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Honduran president says he supports gang truce

Honduras is following the example of El Salvador, where leaders of the same gangs agreed last year to a truce that sharply lowered the number of violent deaths.

Honduras and Guatemala join Petrocaribe program

Venezuela's president says Honduras and Guatemala have been included in the Petrocaribe program, under which his country provides oil and natural gas on preferential terms.

Honduran cardinal presents complex figure

The Organization of American States expelled Honduras and the international community sanctions approved sanctions and refused to recognize the de facto government headed by Roberto Micheletti.

Honduras sends soldiers to fight crime in 2 cities

"According to Honduras' National Autonomous University, the Central American nation recorded 7,173 homicides in 2012 and 7,014 in 2011.

Honduras can't pay its bills, neglects services

The study's author, Ludin Ayala, said the country's Congress is the most expensive in Central America, although Honduras is known as the second-poorest country in Latin America.

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