Monthly Archives: May 2019

Honduras Congress stalls reforms after violent protests

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran Congress announced on Tuesday it will suspend ratification of new health and education reforms that critics say would lead to privatization and job losses, after mass protests against the policies left three people wounded and several buildings aflame. Marches and roadblocks continued in Honduras’ capital city for a second day on Tuesday, with some schools… Read more »

Violence, gangs cast pall over life in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) – Ana Luz, sister-in-law of Ronald Blanco, looked on grimly as neighbors of the murdered Honduran man washed away the rills of blood left where his bullet-ridden body had lain outside his house in a troubled barrio on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. It was just one of many scenes I witnessed this year while on assignment in… Read more »