Honduran Embassy Demonstration Protests Corruption, Deforestation

“Dozens of Honduran nationals, Hispanic-Americans and global environmentalists gathered Tuesday outside the Honduran embassy in Washington to protest what they called the rampant corruption of the current Honduran government and the illegal deforestation of the country’s treasured national forests.

Rampant corruption in the Honduran government is allowing massive illegal logging, the protesters say, even in “protected” parks such as the world- renowned Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, depleting Honduras of its natural resources at an astonishing rate. Coming less than one week before presidential elections in Honduras, the demonstration called for “a true democracy” and condemned “spreading government corruption, cronyism and environmental destruction.”"

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