Honduras

News on the Americas http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm

By: Scott, Ryan and LaDona

Population: 7.2 Million

 * Area: 43,433 Sq.Miles**
 * Youth Gangs**

Honduran society struggles with economic difficulties, malnutrition, poor housing, and widespread infant disease. Chronic unemployment and drug trafficking have added to the crime wave. Youth gangs are known as "maras."




 * Tezcatlipoca Quetzacoatl**


 * Transnational** **Issues**: Illicit Drugs

Corruption is a major problem in Honduras; money-laundering, and cultivation of cannabis principally for local use, present issues that they have to deal with.


 * No Media Freedom**

Media freedom is restricted. Journalists can be forced to reveal sources in stories. Punitive defamation laws exist.

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