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MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Franciscan Sister Mary Kennedy traveled from the United States to Honduras recently to show solidarity with communities affected by natural disasters and fighting the dispossession of their lands. Her solidarity team also went to learn why so many people are abandoning the Central American country in hopes of reaching the U.S. What she learned brought back a sense of déjà vu, having served in neighboring Guatemala between 1988 and 1994 and working with populations displace...

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Listen • 6:58 A smuggler bypasses the border crossing in the town of Corinto and leads a pair of migrants on a footpath through a farm that leads from Honduras to Guatemala. Joining the exodus of Hondurans fleeing their benighted homeland, Luis Alberto Enrique and his family search for the unmarked footpath into Guatemala to begin their dangerous, 1,500-mile journey to the Texas border. As they walk through the border town of Corinto on a humid morning last month, his two ...

at 9:54 am NPR Joining the exodus of Hondurans fleeing their benighted homeland, Luis Alberto Enrique and his family search for the unmarked footpath into Guatemala to begin their dangerous, 1,500-mile journey to the Texas border. As they walk through the border town of Corinto on a humid morning last month, his two young daughters tote pink Disney backpacks and their favorite stuffed animals. Enrique says he heard the United States is no longer turning migrants back. "I hear...

Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site Honduras’ Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve occupies a large portion of the country’s eastern region. However, despite official protection and recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Río Plátano is plagued by deforestation; satellite data show the biosphere reserve lost 13% of its primary forest cover between 2002 and 2020. Deforestation shot up in 2020, nearly doubling the amount of forest loss over 2019. 2...

A caravan of mainly Honduran migrants heading to the United States kneel in prayer in Vado Hondo, Guatemala, Jan. 17, 2021. Catholics working with migrants are welcoming U.S. President Joe Bidens posture toward Central America, but warn push factors are mounting. (CNS/Reuters/Luis Echeverria) Mexico City — Fr. Noel Ortíz helped parishioners in northern Honduras with food and housing — and turned his parish into an impromptu shelter for their pets — after twin hurricanes...