State TV Promotes Discredited ZEDE Economic Zone

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 8, 2026 · Originally reported August 6, 2026 by El Libertador

Honduras's state television channel spent more than two hours on August 5 promoting Próspera, a special economic zone (ZEDE) that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional in September 2024 and that Garífuna leaders say threatens their ancestral lands.

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