Prospera

Two educated Hondurans—a lawyer who returned after studying abroad and an architect who stayed—demonstrate that retaining skilled workers requires domestic opportunities in sectors like special economic zones and international projects.

A TuNota analysis finds that Próspera's earlier employment figure of 3,480 jobs mixed direct and indirect positions, with a later revision to 974 jobs—a 72.8% drop the developer attributes to legal uncertainty, though public data do not isolate the causes or allow independent verification.

Lawyer Reyna Rivera warns that Honduras's special economic zones (ZEDEs) are expanding their territorial control despite a 2024 Supreme Court ruling declaring them unconstitutional and Congressional repeal of their enabling law, with 4% of Roatán now under their jurisdiction.