Honduras Greenlighted Oil Exploration in Indigenous Reserve

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 3, 2026

Honduras awarded a 2013 oil concession covering 35,256 square kilometers of Caribbean waters in La Moskitia — a UNESCO World Heritage site — without consulting the four indigenous peoples living there, in violation of international law.

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