Where are those kids?
Where do they have them? If they are okay, bring them back. Honduras, one of the most ---- and
—— countries in the world. Constantly dealing with major problems
related to corruption and extreme —— ——. And on top of this, only a few months ago, Honduras was struck by two major hurricanes, which wiped out entire neighbourhoods. Because of all this compounding suffering, thousands have fled the country headed
towards the United States for a better life. Throughout this video series,
I will travel all throughout Honduras. Meet the people and hear their side of the story. Another day here in San Pedro Sula.
We are leaving. We're going to go towards the coast.
We're going to a settlement which has roots of Nigeria. So, it's an African population. It's always an interesting day in Honduras. If you've seen the last videos,
feels reasonably comfortable, but then you never know what can happen because, honestly speaking, it did used to be the murder capital of the world. It's a bit safer now, but when you've
had that title in such recent history less than ten years ago, you know that something can pop off. So, it should be okay, but there's to keep an eye. I've got a cameraman telling me not to do things here. Security is very tight. You can't really get away with anything. So, gotta go! Omare, can you just please explain what just happened? A truck coming towards us. There was no sign on the road and then suddenly there was a big truck coming to us, and I don't know why and I was like... And it's because of the people took the other side of the highway because of the floating, so this is homeless people. So, because of the hurricane, people that were displaced came and basically hijacked the road and set up tents, so the traffic had to drive around. Wish we should have some kind of a sign, but this is... Yeah, there was no sign.
We just see this huge truck coming towards us. Yeah, you have to be careful driving here. One thing about this country is that security is extremely strict. Everywhere you go, there's guys with shotguns, literally everywhere. For example, like a little convenient store or a pizzeria, petrol stations. I've come away to talk about this, and I could... They could tell me off in a second, they're
very sensitive to anything to do with cameras. And so, it does seem you can see the beautiful nature and everything, and it does feel somewhat calm, but if there's this much security, that's definitely says something about the situation here. Like I say, safety has improved from what I've been told, but it's still obviously on the edge. It's kind of this weird atmosphere,
calm and then intense at the same time. I should go and pay, get out of here. Just quickly before we jump on the road, I just paid. When you pay here, you have to
put your pin number in for your card. You have to sign, you have to show your passport, and they have to take your ID
number because of credit card fraud. Even going into a food shop or something, you have to go through all these checks. Very, very strict security here, I must emphasize that. So, we have arrived in Triunfo de La Cruz. So, this is actually obviously very beautiful. Honduras has an amazing coastline.
That's the Caribbean sea there. The islands off the coast of Honduras, specifically Útila. One of the cheapest places to do scuba
diving and get your license and things. So, there are these beautiful kinds of
touristic places in Honduras as well. Don't get me wrong, it's not all crime and ——. That is a big part, but there's also very beautiful areas. So, this town here was settled by Nigerians,
five-six hundred years ago. So we're gonna go in, and we're gonna meet
some of the African community here. See how they live, go into some of the houses, meet the people. Very tranquil, nice place, friendly people.
Let's go have a look around. So, we've come into the town,
and we've met a lovely lady called Bruna. She's invited us to have a look around
her house, and she's got this, like a potion, but apparently, they don't have
zika virus or dengue or —— because of this potion that they've made, and they consume it all throughout the community. So, Omare can you just explain what's in this concoction here? Some traditional bath that they have, Santa Maria tree leaves, so they mix it, they boil it, and they use this as a medicine. There's a low number of dengue or zika because there's a... We're by the beach, and there's a lot of insects here, but this is kind of helping them to prevent. They say something about it helping with ——? Yeah, they mentioned that too as well,
which I'm not certain if it's accurate. Scientific or anything. Doctors, medics, they don't recognize the value, but indigenous people and these other ethnic groups, they are still using, and for them, it seems to work. So, here we are in the house here. Really nice vibes around here. The beach is literally two seconds walk down the street. Very positive and happy people here. Okay, so we're here with Bruna. Bruna, how is life here? Basically, here we live out of agriculture. We bake bread, growing plants and vegetables, and that's good. So self-sufficient kind of... Yep. Agriculture, fishing, tourism is very important. She's talking about big corporations
trying to take their land, but they fight back. We did not allow them to, because they
came with fake documents and fake papers. So, there's an issue here with big resorts and things coming in trying to push out the local people and build resorts. They don't want this traditional way of living. They want to make money out of this
beautiful beach that these people have, but these people have been living here for generations. It's money involved. You have a beautiful beach, you have close to the road, and you obviously want to take advantage of that. The location in between a huge lagoon and then the Caribbean here. So, we've come to a local lady called Clara's house, and she's cooking for us, so we're
going to try some of the food here and then she wants to speak a bit about some
issues that they've been facing as a community. Something about an ——
of activists in terms of big resorts and big investments coming in here
and these people are resisting that. So, there's been some dark
things happening that she really... She specifically asked if she can talk to the camera about it. But firstly, let's enjoy the delicious food that
she's cooking for us right here on the beach. You can see why this is a highly desired land, you know. So, they're cooking some rice and beans. – Chicken?
– Yeah, chicken. – Fish?
– Fish. – Fried banana.
– Banana – And...
– Yucca. We have lunch with typical foods,
fried fish, fish stew, we serve it all. Okay, perfect, thanks. These people from the government, without consulting, without asking they took over the land without permission, illegally. Not considering the historical ancestry and they inherited, and they've been here for generations. There's a lot of money involved here. The land is so beautiful, it's by the beach. So, that's the reason why everybody's trying to move them away. They're trying to move them away and then take the valuable land, essentially that's the core of the... That's essential, that's the point of the whole thing, make money. They have the right to stay here. They have the right over the land, but still, the Honduran government is not following what
this international court ruled in favour of them. They are still selling, so this big resort they're still building. She was also talking about this Centeno, who was president el Patronato which is the leader of the community
who was —— with three other guys, and she's asking for them to be returned to the family's, return to the community because until these days... We don't know what happened to them,
so we got very emotional about that. So, as you can see, Clara's getting quite emotional there. It's quite scary that people are going
missing, leaders of the community because their land is being taken away from them. See, the guy just ride past with the sticks on their back that's to build these kinds of structures here. A guy called Luis who's been showing us around this neighbourhood. He's actually living in San Pedro, but he came
with us today to guide us around here. This is his neighbourhood. He's about to put on a musical show for us because he's a musician. The drum has arrived. So, that was Luis on the guitar with his friends on the drums there. The music that I've been using in some
of these videos is actually Luis's music. Some of the drone footage and things that's Luis's music. So, I'm gonna leave Luis's Facebook
below that's where he posts his music and go and check out his Facebook and follow him and things. So, now we've come to this football or soccer pitch. Young lads, sixteen and under are playing football. Something great about this community
is it is not run by —— at all. There's no —— influence here, but sadly now the problem is... From what they've been saying, the problem is
from the government trying to take their land. So, it's very sad you know they're living
such a peaceful existence for so long, and now people have gone missing, leaders of the community. They haven't seen them, apparently they've been —— because they were fighting back against this kind of thing and they've been to international courts and actually won the case, but this is still happening. It seems to be the kind of theme of Honduras so far. It's nice on the surface, and there's
lots of beautiful things going on, but it's got a very dark underside. So far, from the people that I've
met and the stories they've told, that's all I can go off, and I believe
that's a fair reflection of the country. Hello guys, so my name is Edgar Benedict, so I am the president of the program
soccer for the kids here in Honduras. Keeping people, especially young
people, out of the ——, ——. The objective is to get kids away
from crime and drugs and —— and give them a better opportunity and get them active and they're part of a community. Yeah, this is what they do. It's yeah, so because we just try to
avoid them to get it to where they ——. If we see someone who goes to this...
Maybe the wrong way, so we try to take him here. So, some of these kids have been in
trouble, and you've helped them out? Yeah, we help them, yeah. Okay, beautiful. It's not easy in here, because we not
get support from the government or some... But so, we try to make them the
best we can do, so like a community. I'll leave the information below if
anybody wants to read more about it. You have a website or a Facebook page? Yeah, we have a Facebook, just go to Copa Numada Okay, I'll leave a link below, and people
can click on it in the description. Gracias, keep up the good work, cheers. Okay, so we're here with Luis. He looks a lot younger than he is. Luis is actually forty-nine years old, right? It's amazing, what's the secret?
How do you look so young? Take care of yourself, good
food, and don't stay up late. – Sleep well.
– Sleep well. We're currently on the way back to San Pedro right now, but you're originally from where we just came from. You lived in the settlement next to the beach, but then you move to San Pedro for opportunities. What's the differences between a city like San Pedro, which has a notorious reputation, to living out there. What are the main differences? The city gives opportunities, it gives a... So, you can study, there's jobs, but obviously,
it's better to be in a small community where you're safer, and you have, obviously, your family. Do you feel safe in San Pedro? To be honest, no. It's better in Triunfo de La Cruz
where I can walk and late at night, and nothing will happen to me,
which is not the case for San Pedro Sula. What are you worried about happening to you in San Pedro Sula? It's unsafe, so anything can happen
and because of the —— activities. Obviously, we've seen you're a very talented musician. What are your goals for your music? Wants to deliver to you the young people
a message of bring values from the past to today, implying that in the old times, so it
was safer or whatever it was better. The goal is to teach the next generation a better way of life and more positive values and positivity. As an artist living up his music here
in Honduras is very, very difficult. Is difficult to make a living. Our boys were ——. We had this international human
rights claim against the government, so this is all about land again,
they were —— by military men. This was during —— time, so there was a ——, so no one is supposed to be outside before sunrise, and they were taken like four o'clock in the morning. You obviously want the world to know about this. Is there anything that you want to say directly, maybe one thing that you would like to see happen? The whole Garifuna community is just asking the government. Where are those kids?
Where do they have them? If they are okay, bring them back. – Four young men.
– Four young men. Presumably just lost, nobody knows
anything from them since they were ——. How old? Twenty-eight, twenty, thirty years, so this is young man. Gracias. Okay, so we've driven like several hours into the day. It's been an over thirteen-hour day, so it's been quite hectic, but we did see a lot, you know,
always bittersweet so far in this country. So we dropped Luis off in San Pedro, and we've driven another few hours down the road. In the next video, we're going to be heading to the capital city, the biggest city in Honduras. So, when we were actually filming the interview
there with Luis up against the bus, apparently there was a guy on a horse
with a revolver pistol watching us. So, this is what Luis said, and that's quite the norm. Many people have weapons here, quite an intense country. I can see how you could oversee these things. I could see how it could come across as quite innocent, but talking to all the different locals I've
spoken to, actually, quite a few locals at this point under the surface, there's very dark things happening. Again, it's safer than it used to be from all accounts. Anyway, thank you so much for watching. I need to get into that bed right now. And in case I don't see you good afternoon, good evening,
and good night from Honduras.
