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Capital

Tegucigalpa

Head of State

President Xiomara Castro

Head of Government

President Xiomara Castro

Super Typhoon Champi is approaching waters to the east of Taiwan. Photo: Weibo/中国气象爱好者

SCMP Highlights

Honduras squeezes Chinese firms; Super Typhoon Champi nears Taiwan: 7 highlights

From Chinese analysts’ take on France’s riots to Hong Kong’s unusually warm October, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

23 Oct 2026 - 12:15PM

China-Latin America relations

Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as president sits on Taiwan pledge

20 Oct 2026 - 5:15AMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Concrete, steel and razor wire: inside Latin America’s newest mega-prison

15 Oct 2026 - 2:00PM

Americas and the Caribbean

US military kills 2 in eastern Pacific boat strike in first attack in months

Lethal attack on low profile vessel ends two-month pause, bringing total campaign death toll to 223 across 67 strikes.

25 Aug 2026 - 9:26AM

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in Panama City earlier this month. Photo: AP

China trade

Opinion | Why China’s trade partners may question value of economic integration

Both Beijing and its economic partners must ask whether expanding trade strengthens domestic productive capacity and improves long-term competitiveness.

7 Aug 2026 - 5:17PMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Pardoned by Trump, ex-president Hernandez returns to Honduras

Former leader thanks the US president and hints at political comeback as local fraud case looms.

27 Jul 2026 - 10:23AM

United States

US Supreme Court paves way for Trump’s mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Top court rules that the administration can strip protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians in the US.

26 Jun 2026 - 1:07PM

Immigration activists rally against the US Supreme Court’s ruling on temporary protective status in Washington on Thursday. Photo: AFP

China-Latin America relations

Opinion | China’s economic inroads in Latin America are hitting political walls

China’s economic gains in the Americas are real, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House shows that political success is another story.

5 Jun 2026 - 2:23AMvideocam

Brazil

US labels major Brazilian crime groups as terrorist organisations

Washington equates PCC and CV with global terror groups like Isis, opening the door for aggressive US interventions.

29 May 2026 - 2:21PM

Americas and the Caribbean

At least 19 killed in Honduras palm plantation massacre

The mass shooting came as the military prepares a sweeping domestic crackdown on drug cartels and gangs.

22 May 2026 - 2:05PM

Honduran soldiers near the plantation following the killings. Photo: AFP

China-Latin America relations

Beijing calls Paraguay leaders willing ‘chess pieces’ after disputed Taiwan trip

Beijing’s anger over President Santiago Pena’s Taipei trade visit comes as Taiwan issue looms large at this week’s Trump-Xi summit.

13 May 2026 - 4:08AMvideocam

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena and Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te meet in Taipei on May 8. Photo: Kyodo

Diplomacy

Opinion | Latin America is reassessing the benefits of warm ties with Beijing

From Honduras to Cuba and Venezuela, leaders are taking a more transactional view of what relations with Beijing really bring.

11 May 2026 - 9:31PMvideocam

US immigration

At least 4 migrants have died in US ICE custody since start of 2026

Reported deaths occurred in the first 10 days of the year; two of them attributed to ‘heart-related issues’.

14 Jan 2026 - 2:05PM

Americas and the Caribbean

Honduras rejects ‘illegal’ recount order of vote won by Trump-backed candidate

Electoral body labels recount decree ‘unconstitutional’, confirming Trump-backed Nasry Asfura as winner despite outgoing president’s protests.

13 Jan 2026 - 5:39PM

Nasry Asfura delivers a speech as he presents his government plan in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on November 11, 2025. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

My Take | The United States returns to gunboat diplomacy, 21st-century style

China’s consensual approach and win-win multilateralism will, in the long run, prevail in Latin America over US militant bullying.

5 Jan 2026 - 2:38AM

Government supporters burn a US flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. Photo: AP

Americas and the Caribbean

Was the US capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro legal?

Nicolas Maduro to face charges in New York - but experts question the legality of the US operation and plans to ‘run’ Venezuela.

4 Jan 2026 - 2:41PMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Trump-backed Asfura declared winner of Honduras presidential election

The vote count took weeks, fuelling international concern and doubts about the Latin American country’s fragile electoral system.

25 Dec 2025 - 9:22AM

Americas and the Caribbean

Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ amid chaotic vote count

Fraud allegations, claims of US interference and disputed tally sheets mar vote count following Honduras’ November 30 presidential election.

10 Dec 2025 - 3:47PM

Security personnel stand guard outside facilities where electoral kits are stored, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo: Reuters

Americas and the Caribbean

Trump favourite edges ahead in Honduras vote as opponent calls foul

Salvador Nasralla claimed ‘an algorithm changed the data’ after losing a lead held since Tuesday.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:18AM

Americas and the Caribbean

Honduras TV host widens lead over Trump-backed rival for president

Donald Trump, who has backed Nasry Asfura, has alleged election fraud without evidence.

4 Dec 2025 - 12:29PM

Americas and the Caribbean

Ex-Honduran president freed from US prison after Trump pardon for drug crimes

While in prison, Hernandez wrote to Trump calling him ‘Your Excellency’ and referring to their ‘shared values’.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:18PM

Juan Orlando Hernandez being escorted by Honduran police officers in 2022. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump

Rivals in Honduras presidential race locked in a ‘technical tie’

Trump-backed Nasry Asfura leads Salvador Nasralla by a razor-thin margin as the election council begins a manual vote count.

2 Dec 2025 - 2:28PM

Honduran presidential candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla were practically tied in the race. Photo: AFP

Taiwan

Will the St Vincent election cost Taiwan another Caribbean ally?

Taiwan downplays concerns that Kingstown could flip ties to Beijing while eyeing polls in Honduras, where Taipei-friendly candidates lead.

1 Dec 2025 - 8:38PMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Trump interference in Honduran election stokes division, voters say

Trump endorsed the conservative candidate and then announced the pardon of an ex-president sentenced to 45 years in a US prison for cocaine smuggling.

30 Nov 2025 - 7:49PM

Americas and the Caribbean

Trump says he’ll pardon ex-Honduras president serving US prison sentence

Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in 2024 on drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years behind bars.

29 Nov 2025 - 6:59AM

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft for extradition to the US at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in April 2022. Photo: AP

US-China trade war

Chinese media calls out Trump over ‘false’ ocean pollution accusations

Widely shared report tackles the US president head-on to counter claims that China dumped waste.

28 Apr 2025 - 10:59AMvideocam

It is not common for state-run Chinese media to directly counter remarks by a foreign leader. Photo: Reuters

United States

ICE deports 2-year-old US citizen and mother of 1-year-old infant

The cases come amid a court battle over whether Trump’s immigration crackdown has gone too far at the expense of fundamental rights.

27 Apr 2025 - 2:42AMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

13 die in Honduras plane crash off Caribbean coast

Jetstream plane crashed minutes after take-off from Roatan Island on Monday. Transport minister said authorities suspect mechanical failure.

19 Mar 2025 - 5:39AM

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Honduras squeezes Chinese firms; Super Typhoon Champi nears Taiwan: 7 highlights

From Chinese analysts’ take on France’s riots to Hong Kong’s unusually warm October, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as president sits on Taiwan pledge

Concrete, steel and razor wire: inside Latin America’s newest mega-prison

US military kills 2 in eastern Pacific boat strike in first attack in months

Lethal attack on low profile vessel ends two-month pause, bringing total campaign death toll to 223 across 67 strikes.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | Why China’s trade partners may question value of economic integration

Both Beijing and its economic partners must ask whether expanding trade strengthens domestic productive capacity and improves long-term competitiveness.

Pardoned by Trump, ex-president Hernandez returns to Honduras

Former leader thanks the US president and hints at political comeback as local fraud case looms.

US Supreme Court paves way for Trump’s mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Top court rules that the administration can strip protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians in the US.

Opinion | China’s economic inroads in Latin America are hitting political walls

China’s economic gains in the Americas are real, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House shows that political success is another story.

US labels major Brazilian crime groups as terrorist organisations

Washington equates PCC and CV with global terror groups like Isis, opening the door for aggressive US interventions.

At least 19 killed in Honduras palm plantation massacre

The mass shooting came as the military prepares a sweeping domestic crackdown on drug cartels and gangs.

Beijing calls Paraguay leaders willing ‘chess pieces’ after disputed Taiwan trip

Beijing’s anger over President Santiago Pena’s Taipei trade visit comes as Taiwan issue looms large at this week’s Trump-Xi summit.

Opinion | Latin America is reassessing the benefits of warm ties with Beijing

From Honduras to Cuba and Venezuela, leaders are taking a more transactional view of what relations with Beijing really bring.

At least 4 migrants have died in US ICE custody since start of 2026

Reported deaths occurred in the first 10 days of the year; two of them attributed to ‘heart-related issues’.

Honduras rejects ‘illegal’ recount order of vote won by Trump-backed candidate

Electoral body labels recount decree ‘unconstitutional’, confirming Trump-backed Nasry Asfura as winner despite outgoing president’s protests.

My Take | The United States returns to gunboat diplomacy, 21st-century style

China’s consensual approach and win-win multilateralism will, in the long run, prevail in Latin America over US militant bullying.

Was the US capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro legal?

Nicolas Maduro to face charges in New York - but experts question the legality of the US operation and plans to ‘run’ Venezuela.

Trump-backed Asfura declared winner of Honduras presidential election

The vote count took weeks, fuelling international concern and doubts about the Latin American country’s fragile electoral system.

Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ amid chaotic vote count

Fraud allegations, claims of US interference and disputed tally sheets mar vote count following Honduras’ November 30 presidential election.

Trump favourite edges ahead in Honduras vote as opponent calls foul

Salvador Nasralla claimed ‘an algorithm changed the data’ after losing a lead held since Tuesday.

Honduras TV host widens lead over Trump-backed rival for president

Donald Trump, who has backed Nasry Asfura, has alleged election fraud without evidence.

Ex-Honduran president freed from US prison after Trump pardon for drug crimes

While in prison, Hernandez wrote to Trump calling him ‘Your Excellency’ and referring to their ‘shared values’.

Rivals in Honduras presidential race locked in a ‘technical tie’

Trump-backed Nasry Asfura leads Salvador Nasralla by a razor-thin margin as the election council begins a manual vote count.

Will the St Vincent election cost Taiwan another Caribbean ally?

Taiwan downplays concerns that Kingstown could flip ties to Beijing while eyeing polls in Honduras, where Taipei-friendly candidates lead.

Trump interference in Honduran election stokes division, voters say

Trump endorsed the conservative candidate and then announced the pardon of an ex-president sentenced to 45 years in a US prison for cocaine smuggling.

Trump says he’ll pardon ex-Honduras president serving US prison sentence

Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in 2024 on drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years behind bars.

Chinese media calls out Trump over ‘false’ ocean pollution accusations

Widely shared report tackles the US president head-on to counter claims that China dumped waste.

ICE deports 2-year-old US citizen and mother of 1-year-old infant

The cases come amid a court battle over whether Trump’s immigration crackdown has gone too far at the expense of fundamental rights.

13 die in Honduras plane crash off Caribbean coast

Jetstream plane crashed minutes after take-off from Roatan Island on Monday. Transport minister said authorities suspect mechanical failure.

Opinion | Why China’s trade partners may question value of economic integration