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Honduras

Quick Facts

Area in square km 112,090

Corruption Perceptions Index ranking 112 (out of 168) (2015)

Defense Expenditure as % of GDP 2% (2014)

Defense expenditure in dollars 324,000,000 (2015)

Per capita GDP in dollars 4,900 (2015)

Population 8,746,673 (2015)

Size of armed forces 11,000 (2016)

U.S. military personnel present 395 (2015)

Honduras at a glance

Military & Police Aid $17,250,000 (2017)

Humanitarian & Development Aid $100,405,000 (2017)

Arms Sales $1,637,032 (2014)

Trainees 1,111 (2015)

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Military vs. Economic Aid

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about U.S. security and humanitarian & development assistance provided to this country. For a dollar amount breakdown of how much aid this country receives and which programs are supplying assistance, click "view data set." Note: This year's figures reflect the U.S. government's estimates of expected spending, and numbers for next year represent the administration's request to Congress.

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Trainees

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about the United States' training of this country's security forces. For information about how the number of security forces trained each year by the United States, including detailed information about the subject of the training, where that training takes place, and who is being trained, click "view data set."

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Arms Sales

Security Assistance Monitor tracks all available data about U.S. arms sales to this country. For detailed information on equipment, weapons and military services sold to this country, click "view data set." Note: This is not grant aid: these are items that governments purchase with their own funds.

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Analysis

11/1/16 | Blog

As Honduran Environmental Activists Face Renewed Repression, U.S. Security Aid Keeps Flowing

Recent attacks on members of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) have not altered the U.S. decision to send its full funding package to Honduras.

11/18/15 | Blog

Obama’s Billion Dollar Aid Request to Central America: How Has It Changed?

The latest bills from Congress cut back on President Obama’s aid request while increasing military assistance. Here is an update of current funding proposals for Central America.

9/8/15 | Blog

New Advocacy Guide: A Challenging Moment for the Protection of Migrant Rights in Central America & Across the Migrant Route

With the volatile debate over the United States’ immigration policy and shifting U.S. foreign policy and assistance to Central America, civil society advocates and other interested individuals in Central America, Mexico and the United States need the tools to understand and impact this public...

Resources

1/25/17 | News

Honduras Extends Police Reform Commission until 2018

The president of Honduras has announced that a reform commission designed to purge the country's police forces will continue its work until 2018. The commission began to operate in April 2016 after reports were published indicating that some high-ranking police officials had been involved in...

1/13/17 | News

New Allegations Highlight Continuing Corruption in Honduras Police

Authorities in Honduras have dismantled several networks of allegedly corrupt law enforcement officers, a positive sign for the country's efforts to purge its police institution but also a reminder of the depth and breadth of corruption in the force.

11/8/16 | News

Honduran President Ignores Constitution, Mulls Running Again

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez is considering running for re-election in next year’s presidential race, even though there’s a fierce debate over whether such a move would even be legal, stirring up old wounds of the 2009 coup and the ill-footed reasons Honduran elites and the U.S. State...

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