They’re brightly painted and look like a party on wheels. Impunity for crime and human rights abuses is the norm.Lawyers, human rights defenders, and environmental activists suffer threats, attacks, and killings.
The inhabitants or natives of this region are called Honduran.
Posted at 4:12 23 Dec 2019 Honduras suffers second deadly prison riot in days At least 16 inmates are killed in fighting between gangs, two days after 18 died in another jail. It’s travelled a long way to sit in the Cathedral of Comayagua.Here are 10 facts about Honduras.In fact, the national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw.I had the opportunity to visit honduras, and was one of the most amazing trips i have ever done, they have the most beautiful beaches and the nicest people.Interesting that they are super into soccer that is kind of unexpected! In June 2017, the former vice-president of the defunct Judiciary Council, Teodoro Bonilla, was found guilty of influence peddling.According to the UN High Commissioner’s Office, at least 22 civilians were killed during the protests, of whom at least 16 were shot by security forces. The new bill replaces legislation that previously allowed for girls to marry at 16 with permission from family. The UN High Commissioner’s Office documented “credible and consistent testimonies” that detainees had been subject to ill-treatment and said that security forces had indiscriminately opened fire on protesters on several occasions.For fiscal year 2018, US Congress allotted $67.85 million in bilateral aid to Honduras.Following reports from both international observers and national actors of irregularities in the November 2017 national elections, protests erupted and authorities decreed a state of emergency, which the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) criticized for its lack of compliance with international human rights standards.Changing the Terms of Engagement with Silicon ValleyFighting the “Gender Ideology” MythAt time of writing, nine men had been charged with the murder in March 2016 of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres, including an army major and the president, as well as the former environment manager of Desarrollo Energético S.A. (DESA), the company behind the Agua Zarca dam project that Cáceres was campaigning against at the time of her assassination.
Over soccer. The Rosario Mining Company established in San Juancito introduced the first cinemas in Honduras. Facebook; Prev Article Next Article .
Honduras is the first country in Central America to establish movie theatres. In 2015, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights determined that they had been fired arbitrarily after the 2009 coup in Honduras.Helping Older People Stay Connected, and at HomeThe Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH), has been active in the country since April 2016.
Dislikes: staying still for too long.Copan is the site of an ancient Maya city, located in Western Honduras. The law that remains in force also sanctions abortion providers and those who assist with procedures.Military police officers disperse supporters of Honduran presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship coalition Salvador Nasralla, blocking streets with barricades during protests demanding the final results of the weekend's presidential election, in Tegucigalpa, on December 1, 2017.In July 2017, the Honduran Congress unanimously passed a bill making all child marriage illegal.
The main reason for the concentrated violence is that these are the cities where the majority of Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 members live.
It was one of the most densely populated urban areas of the Maya world between AD 426 to 820.The name translates to “great depths” in Spanish – named by Christopher Columbus after the deep waters along the coast.Honduras had a 100-hour war with El Salvador. In May 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that although MACCIH was constitutional, elements of the anti-corruption prosecutorial unit (UFECIC) might not be, potentially undermining its work.In October 2018, the judiciary reinstated judges Tirza Flores Lanza and Guillermo López Lone. In May 2017, Congress voted against modifying the existing criminal code to allow abortion in cases of rape, grave risks to the life and health of the woman, or fetal complications incompatible with life outside the womb. You’re unlikely to see chickens on these buses.I never knew that Honduras was the first country to ban smoking in the home.
Emergency contraception is also prohibited. Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.