Gold Mining and Prospecting in Honduras

Most geologists believe that the gold deposits in Honduras were likely created around heat vents that were once at the bottom of …

The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for …

In The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras, Christopher A. Loperena sketches this history and goes on to examine how …

Honduras se prepara para exportar Oro Verde

Las empresas de pequeña minería de oro de El Corpus, Choluteca, pronto serán pioneras en la exportar oro verde de Honduras, es decir un oro que ha sido producido legal y …

Legacy of mining operation lingers in Honduras …

The San Martin mine in the Valle de Siria region of south central Honduras, 90 miles north of the capital city of Tegucigalpa, has been closed since 2009. But its impact on local communities, people …

The Revolution that Wasn't: Honduras' Political Stability …

Refugees from the Sandinista war poured into Honduras, El Salvador's land hungry peasants came in waves in the 60s, and CIA-backed troops sprung into Guatemala to …

Measuring and categorizing the water-related downstream …

This paper surveyed current mineral concessions and mapped existing mineral extraction operations in Honduras. It traced the downstream water flows from …

Redefining extractivism from Honduras

Existing definitions and studies of extractivism are found to be in tension with experiences of activist research conducted with anti- and post-extractivist movements in Honduras. The article proposes a revised definition and defends it through theoretical …

Redefining extractivism from Honduras

This subsection examines resource extraction in Honduras, with a focus on post-coup (2009-) developments. It highlights the major growth – and plans for future …

The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for...

The future of Honduras begins and ends on the white sand beaches of Tela Bay on the country's northeastern coast where Garifuna, a Black Indigenous people, have resided …

Christopher A. Loperena. The Ends of Paradise: Race, …

In The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras, author Christopher A. Loperena begins with a call for a "radical imagination," a hope for …