Honduras News

Thousands lined the streets surrounding the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagatna yesterday to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

A Honduran court has sentenced each of four police officers to 66 years in prison for the 2011 killing of the son of the National Autonomous University's president - a case that set off a campaign to clean up the Central American nation's corruption-plagued police force.

A former mayoral candidate for the leftist Liberty and Refounding Party, or Libre - Graciela Lozano - and Radio Globo journalist Juan Carlos ArgeA al, a supporter of former President Manuel Zelaya, were murdered by gunmen in separate incidents, Honduran police reported Sunday.

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.

The Economist blog, America's View, reports on Extortion in Latin America Death and taxes .

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.