Honduras Policy Paper

While the new into gangs has contributed to a 300% increase government was trying to consolidate their of Hondurans trying to migrate to the US.57 authority47 in the capital, the borders and 60% of the over 500,000 Hondurans in the US 7 are unauthorized. [...] The Facussé dam and the threat this posed to the company family owns and runs the Dinant Corporation, behind the project.78 Of the five individuals which is a conglomerate involved in arrested for her murder, two of were damming projects in the contested Bajo employed by the company and two were part Agúan, and runs mega agribusinesses in of the Honduran Army (one actively serving, African Palms f. [...] For the period from 1995-2015, Honduras ranked among the highest countries in the world for vulnerability along with Haiti and Myanmar.71 Honduras is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events linked to climate change, including hurricanes, floods and drought.72 Honduras is currently in the third year of the worst drought the region has faced in 30 years73 and 2 million The Honduras Documentation. [...] If the state does Government of Canada (GC) implement the not demonstrate sufficient commitment to the following policies to contribute to the MACCIH and reforms are not realized in the improvement of state-society relations in judicial sector to address corruption and Honduras and ensure the positive impunity by the end of 2018, Canada should development of the state. [...] It is still their preference for a more independent body recommended, however, that the second like the CICIG, 96 the agreement is only in its policy be implemented immediately as well to first year and greater power for the body is address the growing vulnerability of the dependent on the agreement of the majority of Honduran citizens to economic government, which seems unlikely to be and environ.