Friday 3rd September, 2010
Coffee Exports Down 49 Percent
Honduran Institute for Coffee (IHCAFE) on Wednesday announced that coffee exports from Honduras declined by 49 percent in August to 85,812 60-kilogram bags, as compared to 169,515 bags in August 2009....
Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor flee
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official sa...
El Salvador moves against criminal gangs
As violence escalates, lawmakers pass a bill that would criminalize membership in gangs. Activists say the measure will not deter the gangs, and urge addressing root causes and rehabilitation.
Migrant massacre shakes Central America
General SourcesMexico , a route traveled by thousands of Salvadorans before her. Two weeks later she was dead. Yedmi was among the 72 Central and South American migrants found slain in northern Mexico's Tamaul...
Graft trial starts for former Guatemala leader
General Sourceson embezzlement charges. Portillo is accused MSNBC", "http://article.wn.com/view/2010/09/02/Guatemala_judge_orders_expresident_held_for_trial/", "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38778262/ns/world_news-ame...
Honduras - United States relations
General Sources112/190810 Spotlight Interview With Ana Bertha Navarro Munoz (CTRN – Costa Rica) Progress is being made with the unionisation of migrants in Costa Rica Bertha Navarro Munoz - CTRN migrant union...
Hondurans Call for National General Strike
General SourcesHonduran trade unionists and other sectors of the resistance movement have called for a national general strike to oppose a proposed law that would gut labor rights, a push for privatization and an il...
Teachers Ratify Deal to End Month-long Strike
Honduras This Weekhe Lobo administration and the teachers' unions yesterday ratified a previously signed 17-point accord putting an end to a month-long general strike by tens of thousands of teachers in Honduras. Publi...
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