In April 2025, Peter Thielās Palantir made headlines after documents were released detailing its partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create…
In Central America there are 2 countries that have played an important role in international drug smuggling. Those 2 countries are Honduras…
A private-public partnership to improve highway infrastructure in Honduras was supposed to be a boon for economic development. Instead, it quickly turned…
Human rights defenders gather at an encampment to demand justice for Honduran land defender Berta CĆ”ceres, who was assassinated in 2016. Photo:…
ROATĆN, HondurasāYears later, Luisa Connor and Vanessa CĆ”rdenas would look back ruefully on the day foreigners visited their beachfront village with plans…
āAs economists, we commend (Honduran) President Castro and the people of Honduras, and hope that countries across the world follow their lead…
85 leading economists ācommendā Hondurasā decision to quit international court that prioritises ācorporate profitā over āsustainable developmentā. We, economists from institutions across…
Haiti and Honduras have made headlines in the last few weeks. Hondurasā former president, Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez, was just convicted in a…
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