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Introducing Honduras
Travel Alert: A coup occurred in Honduras on June 28. Soldiers are on the streets of Tegucigalpa and a curfew has been imposed. Travelers should stay away from demonstrations and monitor the media for any developments. Check the BBC for news updates or this Lonely Planet blog for the word on the streets of Teguz. Parts of Honduras have a serious crime problem; see the Dangers & Annoyances section for details.
Like its neighbors, Honduras is experiencing tremendous changes: an expanding tourist economy (cruise ships in Roatán?!), a maturing political scene, and the whole globalization thing, including maquilas, free trade agreements – heck, even implementing Daylight Savings Time for the second time. Honduras remains deeply entrenched in a two-front war against gangs and HIV/AIDS. Illegal logging is emerging as another major concern (do you know where that new mahogany chest came from?) and a key issue among Honduras’ growing environmental community.
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Latest headlines for Honduras
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No breakthrough in Honduras talks
10 July 2009 9:15AM
Honduras' interim leader Roberto Micheletti leaves mediation talks in Costa Rica without meeting ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Diplomatic test over Honduras crisis
9 July 2009 8:40AM
For all his considerable diplomatic skills, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias faces a challenge in trying to end the political crisis in Honduras, writes the BBC's Emilio San Pedro
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Your pictures: Honduras crisis
8 July 2009 4:07PM
BBC News website readers have been sending their images of the current political crisis in Honduras.
