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Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy there
Read full article: Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy thereVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito
Read full article: International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in QuitoInternational leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the capital, Quito, broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside
Read full article: Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters insideHonduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there.
Honduras adopts El Salvador-style tactics in anti-gang crackdown on prison inmates
Read full article: Honduras adopts El Salvador-style tactics in anti-gang crackdown on prison inmatesHonduras has started an El Salvador-style mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last week that killed 11 people.
Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre
Read full article: Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacreFear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 women inmates slaughtered in this week's prison riot in Honduras.
Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge
Read full article: Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emergeAuthorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory.
Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison with machetes, guns and flammable liquid, official says
Read full article: Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison with machetes, guns and flammable liquid, official saysAn official says that gang members inside a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their calls and dousing them with flammable liquid.
41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on 'mara' gangs
Read full article: 41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on 'mara' gangsA grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras has left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blames on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.
Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan
Read full article: Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with TaiwanHonduran President Xiomara Castro has arrived in Shanghai on her first visit to China since the two countries established diplomatic ties.
Takeaways from AP's report on secretive networks helping women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's report on secretive networks helping women circumvent Honduras' abortion banHonduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases.
Migrant caravan from Honduras stopped in Guatemala
Read full article: Migrant caravan from Honduras stopped in GuatemalaSeveral hundred migrants who had departed from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula in hopes of reaching the United States entered Guatemalan territory where they were intercepted by authorities who began talks on returning them to their homelands.
Leftist wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes
Read full article: Leftist wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedesHonduras' ruling party has conceded defeat in presidential elections, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro and easing fears of another contested vote and violent protests.
Both sides claiming victory in Honduras presidential vote
Read full article: Both sides claiming victory in Honduras presidential voteLeftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro is holding a commanding lead as Hondurans appear poised to remove the conservative National Party after 12 years of continuous rule.
Hondurans weary of corruption look for change in election
Read full article: Hondurans weary of corruption look for change in electionFor many Hondurans, Sunday’s election will be about removing a party whose successive administrations are widely seen as deepening the country’s corruption over the past 12 years, driving tens of thousands to flee the country.