Water Rights

Citizens and water-rights groups staged a protest outside Tegucigalpa's city hall to oppose Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya's overtures to the Israeli firm Mekorot for water advisory services, citing concerns over privatization.

Yoro department hosts nearly one-seventh of Honduras's documented socio-territorial conflicts, many tied to disputes over land, water, and mining, prompting civil-society researchers to hold a regional dialogue on the findings.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras warned that the country experiences at least one social conflict daily, with most disputes centered on environmental, land, and water rights.