Tag: Honduras

US Condemns Political Use of Vaccines After China-Taiwan Tussle

WASHINGTON—The United States stands with Honduras and condemns the “cynical use” of COVID-19 vaccines for political purposes, the State Department said, after Taiwan blasted China for seeking to use vaccines to make diplomatic inroads with one of Taipei’s allies. Honduras, among a small number of Latin American countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan, has…


US Motions Expand Drug Claims Against Honduras President

NEW YORK—U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took bribes from drug traffickers and had the country’s armed forces protect a cocaine laboratory and shipments to the United States. The documents quote Hernández as saying he wanted to “’shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos’ by…


Migrant Caravan Will Not Be Allowed to Pass, Says US Border Official

The United States will not allow a group of migrants that is readying a trip north from Honduras to travel to the U.S. border.