Honduras is a small country in Central America. According to a CIA report, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with a high murder rate. The U.S. Department of State has issued several travel alerts, especially in the area of San Pedro Sula, a metropolitan area that has the second highest city murder rate in the world. Most experts believe that the surge in violence is related to the drug cartels. According to InSight Crime, a good website, it is around 80% of the total violence. As a Mexican journalist told me a few years ago, pushing the cartels down to El Salvador and Honduras may have been the result of the Mexican Army pounding cartels in Mexico.  I think he is right. In other words, be careful if you travel to Honduras any time soon.  Make sure you plan well, and stay away from large crowds. How do you have an election in today's Honduras?  The answer is that it is very hard, as we...(Read Full Post)