WASHINGTON, DC – On December 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the United States and Honduras have concluded the implementation accords for the Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) signed in September 2019. Under the ACA, certain migrants requesting asylum or similar humanitarian protection at the U.S. border may be transferred to ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 18 December, 2020 | Topics: Government Offices, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: DHS, humanitarian, migration
TRUJILLO – U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command held an opening ceremony at Taufick Bendeck elementary school, Trujillo, Honduras, June 15, 2017, to signify the start of several renovation projects in the local area. A team of combat engineers, heavy equipment operators and motor vehicle operators from the Logistics ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 16 June, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, Western Hemisphere | Tags: assistance, disaster relief, humanitarian
MIAMI – Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command, the rapid response force assigned to U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility, arrived in Central America June 1. Most of the nearly 300-member unit will be headquartered out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, with the permission of the government of ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 1 June, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, Western Hemisphere | Tags: assistance, disaster relief, humanitarian
TEGUCIGALPA – The Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy and the Government of Honduras, is currently conducting New Horizons, an annual event that will train military civil engineers and medical professionals to deploy and conduct joint operations. During the New Horizons exercise, members of the Honduran and United States ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 29 May, 2015 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, Western Hemisphere | Tags: assistance, humanitarian
TEGUCIGALPA – Personnel and equipment connected with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-South (SPMAGTF-SC) will begin to arrive in Honduras over the next several weeks. The Marines will support Honduras in the event of a hurricane or another major disaster. While they are deployed in Honduras, the Marines will participate in community service (e.g. ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 26 May, 2015 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, humanitarian
The United States and Honduras will take part in a joint exercise, Fused Response, over three weeks in May in various locations across Honduras. The exercise supports bilateral cooperation and coordination involving civilian and military personnel from both countries. As part of Fused Response, U.S. personnel and aircraft will be operating with their Honduran counterparts ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 8 May, 2015 | Topics: Statements, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, humanitarian
COMAYAGÜELA – The U.S. government is donating three disaster relief warehouses, an emergency operations center and first responder equipment to Honduras as part of a U.S. military-managed effort to contribute to the region’s disaster relief preparedness. Ambassador James D. Nealon will officially turn over the facilities and equipment to Comision Permante de Contingencias (COPECO) leaders ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 8 April, 2015 | Topics: Environment, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: assistance, disaster relief, humanitarian
TEGUCIGALPA – The United States of America is requesting permission from the Government of Honduras to carry out a joint exercise between a group of U.S. Marines and Honduran counterparts. This request has been presented as part of our collaboration on issues related to natural disaster preparedness, as well as our work in the ongoing ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 7 April, 2015 | Topics: Statements, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, disaster relief, humanitarian
MOCORON – U.S. senior military leaders from the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) met with Honduran military leaders in Gracias a Dios last week to discuss the situational challenges in the Gracias a Dios region and how the United States can help to build and sustain stability, security, and prosperity in the region. General Kenneth Tovo, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 13 November, 2014 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: assistance, humanitarian, southern command
TRUJILLO – Members of the U.S. Navy Seabees teamed up with and Honduran volunteers and refurbished two medical facilities in Trujillo during Southern Partnership Station 2014, Sept. 18-25. Over a one week period, military members and the volunteers renovated areas at the rural Clinica Guadalupe Carney, adding a bathroom, clothes washing station, and a 200-gallon ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 1 October, 2014 | Topics: Health Issues, Policy, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, health, humanitarian, southern command
TRUJILLO – U.S. military members and Honduran medical professionals delivered dozens of stuffed toys to hospitalized children at Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital on September 10, Dia del Niño. “I was extremely happy to see the U.S. and Honduran doctors bringing these stuffed animals for the children and it could not have come on a better ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 16 September, 2014 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras, U.S. Agencies | Tags: assistance, humanitarian
TEGUCIGALPA – Ambassador James D. Nealon visited Hospital Escuela on September 10 to observe a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) led by Joint Task Force-Bravo’s Medical Element (MEDEL) and San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas. The MEDRETE, being conducted over two weeks, aims to assist Honduran medical professionals and the Government of Honduras to ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa | 10 September, 2014 | Topics: Health Issues, Press Releases, U.S. & Honduras | Tags: assistance, health, humanitarian, JTF-B
