IMF media frenzy

The climax of negotiations between President Maduro’s administration and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has dominated the Honduran media this week, despite IMF reluctance to talk to the press. IMF representatives arrived in the country Nov. 10 for the final stage of discussions on Honduras’ participation in their Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), a low interest lending facility for poor countries. By LISA McKIDDIE

The leaders of 21 Latin American countries gathered last week in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to participate in the 13th Ibero-American Summit. Also present were the Spanish and Portuguese prime ministers, King Juan Carlos of Spain and United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan. By Paola Uberti

Casa Alianza can turn lives around. Just ask Junior Herrera.  Junior, 17, has been living at Casa Alianza’s crisis center for street children in downtown Tegucigalpa for two years. He had been permanently living in the streets for three years, and occasionally sleeping in parks for four years, before he decided to stay. He had often come to the center’s doorstep and stayed for a couple of days, after which he would return to the streets. By Nicole Dunas

Afro America XXI speaks out for rights

A plethora of representatives from 17 countries will come to Honduras November 22 - 29 for a conference on the Third Meeting of the African Family in the Americas. Congressmen, diplomats, politicians, researchers, artists and representatives from Hispanic communities of African descent will gather in the municipality of Tela, to discuss the situation of 150 million African Americans living in Latin America. By LISA McKIDDIE