Honduras bans passengers on motorcycles in a bid to tackle a wave of drive-by shootings.

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Honduras motorbike passenger ban

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration now has five commando-style squads it has been quietly deploying to Western Hemisphere nations that are battling drug cartels.

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U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Expands War on Drugs

Honduras arrests 176 police in an anti-corruption purge, following public outcry over the release of four officers accused of murder.

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Mass police arrests in Honduras

A man who admitted faking his own death in a road crash in Honduras in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim is sentenced to six years.

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Man jailed over faked death scam

Thousands greet Manuel Zelaya, the ex-president of Honduras ousted by the military in 2009, as he returns in a deal to end the country’s political crisis.

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Ousted Honduran president returns

Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya signs an accord with his successor, Porfirio Lobo, which will allow him to return to Honduras from exile.

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Ousted Honduras leader can return

The first thing Charlie Davies thought when he woke up in a hospital bed and saw the line of staples embedded in his abdomen like a zipper was that he was in Honduras, drugged and held captive, where bandits were harvesting his organs. ¶ Panicked, he started prying the staples out until blood oozed on about the fifth one, and a nurse rushed in and asked what he was doing. ¶ “You were in a serious car accident,” she said. ¶ “Where am I?” he asked, unconvinced. ¶ “You’re in Washington, D.C., Mr. Davies,” the nurse said. “You were in a serious car accident. You need to lie down.” ¶ And the star striker for the U.S. national soccer team drifted back to sleep for another four days. ¶ Today, 19 months after the horrific single-car crash on the George Washington Parkway that killed a fellow passenger and ultimately sent the driver to jail, Davies is the most prolific goal-scorer in Major League Soccer. Read full article > >

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Charlie Davies continues his comeback for D.C. United

A court in Honduras drops the remaining corruption charges against ex-President Manuel Zelaya, clearing the way for his return from exile.

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Honduras dismisses Zelaya charges

Once obscure, tilapia is now Americans’ favorite farmed fish. But critics point to environmental and nutritional drawbacks.

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Another Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish

Police in Honduras discover what they say is the first facility for processing cocaine in the country.

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Honduras cocaine lab uncovered

A deputy minister, Rodolfo Robelo, is among 14 people killed is a plane crash in Honduras.

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Politician dies in Honduras crash

Police in Honduras say they have arrested six of their own officers, who they accuse of robbing a bank at gunpoint.

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Cops and robbers: Officers arrested for bank heist

Gunmen kill at least seven people – including women and children – when they open fire on a minibus in Honduras, police say.

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Honduras gunmen in bus massacre

When Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California visited Honduras this year, among those he took with him were a real estate executive and an executive of a biofuels company.

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Private Links in Foreign Trip for Lawmaker

By July 24, 2009, the US government was totally clear about the basic facts of what took place in Honduras on June 28, 2009. The US embassy in Tegucigalpa sent a cable