America Honduras President Xiomara Castro met with Cuban Minister of Education Ena Elsa Velázquez to discuss the support that Cuba is offering to Honduras to eradicate illiteracy, including the Cuban professionals that are currently teaching to over 30.000 Hondurans
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro signed an executive agreement that allows the use and commercialisation of emergency contraceptive pills in the country, accompanied by education with a comprehensive approach to women's rights
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro has instructed her foreign minister to establish official relations with China in order to expand its internal investments and fund availability, a move that ends the country’s ties with Taiwan
America 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras The country has declared a national, 90-day health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu killing hundreds of pelicans
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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
America Honduras 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