Honduras

Indigenous Peoples Reject New Consultation Law in Honduras

by teleSURAugust 20, 2018

Hundreds of Indigenous Maya Chorti, Lenca, Pech, Miskito, Tolupan and Garifuna in Honduras marched from south Tegucigalpa to the National Congress to protest a new law that would reduce their right to informed consultation to a mere formality. The government says the new law aims to comply with the International Labor Organization’s Convention 169 (C169) […]

New rights protections or new disappointments for Indigenous Peoples in Honduras?

by Emily Greenspan, OxfamApril 12, 2018

The process for developing new legislation on Indigenous Peoples’ right to prior consultation has set off alarms, but the Honduran government still has time to ensure a participatory and inclusive process that aligns with international standards. Following last November’s contested presidential election and allegations of corruption around recent legislative reforms that have been widely denounced […]

The Latest Threat to Beleaguered Environmental Activists in Honduras Comes from the Law

by Melissa Vida, GlobalVoicesOctober 26, 2017

In Honduras, a recently approved law dictating that protestors can no longer organize demonstrations without the possibility of being considered criminals, or even “terrorists“, has been added to the risks that environmental activists face in the country. According to the criminal code law, organizers of demonstrations could face 20 years in prison, and regular protestors […]

Alert! Bertha Zuniga Cáceres and members of the coordination of COPINH Attacked

by Indigenous Environmental NetworkJuly 4, 2017

On Friday, June 30th, at approximately 2:36 pm, Bertha Zúniga Cáceres, accompanied by members of the general committee of COPINH Sotero Chavarría and Asunción Martínez were on their way home after visiting the community of Cancire of the Municipality of Santiago Puringla in the department of La Paz, when they were attacked by four men […]

Blood in the Water: Why We Must Defend Water Protectors

by International RiversMarch 8, 2017

A year ago this week, men broke into the home of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres. Armed paramilitaries first opened fire on her friend, Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro, who survived only by playing dead. Then they entered her bedroom and shot her to death. Berta wasn’t targeted because she was rich. She wasn’t part of a […]

Fighting against cornleaf dolls and mining companies

by Frauke DecoodtMarch 6, 2017

In Copán Ruinas everybody comes to see the ancient Maya ruins. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the area is famed for its remarkable sculptures and hieroglyphics. Lonely Planet describes it as the place where the Maya, “lived, prospered, then mysteriously crumbled.” But are the Maya really a thing of the past? Being Maya […]

Fight with Joy: Remembering Bertha Cáceres

by Sandra CuffeMarch 7, 2016

I lost it at the one about the crab in the laptop case. Laughter filled the little room and floated out into the dirt courtyard of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) office. Bertha Isabel Cáceres Flores and another longtime COPINH organizer were regaling me with tales of all the […]

The Struggle Continues: Garifuna land defender shot in Honduras

by Sandra CuffeDecember 6, 2015

“This is where the first bullet grazed me,” says Vidal Leiva, pointing to the side of his face. Shot three times outside his home on Nov. 27, the Garifuna community leader survived and is now recovering from the gunshot wounds to his torso. However, since the attack, members of Leiva’s family and of the Land […]

The Struggle for Indigenous Land and Autonomy in Honduras

by Stephen Bartlett, Agricultural Missions/USFSA and Beverly Bell, Other WorldsDecember 19, 2014

Honduras is the country with the highest level of homicide of any nation not at war, where government violence and human rights abuses have almost total impunity. It is also the country contributing most of the flood of children who have been recently forced to migrate to the US, because of that violence and by […]

“Here the People Govern”

by Brigitte GyntherMay 26, 2014

Every day and night for four consecutive months, the Lenca people of San Francisco Opalaca have been maintaining a 24-hour blockade and vigil at the entrance to their Mayor’s office, thus preventing the ruling party-imposed candidate from taking office. The Honduran government claims National Party candidate Socorro Sanchez won the Mayoral race in Opalaca during […]

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