Honduras: Poverty in bargains



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Radio France International documentGreat reports from RFI

February 11, 2019

300 Hondurans every day, about a hundred thousand a year, flee the endemic misery, structural violence and corruption of the political clbad of their country. Remittances sent from abroad are the first element of the Honduran economy.

Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans resumed the migratory route north of the continent on January 15, 2019 on the night of January 14 to 15, 2019.
Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans resumed their journey on the migratory route to the north of the continent on January 15, 2019 on the night of January 14 to 15, 2019. – REUTERS / Jorge Cabrera

Every 8 minutes, a Honduran crosses the border illegally. Some do it themselves. Others leave in caravans not to be the target of all sorts of violations and even of the death that haunts them in their dangerous journey to the United States. What is happening in Honduras to become the generator of a migratory exodus of this magnitude?

Angelica Perez was in this small country in Central America to know how and why to be the big banana exporter (89% of the total) Honduras has become in the last decade a big exporter of human beings.

"Poverty is good business," a report by Angélica Pérez

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