This report reviews and analyzes the situation, concerns, and activities of Afro-descendants in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of Latin America. It then discusses current U.S. foreign aid programs, as well as multilateral initiatives, that have directly or indirectly assisted Afro-Latinos. The report concludes with a discussion of potential policy options that have been proposed should the United States elect to provide further support for Afro-Latinos.

As part of its overall trade strategy, the Bush Administration over the last year began negotiating bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with four regional blocs or countries. Negotiations on a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) involving Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua began in late January 2003 and are currently scheduled to conclude this December. While negotiators have reportedly made progress in a number of areas, efforts to formulate a framework for handling agricultural trade have been slow.

This report addresses politics in Central America in 1969.

This report discuses the November 26, 2017 Honduran presidential elections including allegations of irregularity in the voting count and uncertainty over who the election winner is with only 89% of the vote counted as a of November 30th. It provides an overview of implications of the results of the election for the United States and their relations with Honduras.

In a series of maps and figures, this bilingual atlas summarizes what is known about the energy resources and how these resources and oil imports supply the energy needs of five Central American countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama. The main exploited energy resources are firewood, hydroelectric energy, bagasse from sugar cane residues, and geothermal energy. Limited oil exploration in the region has uncovered modest oil resources only in Guatemala. Peat and small coal deposits are also known to exist but are not presently being exploited. After the description of energy resources, this atlas describes energy supply and demand patterns in each country. It concludes with a description of socioeconomic data that strongly affect energy demand. 4 refs.

This report examines the political crisis in Honduras, with specific focus on the events between June 2009 and January 2010. It concludes with the inauguration of President Lobo.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations. For a more detailed examination of the Honduran political crisis, see CRS Report R41064, Honduran Political Crisis, June 2009-January 2010.

This report discusses the current state of Honduras, which is one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries and has a high poverty rate, high infant mortality rate, and a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic. This report also discusses the relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, focusing on the countries' important trade partnership, the U.S. military presence in Honduras, and U.S. foreign aid.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current conditions in Honduras as well as issues in U.S-Honduran relations, including human rights, poverty, inequality, international support, democracy, security challenges, and international trade.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report discusses the current state of Honduras, which is one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries and has a high poverty rate, high infant mortality rate, and a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic. This report also discusses the relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, focusing on the countries' important trade partnership, the U.S. military presence in Honduras, and U.S. foreign aid.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.