Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Judith Burrows / Getty Images) Aurelio Martínez, the longtime ambassador of Garifuna music and former Honduran congressman, has ...

“Everybody wants to be cool, especially young people,” says Andy Palacio, 45, the moving force behind the Garifuna Collective, a band that’s attracting international attention to the endangered, ...

READING – In 2001, UNESCO proclaimed the language, dance and music of the Garifuna people of Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” This ...

Aurelio Martinez grew up in Plaplaya, a small coastal village in eastern Honduras. Because of its isolation, it has stayed a stronghold for the customs and culture of the Garifuna people. Aurelio, who ...

All eyes turned to Central America this past week as Vice President Kamala Harris made her first trip to the region as part of her attempt to address the wave of immigration from Guatemala, El ...

Aurelio Martínez, the longtime ambassador of Garifuna music and former Honduran congressman, has died. He was 55. Martínez’s official Facebook page confirmed his death and mourned the loss of the ...