Indigenous Honduras
These resource grabs and the ensuing violence especially against indigenous people turned honduras into the most dangerous country in the world for environmental activism.
Indigenous honduras. Indigenous groups are one of the top 5 reasons to visit honduras. Today garifuna communities span the atlantic coast from belize to nicaragua. The largest concentrations of indigenous communities in honduras are in the westernmost areas facing guatemala and along the coast of the caribbean sea as well as on the border with nicaragua. Other honduran ethnic groups which can be visited include the tawahka indians and the bay islanders.
Four of the young men are garifuna an indigenous and afro descendant group that is a significant presence in this part of honduras. The 2016 murder of berta cáceres the indigenous lenca activist who fought the agua zarca dam and the dozens of other murders since were one sordid result. Vincent island in 1797. Their families are distraught.
The victims are garifuna. The garifuna are the descendants of former african slaves and the indigenous arawak populations who were exiled from british st. Indigenous peoples in honduras written on 12 september 2011. Indigenous groups of honduras.
Some of the main ethnic groups in honduras include the afro hondurans and the amerindians. Currently the government of honduras recognizes nine african american and indigenous groups. Honduras h ɒ n ˈ dj ʊər ə s ˈ d ʊər æ s. Groups that you can visit include the miskito indians the pech indians the garifunas the lencas and the chorti indians.
In honduras the communities have maintained collective titles for the communal lands where they reside. Given the lack of an official census it is estimated that the nine indigenous and afro descendant peoples living in honduras number 1 27 million inhabitants divided between the following groups. Officially the republic of honduras spanish. Some of the most prominent amerindians groups in honduras include the sumo pech tolupan miskito and lenca among others.
Fears are growing for the safety of five black indigenous men in honduras who were abducted from their homes last weekend by heavily armed gunmen in police uniforms. There are no answers.