: Honduras's first woman president legalises morning-after-pill
President Castro, who took office in 2022, has promised to relax Honduras's restrictive reproductive rights laws. "Today 8 March commemorates women's historic struggle," President Castro tweeted. "I ...
News Honduras Choluteca: Honduras Lifts Longtime Ban on ‘Morning After’ Pills
Anyone can read what you share. By Jesus Jiménez and Joan Suazo President Xiomara Castro of Honduras signed an executive order on Wednesday that lifted a longtime ban on emergency contraceptive ...
News Honduras Choluteca: Honduras lifts decade-long ban on 'morning after pill'
Honduran President Xiomara Castro signed an executive order on Wednesday ending a ban of more than 10 years on the use and sale of the "morning after pill," fulfilling a campaign promise long-awaited by feminist groups.
News Honduras Choluteca: Honduras Is Proving Ground for Stabilizing Western Hemisphere
The Americas and the Protect U.S. Investments Acts are also timely. President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, is threatening to expropriate nearly $100 million American investments in an investment ...
News Honduras Choluteca: Semester in Honduras
Santa Lucia is located in southern Honduras and is surrounded by a chain of mountains, with the Choluteca River splitting the city ... number of students in the group has been identified. The ...
News Honduras Choluteca: Honduras’ Economic Growth Boosted By Special Economic Zones
Taking their cue from financial success stories such as Singapore, Shanghai and South Korea’s Songdo, Honduran special economic zones have now received an estimated $1.5 billion in direct foreign ...
