Honduras

According to preliminary data from the National Coffee Institute, this past month national coffee exports have increased by 32%, helped by a dramatic surge in market demand due to buyers seeking alternative coffee providers

The country registered 356 homicides less than this time last year; as a result the government has opted to extend and expand to 123 municipalities its state of emergency given its results

Deputies have finally appointed the state’s new Supreme Court judges, after weeks of debate and previous attempts failed due to conflicts between the left-wing party of President Xiomara Castro and the right-wing opposition

The country, along with the UN, launched a US$280 million humanitarian aid plan aiming to help more than 2 million people that have been affected by recent crop failures, flooding, and insecurity caused by drug trafficking and gangs

President Xiomara Castro has declared that the country does not recognise Peruvian President Diana Boluarte as the country’s legitimate leader and has asked the immediate release of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo

The country has declared a national, 90-day health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu killing hundreds of pelicans

The government extended its ongoing state of emergency for another 45 days, and has also expanded it to additional areas of the country in an effort to fight criminal gangs amid high levels of violence

The 400-year-old church of St Francis of Assisi in Luquigüe, in the diocese of Yoro, as a valuable cultural and architectural heritage has been destined a donation by the Pope to begin restoration work

Foreign investments have grown by approximately 65% in the past trimester; as they have been mainly towards the tourism sector, the government has decided to reconsider its efforts towards tourism for the upcoming year

The government has signed an agreement with the UN to establish an anti-corruption commission in the country, which will consist of UN professionals directly investigating possible corruption links in public and private infrastructures

The government has announced a partial suspension of constitutional rights in order to crack down gang violence; the radical measure will last 30 days, heavily affecting locals

The government has declared a state of emergency to start a "war against extortion" in the country, as public workers claimed that national criminal groups of extortionists won’t let them work if they do not pay their quotas regularly