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Madre en Houston teme deportación tras fallo que pone fin a protecciones de TPS para Nicaragua y Honduras
HOUSTON – Un tribunal federal de apelaciones autorizó al gobierno de Donald Trump a poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal, conocido como TPS, para personas de Nepal, Honduras y Nicaragua. La decisión afecta a más de 61,000 inmigrantes en...

‘Inhumane’: Immigration enforcement targets noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life
‘All immigrants are being heavily scrutinized’ On the campaign trail, Trump, indeed, promised safety and security. He promised that changes to immigration policy would target criminals. His campaign, he said, was intended to rid the country of...

From Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to trade wars: Navigating the 2025 Honduran elections amid U.S.-China rivalry.
November 2025 elections will determine whether Honduras continues under Libre’s reformist but scandal-affected governance, shifts to conservative National Party leadership, or elects a centrist reformist alternative—each with distinct implications...
FLORES: Passing the baton as alder
It has been an absolute honor to represent Ward 1 for the past year and a half. As a first-generation low-income student born and raised in New Haven by Honduran immigrant parents, it’s been a special privilege to hold such a position — knowing...

Honduran national charged with illegal reentry, faces up to two years in prison
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Rigoberto Osorio-Merlo, a 49-year-old Honduran national, appeared in court on Friday to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported. Osorio-Merlo is charged with one count of being a...

Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez addresses Venezuela-Honduras concerns in recent social media posts

Honduran man sentenced to 18 months in Iowa for illegal reentry after 2020 deportation
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Honduran man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for illegally returning to the United States after being deported. Mario Fernando Padilla Barahona, 28, was sentenced Aug. 8 in the Southern District of Iowa....

Honduras: 3 Men Charged Over Plot to Kill Former President Zelaya and Overthrow Castro
One of those involved in the plot against President Xiomara Castro and her husband. August 14, 2025 Hour: 2:52 pm On Thursday, Honduran authorities arrested Arcadio Lopez, Perfecto Enamorado, and Antonio Catan, who were formally charged with the...

Honduran man charged with attempted rape
A man from Honduras is accused of attempting to rape a woman in a public restroom at a Polson hotel. Gerson Pineda Giovani Maldonado, 23, pled not guilty through an interpreter in District Court in Polson Aug. 7 to attempted sexual intercourse...

Trinidad and Tobago grouped with El Salvador, Honduras for Concacaf W qualifiers
Sports Roneil Walcott 5 Minutes Ago National women's footballer Kennya 'YaYa' Cordner. PHOTO COURTESY TTFA. - Trinidad and Tobago's women's football team have been placed in Group F for the 2025/26 Concacaf W qualifiers – the qualifying tournament...

Honduran National Unlawfully Residing In Oregon Sentenced To Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl
Ermin Izaguirre-Estrada, 22, a Honduran national unlawfully residing in Oregon, was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl in downtown Portland and San Francisco, California....

Honduras Rejects U.S. Accusations of Alleged Involvement in Drug Trafficking
(FILE) President of Honduras Xiomara Castro. Photo: EFE. August 14, 2025 Hour: 1:47 am The Honduran Government rejected on Wednesday accusations from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding alleged payments from Venezuela to facilitate drug...
Peru’s Romero sells LatAm petrol group Primax to UNO in Honduras
Credit: Shutterstock/rjankovsky US firm Holland & Knight LLP, Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima, Uruguay's Guyer & Regules, Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa in Bogotá and Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) in Quito have...

Honduras: interactive tool traces developments in Guapinol anti-mining struggles
Drawing inspiration from LAB’s Environmental Defenders series, LAB contributor Leon Elliott has created an interactive tool that traces important developments in the fight for water and life in Guapinol, Honduras. For over a decade, the community...

Honduran man allegedly kidnapped, sexually assaulted 17-year-old, charges say
This report includes discussion of sexual assault and/or rape. If you or someone you know needs help, call the Rape & Sexual Assault Crisis Line 1-888-421-1100. SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (ABC4) — A Honduran man is facing felony charges after allegedly...

Appeals court allows Trump administration to end TPS for Nicaragua, Honduras, Nepal
A federal appeals court has granted the Trump administration’s request to pause an order from a federal judge who had stopped the termination of deportation protections and work authorizations for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal....

Unlawful immigrant from Honduras pleads guilty to assaulting deputy marshal in Foley
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Honduran man Thursday pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. The incident occurred on June 16 in Foley during an immigration raid. Federal agents were attempting to apprehend a group of men,...

Trump's 1 Percent Tax on Money Immigrants Send Home Is a Tax on the Global Poor
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on July 4. One measure buried deep in the 870-page law imposes a 1 percent tax on remittances—the money that people send to friends and relatives in their home...

National Influenza Centers of Costa Rica and Honduras collaborate to strengthen laboratory capacity at the regional level
San José, Costa Rica, July 23, 2025 (PAHO) - During March and April 2025, the National Influenza Centers (NICs) of Costa Rica and Honduras developed a technical collaboration focused on the implementation of a phenotypic assay to evaluate...

With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
World / September 8, 2025 The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. Ad Policy A still from the footage of the...