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Honduras and Mexico established formal diplomatic relations in 1879. In 1908, both nations established resident diplomatic missions in each other's capitals, respectively. That same year, a treaty of 'Friendship, Commerce and Navigation' was signed between both nations. In 1943, their diplomatic missions were elevated to embassies.
Mexico has actively observed and become involved in Honduran affairs throughout the country's early turbulent history which involved coup d'état, military rule, US intervention and wars with neighboring countries. In 1969, Honduras went to war with El Salvador known as the Football War for which Mexico intervened diplomatically and tried to resolve between the two countries. In June 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a coup d'état and taken to neighboring Costa Rica. Like several other Latin American nations, Mexico temporarily severed diplomatic relations with Honduras. In July 2010, full diplomatic relations were once again re-established.
For several decades, Mexico has been a transit country for thousands of Honduran migrants who enter the country on their way to the United States. Many Honduran migrants flee to the United States for better economic opportunities and/or to escape rampant crime and gang violence in their country, especially from the MS-13, MS-13/Mara Salvatrucha. In 2014, Mexico deported over 33,000 Honduran migrants back to Honduras.
Both the governments of Honduras and Mexico have increased mutual cooperation to provide legal and humanitarian assistance to Honduran migrants in Mexico and to combat human trafficking and violence against migrants in Mexico. Both nations have also agreed to combat the presence of Mexican cartels operating in Honduras.
In 2018, several hundreds to a few thousands Hondurans formed part of the Central American migrant caravans and traversed all of Mexico to the northern city of Tijuana to request asylum in the United States. That same year, over 640 Hondurans requested and obtained asylum in Mexico where many are choosing to remain rather than face the uncertainty of trying to request asylum in the US and also not wishing to be denied and deported back to Honduras. In 2023, the number of Hondurans requesting asylum in Mexico increased to 40,142.
In January 2022, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard paid a visit to Honduras to attend the inauguration of President Xiomara Castro. In May 2022, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador paid an official visit to Honduras.
In October 2023, Honduran President Xiomara Castro paid a visit to Palenque, Chiapas to attend a Summit on Migration, hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
/ref> Hondura's main exports to Mexico include: electrical wires and cables, palm oil, sugar cane, clothing, and motor vehicles parts and accessories. Mexico's main exports to Honduras include: copper wires, electrical wires, malt extracts, oils of petroleum, motor vehicles and chemical based products. Several Mexican multinational companies such as América Móvil, Cemex, Grupo Bimbo and Gruma (among others) operate in Honduras.
Consulate of Mexico in San Pedro Sula
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File:Embajada de Honduras en Ciudad de México.jpg, Embassy of Honduras in Mexico City
File:Edifico Brigoz Corporativo Tijuana.jpg, Consulate-General of Honduras in Tijuana
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
established diplomatic relations in 1879.History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Honduras (in Spanish)/ref> Both nations are members of the
Association of Caribbean States
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, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
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, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations
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.
History
Honduras and Mexico have always had a close relationship and also share a history and several socio-cultural traits in common. Both nations have national heritages ofMesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica ...
n cultures such as the Maya
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* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
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, both were conquered by the same conquerors such as Hernán Cortes, Cristóbal de Olid, and Pedro de Alvarado and subsequently belonged to the Spanish Empire, both are mostly Catholic, and both nations were part of the New Spain, Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1821. Shortly after achieving Independence from Spain in 1821, Honduras Central America under Mexican rule, was a part of the First Mexican Empire for a very short time until 1823 when it then joined the Federal Republic of Central America. Among the Mexicans who joined the Army Allied Protector of the Law, commanded by the Honduran Francisco Morazán during the so-called First Central American Civil War, Central American Civil Wars, were General Agustín Guzmán, a native of Quetzaltenango and many others. After its dissolution in 1838, Honduras became an independent nation.
Honduras and Mexico established formal diplomatic relations in 1879. In 1908, both nations established resident diplomatic missions in each other's capitals, respectively. That same year, a treaty of 'Friendship, Commerce and Navigation' was signed between both nations. In 1943, their diplomatic missions were elevated to embassies.
Mexico has actively observed and become involved in Honduran affairs throughout the country's early turbulent history which involved coup d'état, military rule, US intervention and wars with neighboring countries. In 1969, Honduras went to war with El Salvador known as the Football War for which Mexico intervened diplomatically and tried to resolve between the two countries. In June 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a coup d'état and taken to neighboring Costa Rica. Like several other Latin American nations, Mexico temporarily severed diplomatic relations with Honduras. In July 2010, full diplomatic relations were once again re-established.
For several decades, Mexico has been a transit country for thousands of Honduran migrants who enter the country on their way to the United States. Many Honduran migrants flee to the United States for better economic opportunities and/or to escape rampant crime and gang violence in their country, especially from the MS-13, MS-13/Mara Salvatrucha. In 2014, Mexico deported over 33,000 Honduran migrants back to Honduras.
Both the governments of Honduras and Mexico have increased mutual cooperation to provide legal and humanitarian assistance to Honduran migrants in Mexico and to combat human trafficking and violence against migrants in Mexico. Both nations have also agreed to combat the presence of Mexican cartels operating in Honduras.
In 2018, several hundreds to a few thousands Hondurans formed part of the Central American migrant caravans and traversed all of Mexico to the northern city of Tijuana to request asylum in the United States. That same year, over 640 Hondurans requested and obtained asylum in Mexico where many are choosing to remain rather than face the uncertainty of trying to request asylum in the US and also not wishing to be denied and deported back to Honduras. In 2023, the number of Hondurans requesting asylum in Mexico increased to 40,142.
In January 2022, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard paid a visit to Honduras to attend the inauguration of President Xiomara Castro. In May 2022, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador paid an official visit to Honduras.
In October 2023, Honduran President Xiomara Castro paid a visit to Palenque, Chiapas to attend a Summit on Migration, hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
High-level visits
Presidential visits from Honduras to Mexico * President Oswaldo López Arellano (1965) * President José Azcona del Hoyo (1988) * President Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (1991, 1992) * President Carlos Roberto Flores (1998) * President Ricardo Maduro (2002, 2004) * President Manuel Zelaya (2008, 2009) * President Porfirio Lobo Sosa (2011, 2012) * President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021) * President Xiomara Castro (2023) Presidential visits from Mexico to Honduras * President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1990) * President Vicente Fox (2004, 2006) * President Felipe Calderón (2008) * President Enrique Peña Nieto (2015) * President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2022)Bilateral agreements
Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements such as an Agreement on Touristic Cooperation (1990); Agreement on Combating Drug Trafficking and Drug Dependency (1990); Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1995); Agreement on Educational and Cultural Cooperation (1998); Treaty on Joint Execution of Criminal Sentences (2003); Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (2004) and a Treaty on Maritime Delimitation (2005).Transportation
There are direct flights between Mexico City and San Pedro Sula with Aeroméxico Connect.Trade relations
In June 2000, Mexico and Honduras (along with Guatemala and El Salvador) signed a free trade agreement which took effect in 2001. Since then, both Costa Rica and Nicaragua have joined the joint free trade agreement. In 2023, total trade between Honduras and Mexico amounted to US$2.2 billion.Data México: Honduras/ref> Hondura's main exports to Mexico include: electrical wires and cables, palm oil, sugar cane, clothing, and motor vehicles parts and accessories. Mexico's main exports to Honduras include: copper wires, electrical wires, malt extracts, oils of petroleum, motor vehicles and chemical based products. Several Mexican multinational companies such as América Móvil, Cemex, Grupo Bimbo and Gruma (among others) operate in Honduras.
Resident diplomatic missions
* Honduras has an embassy in Mexico City and consulates-general in Puebla (city), Puebla, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Tapachula, Tijuana and Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz City and consular agencies in Acayucan, Saltillo and Tenosique. * Mexico has an embassy in Tegucigalpa and a consulate in San Pedro Sula./ref>
See also
* Honduran diaspora * Immigration to MexicoReferences
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