Honduras News

Driving into Tegucigalpa to observe Honduras's November 24 presidential election, our 17-member National Lawyers Guild delegation searched in vain for billboards featuring Xiomara Castro, candidate of the LIBRE party and wife of former President Mel Zelaya, ousted in a 2009 coup.

Christmas is fast approaching. Here's a list of events and activities to get you ready for the holiday season.

On Nov. 13, Claudia Membreno Gomez was cooking dinner for her four children at home in Honduras.

Santa Marian Kamalen is honored as the patroness of the Marianas by Chamorros everywhere.

Procession: Thousands of the island's Catholic faithful gather on the lawn of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagta in preparation for the Santa Marian Kamalen procession last year.

TEGUCIGALPA: The leftist Libre party in Honduras on late Friday formally asked election officials to overturn the results of the November 24 presidential election, which their candidate claims to have won.

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I got a quick look at e-mail in port on Roatan, Honduras. Schools and government closed back home in Little Rock.

Over the last few years, homicides in Honduras have risen, even while violence falls in neighboring countries like El Salvador and Guatemala .

A Charleston-based coast guardsman charged with sexual assault and rape could face more than 20 years of jail time if found guilty.

For Pope Francis, the reform of the Catholic Church and its structures "isn't a project, but an exercise of the Spirit" that will take time, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.

The Caribbean is coming to Houston with the opening of the Las Verandas sales center at 2 South Wynden on Thursday, Dec. 12. Located in the 400-acre Pristine Bay community on the unique island of Roatan, Las Verandas is a gorgeous spot for a vacation in addition to owning an income-producing property.

A rare shootout between police and an armed group that left 10 people dead in northern Nicaragua has fueled suspicions that guerrillas are forming to challenge President Daniel Ortega's government.

Electoral workers and members of the electoral tribunal conduct a vote count in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013.

Electoral workers and members of the electoral tribunal conduct a vote count in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013.

A sprawling, well-kept cemetery buttresses the entrance to Nueva Capital, a sketchy Honduran slum with panoramic views over Tegucigalpa, the capital city of this violent country with the world's highest murder rate.

Thousands of demonstrators protested in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on Sunday to contest the announced winner of the November 24 presidential election.

Last month, Tropic Air launched service between Belize and Roatan, Honduras, and this Examiner had the honor to join the inaugural flight from Belize City on November 13. This was my first opportunity to try out Tropic Air Belize's international service and, despite being the first flight, it could not have been a more seamless experience.

Maersk Line will launch a new weekly intra-America service connecting the U.S., including Puerto Rico, with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

Baltimore's inclusion in the list comes as the city has recorded The No. 1 spot on the list goes to San Pedro Sula, Honduras.