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

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

According to the National Migration Institute, this year over 150.000 migrants have illegally entered the country, this being a record-breaking 778% increase since last year

After more than a decade of total abortion restrictions, the country will authorise the use of the morning-after pill for rape victims: now all of Latin America authorises the use of this pill

Even if Hurricane Julia already ended, over 5.000 displaced people refuse to leave the refuges they are currently in as they still fear that more heavy rains are yet to come

Hurricane Julia has officially affected over 100.000 people, leading to the temporary suspension of all schools and the loss of this year’s corn harvests

The devastating rains continue as the number of people affected has gone up to 80.000, as a result, Argentine ‘White Helmets” have arrived in the country to assist the victims with humanitarian aid

President Xiomara Castro has formally declared a state emergency due to the intense rains and flooding, which has affected nearly 20.000 inhabitants

The mayor of the Tegucigalpa, Jorge Aldama, has officially declared a ‘Disaster Area’ in the Guillén sector due to several landslides caused by rains, which has also led to the displacement of hundreds of locals