Trócaire in Honduras: Community is main bulwark against environmental exploitation

Under the name of development, the Honduras government has exploited much of the country’s rich natural resources, robbing many indigenous people of their land, their culture and their ancestral habitats. Jess Casey visited the Central American country recently with Trócaire

Maria Felicita Lopez and her daughter amidst the lush mountainous landscape that covers much of Honduras.

Rural Honduras is like nothing I have ever seen before with dark green forestry tightly packing the mountains.