Road Blockade

Over 70 rural, indigenous, and Garífuna organizations held nationwide road blockades and demonstrations on July 20 demanding the government repeal three decrees that criminalize land claims, broaden the definition of terrorism, and shield agricultural and energy-sector lands from legal challenges including agrarian reform.

Taxi drivers in El Progreso, Yoro, have blocked road access to protest an increase in vehicle registration fees, saying they have received no response to demands for a reversal and threatening to escalate their action.

Parents and teachers blocked roads at three public schools in Tegucigalpa on July 6 to protest the dismissal of security guards, teacher shortages, and deteriorating conditions, with classes suspended at some sites.

Parents, students, and residents blocked the road from Tegucigalpa to Olancho to demand reinstatement of an office worker, cleaner, and security guard fired from Instituto Técnico Río Abajo after years of employment, causing traffic delays.

Cofradía residents blocked the CA-4 highway Wednesday to demand urgent repairs to a sinkhole threatening seven homes and a kindergarten, after months of inaction by San Pedro Sula authorities.

Residents of at least 12 communities in the El Hatillo and La Tigra areas blocked the main road demanding urgent repairs to roughly 12 kilometers of deteriorated highway that community leaders say has been neglected for years and causes accidents and vehicle damage.

Residents of Ocotepeque blocked part of the CA-4 highway to demand that national power utility ENEE fix chronic blackouts causing economic losses and daily disruptions across the department.