Today, I am designating Honduran Congressman Oscar Ramon Najera due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity, Mr. Najera engaged in and benefitted from public corruption related to the Honduran drug trafficking organization Los Cachiros. In May 2013, the United States identified Los Cachiros as a significant foreign narcotics trafficking group pursuant ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 20 December, 2019 | Topics: Statements, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: anti-corruption, Michael R. Pompeo
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release Today, on International Anticorruption Day, we reaffirm our commitment to prevent and combat corruption globally. Corruption obstructs economic growth and development, facilitates transnational crime, and fuels terrorism, robbing citizens around the world of their basic rights. Corruption enables and sustains autocratic leaders, weakens faith ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 9 December, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, Statements, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, transparency
WASHINGTON, DC – Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kimberly Breier will travel to Honduras and El Salvador April 21 through April 23 to urge the governments of those countries to do more to prevent illegal immigration to the United States and to promote regional prosperity, security, and governance. On April 21, Assistant Secretary Breier ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 21 April, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, Western Hemisphere | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, MACCIH, migration
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release Delegations from the United States and Honduras held the sixth meeting of the Bilateral Human Rights Working Group on April 30 in Tegucigalpa. This latest session of the Working Group brought together high-level U.S. and Honduran government officials to collaborate on improving the human ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 1 May, 2018 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, human rights, security
The Government of the United States is concerned with recent actions counter to the anti-corruption work in Honduras, which is a fundamental element of US support in the region. We remain dedicated to assisting the MACCIH, CNA, Ministerio Publico, and other organizations fighting corruption and impunity.
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 21 March, 2018 | Topics: Statements, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, transparency
Ambassador Nikki Haley will travel to Honduras and Guatemala February 26 – March 1 to underscore the United States’ strong ties and partnership with those countries. Ambassador Haley will meet with government and civil society leaders to highlight U.S. partnerships in the region focusing on anti-corruption and counternarcotic efforts. In addition, she will engage with ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 23 February, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, narcotrafficking, transparency
The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release The Vice President met with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez at the inaugural Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami, FL. On behalf of President Trump, the Vice President commended President Hernandez for his leadership in addressing security and governance challenges, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 15 June, 2017 | Topics: Key Officials, Statements, U.S. & Honduras, Vice President of the United States | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, migration, Mike Pence, northern triangle, security, transparency
The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release The Vice President met today with President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras at the White House. The Vice President recognized the important progress that Honduras has made over the past two years in fighting violent crime and corruption and strengthening citizen security, including through ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 23 March, 2017 | Topics: Key Officials, Statements, U.S. & Honduras, Vice President of the United States | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, migration, Mike Pence, northern triangle, security, transparency
The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release The Vice President spoke with President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras by telephone today to review progress on the implementation of the Alliance for Prosperity Plan for the Northern Triangle of Central America. The Vice President praised Honduras’ progress in improving security and tax ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 4 January, 2017 | Topics: Policy, Statements, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, northern triangle, transparency
Congressional Record Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the Northern Triangle countries of Central America –El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala– face many similar challenges. Poverty, gangs, violence, corruption, organized crime. One of these challenges is weak judicial systems. For as long as anyone can remember, judges in these countries, no matter how unqualified, have been selected through ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 9 December, 2016 | Topics: Key Officials, Policy, Statements, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, northern triangle, transparency
The Special Committee on Police Reform requested information from the U.S. Embassy related to their investigation into police corruption and we have given them that information. The vast majority of it has already been shared with the Government of Honduras over the years through the normal mechanisms that exist for informing the government when we ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 21 April, 2016 | Topics: Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, security, transparency
Joint Communique of the Presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and the Vice President of the United States of America in Relation to the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE BLAIR HOUSE COMMUNIQUE The presidents of El Salvador, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 24 February, 2016 | Topics: Family Immigration, Human Rights, Statements, Western Hemisphere | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, human rights, migration, northern triangle, transparency
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY JOHN KIRBY, SPOKESPERSON The United States welcomes the signing today of an agreement between the Government of Honduras and the Organization of American States establishing the Support Mission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (known in Spanish as Mision de Apoyo contra ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 19 January, 2016 | Topics: Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, Democracy, MACCIH, OAS, transparency
TEGUCIGALPA – On Friday, November 6, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) published its annual policy performance scorecards, which form a key component of how its Board will make decisions for selecting countries as eligible for MCC programs in 2016. Honduras’ performance on ruling justly, investing in people and economic freedom as measured by 20 indicators in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 9 November, 2015 | Topics: Economic Issues, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, MCC
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL On October 7, 2015, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the designation of Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva, along with his son, Yani Benjamin Rosenthal Hidalgo, and his nephew, Yankel Antonio Rosenthal Coello, as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 22 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Issues, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, transparency
State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco Palmieri, with colleagues from the Department of Treasury and the Department of Justice, hosted an interagency meeting on October 20 with a high-level Honduran delegation to discuss recent U.S. government action targeting three Honduran nationals and several of their ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 21 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Issues, Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, transparency
As Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, President Obama’s Strategy for U.S engagement in Central America is a top priority for me. It has been a pleasure to discuss the strategy with President Hernandez and his team this afternoon. In the coming days here and in Guatemala and El Salvador, I look forward ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 13 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, transparency
The U.S. Department of Treasury welcomes the swift action by the Honduran government to protect the Honduran financial system by assuming management control of Banco Continental, which was designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. The Department of Treasury is committed to working with the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 11 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Statements, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, transparency
Today’s designations by the United States Department of the Treasury of three businessmen and seven businesses send a clear message that no one is above the law. We applaud the swift actions taken today by Honduran authorities to ensure the banking system is strong. Hondurans can be confident that it is well-managed and well-protected. We ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 7 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Statements, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, transparency
Action Targets Three Honduran Money Launderers from the Rosenthal Family and Key Companies WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the designation of three Honduran businessmen and seven businesses as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for playing ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 7 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, transparency
United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Margolin, Dawn Dearden, Christian Saint-Vil PHONE NUMBER: (212) 637-2600 One defendant arrested yesterday in Miami, Florida Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark Hamlet, the Special Agent in Charge ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 7 October, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, transparency
WASHINGTON, DC – Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) William R. Brownfield met on August 5, at the State Department with Attorneys General from Central America to discuss justice and law enforcement issues, as well as ongoing reform efforts, in the region. The Attorneys General of Belize, Costa Rica, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 5 August, 2015 | Topics: Government Offices, Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, security, transparency
Strengthening transparency and government accountability is a central element of our engagement and of the Alliance for Prosperity and the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America. The government of Honduras has made significant strides forward in this regard, inviting Transparency International into the country to assist in setting up mechanisms to ensure public accountability, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 18 June, 2015 | Topics: Political Affairs, Statements, Western Hemisphere | Tags: anti-corruption, transparency
WASHINGTON, DC – Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Counselor of the Department of State, will lead a U.S. interagency delegation to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala from July 6-11. He will be joined by Assistant Secretary of State Bill Brownfield, DHS Assistant Secretary Alan Bersin, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Beth Hogan, and DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 6 June, 2015 | Topics: Key Officials, Political Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, Democracy, security
This commentary by Vice President Biden outlining the Obama administration’s commitment to Central America first appeared in The Hill on March 10. Investing in a secure, stable Central America By Vice President Joe Biden Earlier this month, I spent two days in Guatemala meeting with Central American leaders about our mutual efforts to tackle one of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 10 March, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Key Officials, Political Affairs, Statements, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, human rights, migration, northern triangle, transparency
Joint Statement by the Presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and the Vice President of the United States of America Regarding the Plan for the Alliance for Prosperity of the Northern Triangle The Presidents of El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén; Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina; Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández; and, the Vice President of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 3 March, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Family Immigration, Key Officials, Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, Democracy, human rights, northern triangle, transparency
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release National Palace of Culture Guatemala City, Guatemala THE VICE PRESIDENT: President Molina, thank you for once again hosting us all. And to all the Presidents –I’ve never been with so many Presidents at one time– to all the Presidents, including the president of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 2 March, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Key Officials, Political Affairs, Speeches | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, Democracy, human rights, migration, security, transparency
TEGUCIGALPA – Ambassador James Nealon and Mr. Scott Nathan, the U.S. Department of State’s Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, attended a meeting of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle in Tela on Thursday. The meeting marked an opportunity for leaders from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to discuss their Plan for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 26 February, 2015 | Topics: Economic Issues, Key Officials, Political Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, northern triangle, trade, transparency
Op-Ed Originally Published by The New York Times As we were reminded last summer when thousands of unaccompanied children showed up on our southwestern border, the security and prosperity of Central America are inextricably linked with our own. The economies of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras remain bogged down as the rest of the Americas ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 29 January, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Human Rights, Key Officials, Policy, Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, Democracy, economy, human rights, migration, northern triangle, trade, transparency
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice filed today a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of nine properties worth approximately $1,528,000 that were allegedly purchased with funds traceable to a $2 million bribe paid by a Honduran information-technology company to the former Executive Director of the Honduran Institute of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 13 January, 2015 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Policy, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, transparency
It is difficult to overstate the profoundly negative impact that corruption has on society. The abuse of entrusted power for private gain does violence to our values, our prosperity, and even our security. Today is International Anti-Corruption Day, an excellent opportunity to remind ourselves of the scourge of corruption, the need for public sector transparency, ...
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By Ambassador James D. Nealon | 9 December, 2014 | Topics: Ambassador, Policy, Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, transparency
By Secretary of State John Kerry Op-Ed originally published by The Miami Herald on December 6, 2014 This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Summit of the Americas, hosted by President Clinton in Miami, a city that exemplifies the vital connections between the United States and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 8 December, 2014 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, Policy, Political Affairs, Statements, Western Hemisphere | Tags: anti-corruption, Democracy, human rights, John Kerry, transparency
TEGUCIGALPA – Ambassador James Nealon and Minister Coordinator of the Government Jorge Hernandez Alcerro today launched Honduras’ first Financial Investigations Guide (Guia de Investigacion Financiera y Contable) that will assist the country’s prosecutors, financial analysts, and law enforcement officers in conducting financial investigations that meet the highest international standards. The guide, grounded in Honduran law, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 2 December, 2014 | Topics: Economic Issues, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, transparency
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To demonstrate the Administration’s commitment to working with Central American countries to address the root causes of the dangerous migration of unaccompanied children and families, the Vice President, Secretary of Commerce and other senior Administration officials participated in the Inter-American Development Bank-chaired conference on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 14 November, 2014 | Topics: Economic Issues, Fact Sheets, Political Affairs, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, economy, human rights, migration, northern triangle, security, trade, transparency
This week we celebrate both the International Day of Democracy and the International Day of Peace. I believe it is appropriate that we celebrate these two days together, as democracy and peace are inextricably linked. In my first month here in Honduras, I’ve had the great privilege of meeting many Hondurans who are working to ...
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By Ambassador James D. Nealon | 19 September, 2014 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Policy, Statements | Tags: anti-corruption, civil society, Democracy, human rights, security, transparency
TEGUCIGALPA – Seven members of the United States Congress visited Honduras on August 29-30. The delegation was led by Oklahoma Congressman James Lankford. Traveling with Representative Lankford were Representative Beto O’Rourke (Texas), Representative Jack Kingston (Georgia), Representative Rob Woodall (Georgia), Representative Patrick Meehan (Pennsylvania), Representative John Carney (Delaware), and Representative Joseph Kennedy III (Massachusetts). This ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 2 September, 2014 | Topics: Economic Issues, Family Immigration, Human Rights, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: anti-corruption, assistance, Democracy, economy, human rights, migration, security
U.S. Treasury Department Office of Public Affairs For Immediate Release Contact: Hagar Chemali, Treasury Public Affairs (202) 622-2960 Los Valles Organization Targeted for OFAC Sanctions WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of the Los Valles drug trafficking organization in Honduras and Honduran ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 20 August, 2014 | Topics: Economic Issues, Policy, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: anti-corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, security
