TEGUCIGALPA—Honduras’ military began taking control of the country’s violent prisons on Monday, following a gang dispute that left 46 inmates dead at a women’s detention center last week, officials said. President Xiomara Castro announced last week she would hand the military police control of the prison system, a departure from a past stance of demilitarizing…
At Least 46 Killed Following Riot in Women’s Prison in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras—The death toll from a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras rose to 46, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, as anxious relatives demanded information about the fate of incarcerated family members. Relatives of inmates gathered at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, the 900-person women’s penitentiary around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from…
Honduras Opens Embassy in China After Breaking Off Ties With Taiwan
BEIJING—Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to establish diplomatic ties with China. China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Honduran counterpart Enrique Reina took part in the inauguration of the embassy on Sunday morning, China’s official CCTV said….
Taiwan Says Unreasonable Aid Demands Behind Honduras Switching Ties to China
China established diplomatic ties with Honduras on Sunday after the Central American country ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan, while Taiwan’s foreign minister accused Honduras of demanding exorbitant sums before being lured away by Beijing. Speaking in Taipei, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Honduras’s Castro government had requested billions in additional aid from Taiwan, including doubling its initial…
Honduras’s Castro Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan, Recognizes China
Honduras’s leftist government has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter, and also reported by China’s state-controlled media CCTV, comes amid rising tensions between…
Honduras Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan, Recognizes China
Honduras’s leftist government cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hours later, China’s state-controlled media reported on Sunday that Beijing and Honduras had now established diplomatic relations. The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted…
Fact-Check on the Biden Family’s Money Trail
About $3 million moved from China to the United States, and over $1 million ended up in Biden family accounts. Hunter Biden’s business deals are coming under renewed scrutiny. A new memo names three Biden family members, with a fourth bank account named “Biden” receiving Chinese funds as well. The House Oversight Committee is investigating…
Taiwan Asks Honduras to ‘Carefully Consider’ Decision to Establish China Ties
Taiwan on Wednesday asked Honduras to “carefully consider” its decision to establish diplomatic ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), urging its Central American ally “not to fall into China’s snare.” Honduran President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya said she had asked Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina “to manage the opening of official relations with the People’s Republic…
4 Places to Discover the Mayan World in Mexico and Central America
By Valentin Fuentes From TravelPulse Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are celebrating three decades of founding the Mayan World Organization (Organización Mundo Maya), which focuses on improving the quality of life of the region’s residents through sustainable tourism policies. The group of countries is seeking to bring back the tourist activity they saw…
Netflix to Expand Password-Sharing Clampdown With ‘Add a Home’ Fee
Netflix has announced that users in certain test countries who want to share their account with another household will soon be asked to “add a home” for an extra fee in a bid to clampdown on sharing. The global streaming platform explained that “a home is a physical location—like your house—where you can use your…
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