Articles
Drug War Do-Over: Can the U.S. Push Trafficking Out of Central America?
As the crackdown on narcotics in Central America becomes increasingly messy, the best hope for success may lie in pushing drug traffic elsewhere
In Honduras, Drums Join the Battle Against AIDS
HIV has devastated the Garifuna people. Now, their indigenous music is helping to break the spell of fear and ignorance surrounding the disease
Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez Is No Longer the Most Violent City in the World
Mexico’s notoriously dangerous Ciudad Juárez may be a household name—for all the wrong reasons—but Honduras’ San Pedro Sula has ousted the Mexican metropolis as...
U.S. Insists Its Anti-Drug Agents Did Not Fire on Innocent Hondurans
Thanks to sensational atrocities like the 49 headless corpses dumped on a highway last weekend, Mexico tends to grab most of the world’s drug-war attention...
Honduras’ Horrific Prison Fire: Will Central America’s Elites Assume Their Responsibility?
A year ago this month, William Brownfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement, toured a police training site in...
Photo Essays
Violence Erupts During Honduras Protests
Soldiers firing automatic rifles at the crowd of protesters was the bloody peak of a day that mixed the tragic with the surreal as ousted Honduran President...
Articles from Around the Web
AP IMPACT: Honduran Police Accused as Death Squads
At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The...
Honduras and Guatemala Join Petrocaribe Program
Venezuela's president says Honduras and Guatemala have been included in the Petrocaribe program, under which his country provides oil and natural gas on preferential terms. ...
Honduras Uncovers Plot to Kill Lawmaker, Reporter
The leader of Honduras' congress says police have uncovered a plot by drug gangs to assassinate a lawmaker, a police chief and a television reporter in the next few...
1,800 Police Officers Go on Strike in Honduras
About 1,800 police officers in Honduras' capital of Tegucigalpa have gone on strike to demand a pay increase and better working conditions. ...
