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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Honduras and Honduran News

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Ban on  2 on a Bike to prevent Crime


Honduras has moved towards banning passengers on motorcycles in a bid to crack down on crime.The country's Congress will now make two people riding on a bike illegal, limiting to 1 the number of passengers per motorcycle.The move comes after two high-profile murders in the past week, with officials blaming motorcycle-borne gunmen for both crimes.
The new law will last for six months and was requested by President Porfirio Lobo's government, which is facing rising incidents of crime.
Honduras has the world's highest crime rate - 82 per 100,000 people a year, according the BBC report.



 Prison Fire


 Feb12,2012 Tuesday's fire, which broke out at night, destroyed large parts of the Comayagua complex.With the number of dead past 350, it is the world's worst prison fire in a century.
Honduras is beginning the grim task of identifying the victims of a prison fire that killed more than 350 people.There were some 800 prisoners in a jail built for 500, and only 51 guards by day and just 12 by night.More than half the inmates in Comayagua were on remand or held as suspected gang members.

An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras


Parties elect candidates for 2013 elections

Primary elections have been held in Honduras, with three political parties choosing their candidates for 2013 general and presidential polls.

Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted former President Manuel Zelaya, was elected unopposed as the presidential candidate for the Liberty and Refoundation Party, also known as Libre.

Juan Orlando Hernandez was set to be the National Party's candidate in the 2013 November election.

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