Villanueva (Honduras)

Type: City

Name: Villanueva (Honduras)

Country: Honduras

Latitude: 15.31

Longitude: -87.989998

population: 31,570

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

World Bank Group

World Bank Approves US$15 Million for Safer Neighborhoods

The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$15 million loan to Honduras to$ fund community security and social improvement efforts through the Honduran Fund for Social Investment (FHIS).$ Giuseppe Zampaglione of the World Bank announced the credit facility ... [Published Hondurasweekly - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: World Bank Group, Yoro (Honduras), Comayagua (Honduras)

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Honduras police cleanup efforts stall

photo, a National Police officer is reflected in the full-length mirror carried by a street vendor walking through l Mayoreo market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In the midst of a scandal over the police shooting of a university president's son, the government ... [Published Contra Costa Times - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Honduras, Police, United States, Tegucigalpa, Corrales (United States)

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Equipment is confiscated and Cable Sula is cut off for not paying for rights

Thousands of subscribers of the Cable Sula group were affected by no longer receiving the signal from the cable TV operator. The cause was the seizure of the broadcasting equipment by prosecutors from the Public Ministry and agents of the National Direction ... [Published NexTV Latam - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Ampro, San Pedro Sula, Seizures

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Porfirio Lobo Sosa

US suspends aid to Honduras police cleanup

The police reform process has been moving slowly to the frustration of both Hondurans and US officials, a guest blogger writes. • A version of this post ran on the author's blog. The views expressed are the author's own. Monday, the United States suspended ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Police, US Embassy, Villanueva (Honduras)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Honduras: Campaña contre el dengue en el municipio de Villanueva

Source: Cruz Roja HondureñaCountry: Honduras En el Municipio de Villanueva cuenta con una Población de 149,534 habitantes, 27,188 viviendas que en su mayoría presentan factores de riesgo; criaderos de mosquitos, inadecuadas prácticas en las medidas y ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 21 2013]

Entities: Dengue Fever, Villanueva (Honduras), El Milagro (Honduras), Honduras, Malaria

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Honduras: Plan 100x100: Alcalde inaugura obras de mitigación en colonias

Source: Government of HondurasCountry: Honduras El alcalde del Distrito Central, Ricardo Alvarez, entregó hoy a los pobladores de las colonias Los Pinos y la Villanueva sector cuatro y ocho, sistemas de evacuación seguros y rápidos como son gradas con ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 10 2013]

Entities: Villanueva (Honduras), Honduras, Nueva Esperanza (Honduras), El Rincon (Honduras), Roberto Suazo Córdova

Quotes

...government of Honduras launched an unprecedented effort last year to clean up a U S -backed police force widely seen as deeply brutal and corrupt. "Every day that passes without a cleanup of the police, a high price is paid in human lives, in sisters, mothers and sons who lose their loved ones because of the state's inability to guarantee security in the country" said Jose Murillo, coordinator of the Alliance for Peace and Justice, a coalition of civil society activists. ((AP Photo/Esteban Felix))

Honduras police cleanup efforts stall [Published Contra Costa Times - Jun 11 2013]