Honduras
Up to 8,000 US-bound migrants enter Guatemala from Honduras
Thousands of people are joining the US-bound groups to flee a life of poverty and violence. Two devastating hurricanes struck the region late last year, exacerbating the economic strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Honduran authorities to do more to “contain the massive departure of its inhabitants” in a …
Whistleblower in New Orleans hotel collapse is deported to Honduras | US news
A Honduran construction worker injured during the Hard Rock hotel collapse in New Orleans was deported by US immigration authorities on Friday, his lawyers confirmed. Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma had reported potentially dangerous lapses in construction safety to his supervisors before the collapse, according to lawyers working on his immigration case and a civil complaint …
Honduras fishing boat capsizes killing 26
At least 26 people have died after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Honduras, officials say. Another 47 people were rescued from the vessel, which sank off the country’s eastern Mosquitia region on the Caribbean coast. The 70-tonne boat was packed with fisherman after the government lifted a seasonal ban on fishing for …
