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Who was Jennifer Nicole Rivas? Honduran TikTok star and TV presenter dies at 21; fans flood social media with tributes

October 03, 2025 11:17 am

Rivas was a well-known social media personality in Honduras, with over 100,000 followers on TikTok. She also worked as a presenter for Honduran channel CHTV and was pursuing a degree in journalism.

Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers

March 09, 2024 8:25 am

The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after a two week trial, which has been closely followed in his home country.

Curfews imposed after more than 20 killed in north Honduras

June 26, 2023 3:06 pm

Heavily armed men opened fire on Saturday night in a billiards hall in a neighborhood in the city of Choloma, killing 13 people and seriously wounding another

China opens ties with Honduras, Taiwan decries monetary demands

March 26, 2023 2:29 pm

China established diplomatic ties with Honduras 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.

As Honduras seeks to open relations with Beijing, Taiwan ends decades-long diplomatic ties

March 26, 2023 8:42 am

The Honduran foreign minister travelled to China this week to open relations after President Xiomara Castro said her government would start ties with Beijing, Honduras being one of only 14 countries to formally recognise Taiwan.

September 19, 1982, Forty Years Ago: 200 held hostage

September 19, 2022 4:10 am

Left-wing guerrillas held hostage some 200 leading Honduran businessmen, two cabinet ministers and the central bank governor and warned they would begin killing them if the government did not release 80 political prisoners.

Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro declares victory

November 29, 2021 4:52 pm

With half the ballots counted, Castro, the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, held a nearly 20-point lead over Nasry Asfura, the capital's mayor and ruling National Party hopeful, who won 34% according to a preliminary tally on Monday.

Honduran president says U.S. probe of his alleged drug ties could scuttle cooperation with Washington

February 25, 2021 11:29 am

U.S. prosecutors, in a federal court filing in New York on Feb. 5, said Hernandez used Honduran law enforcement here and military officials to protect drug traffickers as part of a plan “to use drug trafficking to help assert power and control in Honduras.”

Honduran lawmakers vote to lock in bans on abortion, same-sex marriage

January 22, 2021 12:24 pm

The country's criminal code sets out three to six-year prison terms for women who abort a fetus as well as anyone else involved.

Guatemala tries blocking caravan of 9,000 Honduran migrants

January 17, 2021 10:37 pm

Migrants entered Guatemala by pushing past about 2,000 police and soldiers posted at the border; most entered without showing the negative coronavirus test that Guatemala requires.

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