Events of

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Juan Orlando Hernández Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado (; born 28 October 1968), also known as JOH, is a Honduran lawyer and politician who served as President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. A member of the National Party, Hernández previously served as the presi ...

* President of the National Congress:

Mauricio Oliva Mauricio Oliva Herrera (born 8 March 1951 in Tegucigalpa) is a Honduran surgeon and politician. He served as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the National Party of Honduras for Choluteca and as the President of the Na ...

Events

January to June

*January 2 – A Honduran national identified as Leidy Hernández, 24, gives birth while crossing the bridge between

Matamoros, Tamaulipas Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and the municipal seat of the homonymous municipality. It is on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Br ...

and

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. The baby will be entitled to Mexican citizenship. *January 9 – Prosecutors in the

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accuse former President

of taking bribes and protecting drug traffickers. *January 13 – Two hundred migrants march towards

San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...

en route to Guatemala, where they are expected to meet 2,000 police and military units. *January 21 – The

National Congress of Honduras The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. Organization The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currentl ...

outlaws abortion in all forms. *February 11 – Dozens protest the death of nursing student Keyla Patricia Martínez, who died while in police custody, insisting her death be investigated as homicide. *February 8 – An eight-year old Honduran boy drowns while trying to cross the

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(Río Bravo del Norte) near

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. His parents identified the body after being arrested by U.S. immigration agents. *February 23 – U.S.Senator

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(D-OR) introduces legislation to restrict security aid to Honduras and to investigate President Orlando Hernández for corruption and ties to drug traffickers. *February 24 – Orlando Hernández warns that U.S.—Honduran cooperation on drug trafficking could collapse if members of ''Los Cachiros'' cartel are allowed to give ″false testimony″ against him in U.S. courts. *March 8 – The trial of Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, 50, on cocaine, weapons, and bribery charges begins in

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. *March 9 – New York prosecutors say Honduras is a ″narco-state″ and that Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez reported “directly to Tony Hernández,” the president’s brother. *March 19 –

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and

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′s Day. *March 28–April 3 —

Holy Week Holy Week ( la, Hebdomada Sancta or , ; grc, Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, translit=Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas, lit=Holy and Great Week) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity. In Eastern Churches, w ...

*March 30 **Tony Hernández is found guilty of state-sponsored drug trafficking and fined USD $138 million. **Hundreds of migrants who lack proper identification papers and proof of negative COVID-19 tests are turned back by police at Corinto, Honduras.

July to December

* September 15 –

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, 206th anniversary of the

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. *October 2 - 2021 Guanaja fire *October 3 –

Francisco Morazán José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America h ...

Day, honors the 2nd president of the

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(1835–1839).

Sports

2020–21 Honduran Liga Nacional The 2020–21 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 55th Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started in September 2020 and is scheduled to end in mid 2021. The season was divided into two halves (Apert ...

Deaths

*February 6 – Keyla Patricia Martínez, 26 or 28, nursing student in La Esperanza, Intibucá Department; murder by choking while in police custody. *February 12 – Celso Güity, 63, footballer ( Marathón, Sula,

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

); cancer. *March 22 – Juan Carlos Cerros Escalante, 41, indegnous environmental activist (

Lenca The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they under ...

); shot *April 25 - Pablo José Cámbar, 78, academic, COVID-19 *April 28 - Chelato Uclés, 80, footballer *July 28 - Porfirio Armando Betancourt, 63, footballer *October 1 -

Nora Gúnera de Melgar Alba Nora Gúnera Osorio (May 1942 – 1 October 2021) was a Honduran politician and wife of General Juan Alberto Melgar, the Honduran military Head of State from 1975 to 1978. After being elected mayor of Tegucigalpa, she ran for presidency for ...

, 78, politician,

first lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

References

External links

{{Central America topic, 2021 in 2020s in Honduras

Years of the 21st century in Honduras