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Honduras Now Podcast

Honduras Now Podcast

Karen Spring

The Honduras Now Podcast shares human rights stories and connects them to global issues and North American policy. Honduras Now provides on-the-ground analysis from host, Karen Spring, a long-time human rights activist and researcher, and Hondurans from all walks of life through interviews and trips around the country.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Honduras Now Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Honduras Now Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Honduras Now Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

This year, new legislation about Honduras was presented in the US Congress. This episode provides a brief overview of the legislative initiatives related to human rights and corruption in Honduras and shares responses from Honduran social movement leaders and the government about such efforts.

To read the bills and to find out if your representatives have signed on (or not), go to: 'Get Involved' at solidaritycollective.org

To get in touch and read the show notes, go to: hondurasnow.org and follow us on Instagram @HondurasNow

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Honduras Now Podcast - Ep 8: What Independence? Honduran Drug Cases in US Courts
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09/18/20 • 31 min

September 15, 2020 was Independence Day in Honduras. But some ask: What independence?

Host Karen Spring speaks with Gabriela Amador of the Pro-Honduras Network to discuss the legal cases against Honduran drug traffickers in US courts.


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The important trial against David Castillo, one of the accused co-authors of indigenous activist Berta Cáceres' murder, is underway in Honduras. Before her murder, Cáceres faced several attempts to silence her resistance. Many of the same repressive tactics used against Cáceres - criminalization, imprisonment, threats, and murder - are still employed regularly against land defenders, human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, women, and several other targeted groups in the country. Karen provides an overview of what these strategies are and what impact they have on the people that experience them.

** Correction: Berta Cáceres won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015, NOT in 2016 as stated in the podcast

Check out the show notes at: hondurasnow.org and follow us on Instagram: @hondurasnow

For daily summaries about the trial against David Castillo, see: aquiabajo.com/blog

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Honduras Now Podcast - Ep. 13: Hurricanes Iota and Eta: Not Just Natural Disasters
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11/27/20 • 44 min

Honduras was hit by two hurricanes - Eta and Iota - in less than two weeks. The hurricanes and the continuous rains since, have caused tremendous economic and human loss.

Host Karen Spring provides an overview of the estimated damage and shares an interview conducted with freelance journalist Jose Luis Granados Ceja. Karen and Luis discuss the past and current political context that not only undermines rescue and rebuilding efforts but also increases the vulnerability of Hondura's poor to the global impacts of climate change. They also discuss how the hurricanes may affect migration push factors and the possibilities of change in Honduras.


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Honduras Now Podcast - Ep. 5: "You took them alive, we want them back alive"
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08/07/20 • 18 min

It’s been 21 days since five men - four Afro-indigenous Garifuna men and another man from Belize - were forcibly disappeared from the community of Triunfo de la Cruz.

The host Karen Spring interviews Cesar Benedict, a community leader in Triunfo de la Cruz and a member of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH). Cesar provides information about the Honduran government's supposed investigation, the situation in the community, and the on-going demands of the Garifuna people about both their land rights and the forced disappearances of their leaders.


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Honduras Now Podcast - Ep 3: Covid-19 and Corruption

Ep 3: Covid-19 and Corruption

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07/10/20 • 23 min

Healthcare workers are on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis that continues to worsen in Honduras. This week, Honduran physicians delivered a strong message to North American and Honduran sweatshops. They are also protesting against the other pandemic exacerbating Covid-19's impacts in the country: corruption


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In more ways than one, global actors are involved and invested in the tourist industry in Honduras. The land issues surrounding the industry, particularly in Afro-indigenous Garifuna territory, overlap with state measures to control and manage land in the name of environmental protection and conservation.

We hear from Dr. Chris Loperena, an assistant professor of anthropology who acted as an expert witness in the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in the case brought forward by the Garifuna community Triunfo de la Cruz against the Honduran state.


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Berta Cáceres is one of the most well-known Honduran activists. She was murdered in her home almost 5 years ago on March 2, 2016.

The legal case against David Castillo, one of the accused masterminds of Berta Cáceres’s murder keeps being postponed. To date, no other intellectual authors have been accused or arrested despite sufficient evidence outlining the involvement of powerful Honduran businessmen invested in the Agua Zarca dam, in Berta’s murder. This is “justice” in Honduras, even for cases as emblematic as the cases surrounding the murder of well known indigenous activist, Berta Cáceres.

But who is Roberto David Castillo Mejía? How is Castillo’s defense arguing his case? What is the strategy behind all the delay tactics to avoid the trial process against Castillo?

We hear from Berta Zúniga Cáceres, Berta’s second oldest daughter and the General Coordinator of the Civic Council for Popular and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras (COPINH) & Victor Fernandez, the lead lawyer representing COPINH & Berta’s family.

JUSTICE FOR BERTA CÁCERES!

For more information and in-depth examination of David Castillo & his business interests: https://soaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Violence-Corruption-Impunity-A-Profile-of-Roberto-David-Castillo.pdf

For the report from the international team of experts accompanying the case: https://gaipe.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GAIPE-Report-English.pdf

Follow us on Instagram for more stories & updates from Honduras: @hondurasnow

Show notes will be posted at: hondurasnow.org


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Honduras Now Podcast - Ep. 4: Garifuna Lives Matter

Ep. 4: Garifuna Lives Matter

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07/24/20 • 28 min

On July 18, 2020, Afro-indigenous Garifuna land defenders were kidnapped from their homes and disappeared. This episode goes through the series of events since their disappearance.

For decades, the Garifuna people have been threatened by the global tourist industry and African palm companies that want to take their collectively-owned ancestral lands. The Garifuna have resisted and have faced repression as a result. This episode proposes actions to demand an investigation into the recent disappearances of the Garifuna land defenders.


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Many are thinking about and watching what is going on in Gaza and Israel. The parallels of North American support for a dictatorship in Honduras and the strategies of transnational resistance provide hope and inspire action from all of us to stop the bombing of Gaza and the murder of innocent people.

This episode announces an upcoming campaign as ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández's trial in New York is set to start in four months. Then Karen shares a panel presentation she participated in mid-September called Nonviolent Resistance to Overthrow Dictatorships & Occupations organized by World Beyond War as part of their #NoWar2023 conference. The presentation shares some of the ways that people can act to change global issues and abuses from their own cities and towns around the world. #FreePalestine #AnotherWorldIsPossible

For the full panel presentation, World Beyond War's #NoWarConference, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGdq6s8HmZoqi6T1YEftxGtnaxjBKq1G

Coming soon. 'US and Canada-backed Narco-State on Trial in New York' campaign: A campaign to hold the U.S., Canada & the “international community” accountable for 12 years of support and legitimization of Honduras’ drug-trafficking President and Narco-State.

Campaign launch January 2024. Trial in New York currently scheduled for February 5, 2024. More information and to donate to support the trial campaign, go to hondurasnow.org.

IG: @HondurasNow

X/Twitter: @HondurasNow

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How many episodes does Honduras Now Podcast have?

Honduras Now Podcast currently has 41 episodes available.

What topics does Honduras Now Podcast cover?

The podcast is about News, Non-Profit, Podcasts and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Honduras Now Podcast?

The episode title 'Ep. 38: U.S. Opposition to Reforms in Honduras' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Honduras Now Podcast?

The average episode length on Honduras Now Podcast is 29 minutes.

How often are episodes of Honduras Now Podcast released?

Episodes of Honduras Now Podcast are typically released every 19 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of Honduras Now Podcast?

The first episode of Honduras Now Podcast was released on Jun 18, 2020.

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