{"id":12101,"date":"2025-03-11T00:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=12101"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:57:55","slug":"the-sea-said-this-is-mine-and-im-taking-it","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/en\/proyectos\/the-sea-said-this-is-mine-and-im-taking-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The sea said: &#8220;This is mine, and I\u2019m taking it&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>More than thirty years ago NASA launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/ciencia.nasa.gov\/ciencias-terrestres\/tres-decadas-de-registros-satelitales-para-monitorear-el-aumento-del-nivel-del-mar\/\">satellite<\/a> to understand the behavior of the oceans. Its observations confirmed an alarming phenomenon: sea levels are rising, and the rate of this increase is not only continuing but accelerating. Since 1880, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalchange.gov\/indicators\/sea-level-rise\">the oceans have risen by more than 20 centimeters<\/a>, and in the last 30 years, the speed of this growth has doubled. This phenomenon, caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sealevelrise.org\/es\/causes\/\">thermal expansion of water and the melting of glaciers<\/a>, is one of the clearest and most devastating signs of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"anchor_block_38cba9271f5ea753e86f937b436e736b\" class=\"block_anchor_section background_image full_width full_width_mb yes_anchor_resp video  \" >\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"full-img-bg video-anchor\" id=\"back-anchor_block_38cba9271f5ea753e86f937b436e736b\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<video id=\"bgvid-block-anchor_block_38cba9271f5ea753e86f937b436e736b\" data-videoid=\"\" class=\"bgvid-block full_image full_width\" poster=\"\" playsinline preload loop muted >\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t<div id=\"unmute-button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar idVid = \"bgvid-block-\"+\"\";\n\tvar anchorVid = document.getElementById(idVid);\n\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tanchorVid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tanchorVid.pause();\n\t}\n\t\n\tif(anchorVid != null) {\n\t\tif (anchorVid.hasAttribute(\"controls\")) {\n\t\t anchorVid.removeAttribute(\"controls\")   \n\t  }\n\t}\n\t\n<\/script> -->\n\n<script>\n\t(function(id) {\n\tlet selectorVideo = \"#back-\" + id + \" #bgvid-block-\" + id;\n\tlet fullvid = document.querySelector(selectorVideo);\n\tlet soundButton = document.querySelector(\"#back-\" + id + \" #unmute-button\");\n\t\n\tif (!fullvid || !soundButton) return;\n\t\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tfullvid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t  }\n\t\n\n\t  function vidFade() {\n\t\tfullvid.classList.add(\"stopfade\");\n\t  }\n\t  if(fullvid) {\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener('ended', function() {\n\t\t\t\/\/ only functional if \"loop\" is removed \n\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\/\/ to capture IE10\n\t\t\tvidFade();\n\t\t}); \n\t\t\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\tsoundButton.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\t\n\t\tfunction toggleSound() {\n\t\t\tlet blockParent = fullvid.parentElement;\n\t\t\tif(fullvid.muted == true) {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('muted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"unmuted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = false;\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('unmuted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"muted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  }\n\t  \n\tlet isPlaying = false; \n\t  \n\n\t  \n\tconst handleScroll = () => {\n\t\tlet windowHeight = window.innerHeight * 0.9;\n\t\tlet scrollPosition = window.scrollY;\n\t\tlet videoElements = document.querySelectorAll(\".block_anchor_section + .video-anchor video\");\n\t\tvideoElements.forEach(function(videoElement) {\n\t\t\tif (scrollPosition <= windowHeight) {\n\t\t\t\t videoElement.style.cursor = \"auto\";\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tvideoElement.style.removeProperty('cursor')\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t});\n\t}\n\t  \n\tdocument.addEventListener('scroll', scrollOnScreen());\n\t  const scrollOnScreen = () => {\n\t\t\tlet rect = fullvid.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect();\n\t\t\tlet wh = (window.innerHeight) ? window.innerHeight : document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n\n\t\t\tlet isFullyVisible = ((rect.top >= 0) && (rect.bottom <= wh));\n\n\t\t\tif (isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif(!isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.play();\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = true;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif (isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true; \/\/ Silencia el video por si se pausa\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = false;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  handleScroll()\n\n\n\t\/\/window.addEventListener(\"scroll\", handleScroll);\n\n\t\n\t  \/\/ var isIphone = \/iPhone\/.test(navigator.userAgent) &#038;&#038; !window.MSStream;\n\t  \/\/ if (isIphone) {\n\t\t\/\/ soundButton.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\/\/ fullvid.setAttribute(\"controls\", \"controls\");  \n\t  \/\/ }\n\t})(\"anchor_block_38cba9271f5ea753e86f937b436e736b\");\n\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Sea level rise is not an isolated phenomenon; it is the direct result of increasing global temperatures. The World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2024 was the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmo.int\/es\/media\/news\/la-organizacion-meteorologica-mundial-confirma-que-2024-fue-el-ano-mas-calido-jamas-registrado-al\">hottest year<\/a> on record.<br><br>Although climate change is a global challenge, its impact is not the same for everyone. The most vulnerable communities\u2014the ones that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions\u2014pay the highest price.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Honduras is a clear example of this inequality. It has one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/91160c76-1202-47db-b32f-02f90902f1d2\/content\">highest poverty rates<\/a> and one of the smallest middle classes in Latin America, according to the World Bank. Added to this is its extreme vulnerability to climate disasters. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Indice%20de%20Riesgo%20Climatico%20Global%202019%20-%20Resumen_0.pdf\">Global Climate Risk Index<\/a> ranked Honduras as the third most affected country by extreme weather events between 1993 and 2022. From 1998 to 2017, climate change caused losses equivalent to 1.8% of its GDP.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_56b184bbf82109bc833ab796968ba09c\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_56b184bbf82109bc833ab796968ba09c\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerial view of buildings affected by sea level rise on the beach of Cede\u00f1o. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>On the Pacific coast of Honduras, Cede\u00f1o, a small fishing town of about 5,000 inhabitants, is on the front lines of this crisis. Its beaches, located in the Gulf of Fonseca\u2014a bay shared by Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua\u2014were once a popular tourist destination, especially for residents of the capital, Tegucigalpa. The local economy depended on tourism and fishing, but in the last three decades, Cede\u00f1o has changed drastically. What were once busy and safe beaches are now landscapes marked by violent swells, constant flooding, tropical storms, and an ocean advancing without mercy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_799c346512ecc7436f366099187e0ab5\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_799c346512ecc7436f366099187e0ab5\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marisela Maradiaga, a member of the Cede\u00f1o Women\u2019s Fishermen\u2019s Association, shows a photograph of the recent floods that severely affected the community. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>The ocean advanced 40 meters inland in Cede\u00f1o between 1982 and 2015, while the beaches shrank by 120 centimeters per year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/325180094_Variacion_de_la_linea_de_costa_en_la_aldea_de_Cedeno_y_cartografia_de_amenaza_ante_marejadas_y_ascenso_del_nivel_del_mar\">study<\/a> by the National Autonomous University of Honduras.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_025ef9c216b6b5e48f68cd5bdfc7236d\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_025ef9c216b6b5e48f68cd5bdfc7236d\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several children help fishermen launch their boats into the sea on the beach of Cede\u00f1o. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_4b177bd776d276ae3e5d88b2f9b8e8ef\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/06_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_4b177bd776d276ae3e5d88b2f9b8e8ef\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/06_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dilcia Almendares plays with her nephew and her four-month-old daughter, Johana, next to their house on the beach. Dilcia regularly helps her husband, a fisherman, clean and sell fish. However, the effects of climate change, mangrove deforestation, and pollution have decimated marine life along Cede\u00f1o\u2019s coast. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_2684e50b2f619cc476e59ec8187f4550\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/07_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_2684e50b2f619cc476e59ec8187f4550\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/07_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dog walks along the shoreline of Cede\u00f1o at dusk, with the coasts of El Salvador (left) and Honduras (right) visible in the background. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Cede\u00f1o's location in the Gulf of Fonseca worsens its vulnerability. Gulfs generally act as a funnel, concentrating waters during storms and swells, intensifying the effects of rising sea levels. In recent years, these events have become more frequent and destructive. According to Jos\u00e9 Rigoberto \u00c1vila, deputy mayor of Marcovia\u2014the municipality that governs Cede\u00f1o\u2014this town used to experience a storm surge every three years, but now it faces three in a single year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_2da003ff2d65662b6c60908d095d9c31\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mapacedenoingles.png\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_2da003ff2d65662b6c60908d095d9c31\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mapacedenoingles.png\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Map of the Gulf of Fonseca \u00a9 Jorge Mileto for Sonda Internacional<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>The degradation of natural ecosystems like mangroves worsens the crisis even further. Once crucial barriers against floods and essential breeding grounds for marine life, these ecosystems have been severely damaged by human activities. Without them, Cede\u00f1o faces greater risks of flooding, environmental degradation, and loss of livelihoods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_b17f0b29cb2766e5aa9a4bb79294da59\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/08_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_b17f0b29cb2766e5aa9a4bb79294da59\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/08_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"anchor_block_0ae14d5252aea92766dfb9286a750051\" class=\"block_anchor_section background_image full_width full_width_mb yes_anchor_resp video  \" >\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"full-img-bg video-anchor\" id=\"back-anchor_block_0ae14d5252aea92766dfb9286a750051\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<video id=\"bgvid-block-anchor_block_0ae14d5252aea92766dfb9286a750051\" data-videoid=\"\" class=\"bgvid-block full_image full_width\" poster=\"\" playsinline preload loop muted >\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/09_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t<div id=\"unmute-button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar idVid = \"bgvid-block-\"+\"\";\n\tvar anchorVid = document.getElementById(idVid);\n\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tanchorVid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tanchorVid.pause();\n\t}\n\t\n\tif(anchorVid != null) {\n\t\tif (anchorVid.hasAttribute(\"controls\")) {\n\t\t anchorVid.removeAttribute(\"controls\")   \n\t  }\n\t}\n\t\n<\/script> -->\n\n<script>\n\t(function(id) {\n\tlet selectorVideo = \"#back-\" + id + \" #bgvid-block-\" + id;\n\tlet fullvid = document.querySelector(selectorVideo);\n\tlet soundButton = document.querySelector(\"#back-\" + id + \" #unmute-button\");\n\t\n\tif (!fullvid || !soundButton) return;\n\t\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tfullvid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t  }\n\t\n\n\t  function vidFade() {\n\t\tfullvid.classList.add(\"stopfade\");\n\t  }\n\t  if(fullvid) {\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener('ended', function() {\n\t\t\t\/\/ only functional if \"loop\" is removed \n\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\/\/ to capture IE10\n\t\t\tvidFade();\n\t\t}); \n\t\t\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\tsoundButton.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\t\n\t\tfunction toggleSound() {\n\t\t\tlet blockParent = fullvid.parentElement;\n\t\t\tif(fullvid.muted == true) {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('muted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"unmuted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = false;\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('unmuted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"muted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  }\n\t  \n\tlet isPlaying = false; \n\t  \n\n\t  \n\tconst handleScroll = () => {\n\t\tlet windowHeight = window.innerHeight * 0.9;\n\t\tlet scrollPosition = window.scrollY;\n\t\tlet videoElements = document.querySelectorAll(\".block_anchor_section + .video-anchor video\");\n\t\tvideoElements.forEach(function(videoElement) {\n\t\t\tif (scrollPosition <= windowHeight) {\n\t\t\t\t videoElement.style.cursor = \"auto\";\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tvideoElement.style.removeProperty('cursor')\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t});\n\t}\n\t  \n\tdocument.addEventListener('scroll', scrollOnScreen());\n\t  const scrollOnScreen = () => {\n\t\t\tlet rect = fullvid.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect();\n\t\t\tlet wh = (window.innerHeight) ? window.innerHeight : document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n\n\t\t\tlet isFullyVisible = ((rect.top >= 0) && (rect.bottom <= wh));\n\n\t\t\tif (isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif(!isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.play();\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = true;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif (isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true; \/\/ Silencia el video por si se pausa\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = false;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  handleScroll()\n\n\n\t\/\/window.addEventListener(\"scroll\", handleScroll);\n\n\t\n\t  \/\/ var isIphone = \/iPhone\/.test(navigator.userAgent) &#038;&#038; !window.MSStream;\n\t  \/\/ if (isIphone) {\n\t\t\/\/ soundButton.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\/\/ fullvid.setAttribute(\"controls\", \"controls\");  \n\t  \/\/ }\n\t})(\"anchor_block_0ae14d5252aea92766dfb9286a750051\");\n\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center heading-block\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the Sea Took: Homes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Dagoberto Majano, 62, walks along the beach of Cede\u00f1o carrying a rolled-up white poster. It is a worn-out map showing the parts of Cede\u00f1o that no longer exist. One of them is his childhood home, along with the homes of many of his fellow fishermen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_691b4675cab083bc59727f1c8f838e3d\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/10_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_691b4675cab083bc59727f1c8f838e3d_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/10_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dagoberto Majano walks under the pillars of a beachfront restaurant in Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_691b4675cab083bc59727f1c8f838e3d_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dagoberto Majano shows on an old map of Cede\u00f1o where the shoreline is now. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>\"The sea came and said, \u2018This is mine, and I\u2019m taking it.\u2019 It took it, just like that. It didn\u2019t ask for documents, it didn\u2019t ask for permission\u2014it just came in and destroyed everything,\" Dagoberto recalls under the shade of makeshift plastic roofs that provide some relief from the sun on the beach of Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_45af582c8d4fc62d64ca382254cf8f2c\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/12_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_45af582c8d4fc62d64ca382254cf8f2c\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/12_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remains of houses destroyed by sea level rise on the beach of Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>A few meters away, Adriana Teye lays out her belongings to dry in the sun, soaked from the latest floods. The house where she and her husband lived for more than twenty years is now underwater. This home was an annex to a vacation house surrounded by more than 200 coconut trees, owned by a wealthy family for whom Adriana worked as a caretaker.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>She vividly remembers the day, shortly after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, when she saw it floating away with the current. Nostalgically, she looks at an old photograph of the house. \"You should have seen how beautiful it was. It was the best house. We had drinking water there. Before, we had everything here. But not anymore\u2014Cede\u00f1o is not the same as before,\" she says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_f5e2ab90ab015212fa85438361f4af0b\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_f5e2ab90ab015212fa85438361f4af0b_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adriana holds a photograph of the house she cared for, which disappeared due to rising sea levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/14_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_f5e2ab90ab015212fa85438361f4af0b_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/14_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adriana looks out to sea from the kitchen of her restaurant, located on the sand of Cede\u00f1o beach and currently closed due to the impact of the recent floods. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>With the house gone, she also lost the job that had supported her family. Now, she lives in a precarious wooden house on the beach, barely surviving with a small business that has fewer and fewer customers. Year by year, she is forced to retreat further back due to the rising sea, but she has almost no space left\u2014just a few meters away lie stagnant waters contaminated with community waste.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_63896c44d544cd8d1a151a92630eabdc\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/15_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_63896c44d544cd8d1a151a92630eabdc_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/15_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water tank and sink in a restaurant located on the sand of Cede\u00f1o beach.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/16_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_63896c44d544cd8d1a151a92630eabdc_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/16_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stagnant water next to Cede\u00f1o beach. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>For Delmis Rodr\u00edguez, 67, the loss was more recent. Her home was completely destroyed in October 2023. Its remains are still visible in the sand in front of Los Delgaditos Beach.<br><br>Google Earth satellite images show Delmis\u2019s house was at least 110 meters from the sea in 2004. \"It was very nice, it was big. But what can we do? What the sea takes is never recovered.\"<br><br>She now lives in a makeshift house built by one of her sons a few meters away. When asked if she plans to move, she replies: \u201cWe have nowhere to go, we have to live here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_2a0c16fa9b09e3b2101f316c3b596fe2\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_2a0c16fa9b09e3b2101f316c3b596fe2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delmis Rodr\u00edguez walks next to her house, destroyed by rising sea levels in the Los Delgaditos area of Cede\u00f1o. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"video_content_autoplay-block_a8eb3e0751c88e65b735f57f3e4d3c17_1367101713\" class=\"block_video_content_autoplay en\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"bgvid-block\" poster=\"\"  playsinline preload muted loop>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/google-earth-cedeno-web-ing.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"unmute-button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t(function(id) {\n\t  var fullvid = document.querySelector(\"#\" + id + \" #bgvid-block\");\n\t  \/\/ console.log({id, fullvid})\n\t  \/\/ var pauseButton = document.querySelector(\"#\" + id + \" button\");\n\t  var soundButton = document.querySelector(\"#\" + id + \" #unmute-button\");\n\t  \/\/console.log(soundButton);\n\t\n\t  if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tfullvid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\/\/ pauseButton.innerHTML = \"Paused\";\n\t  }\n\t\n\n\t  function vidFade() {\n\t\tfullvid.classList.add(\"stopfade\");\n\t  }\n\t\n\t  fullvid.addEventListener('ended', function() {\n\t\t\/\/ only functional if \"loop\" is removed \n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\/\/ to capture IE10\n\t\tvidFade();\n\t  }); \n\t  \n\t  fullvid.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t  soundButton.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\n\t  function toggleSound() {\n\t\tlet blockParent = fullvid.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement;\n\t\tif(fullvid.muted == true) {\n\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('muted');\n\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"unmuted\");\n\t\t\tfullvid.muted = false;\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('unmuted');\n\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"muted\");\n\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true;\n\t\t}\n\t  }\n\t\n\t  document.addEventListener('scroll', function(e) {\n\t\tvar rect = fullvid.getBoundingClientRect();\n\t\tvar wh = (window.innerHeight) ? 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window.innerHeight : document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n\n\t\t\tlet isFullyVisible = ((rect.top >= 0) && (rect.bottom <= wh));\n\n\t\t\tif (isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif(!isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.play();\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = true;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif (isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true; \/\/ Silencia el video por si se pausa\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = false;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  handleScroll()\n\n\n\t\/\/window.addEventListener(\"scroll\", handleScroll);\n\n\t\n\t  \/\/ var isIphone = \/iPhone\/.test(navigator.userAgent) &#038;&#038; !window.MSStream;\n\t  \/\/ if (isIphone) {\n\t\t\/\/ soundButton.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\/\/ fullvid.setAttribute(\"controls\", \"controls\");  \n\t  \/\/ }\n\t})(\"anchor_block_8b137264ce8f50989bed44dbc729c51a\");\n\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center heading-block\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the Sea Took: The School<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Among the infrastructures lost to the rising waters, one stands out: the Michel J. Hasbun School. With more than 400 students, it was the only basic education center in the area. In 2018, it stopped operating after being destroyed by floods and storm surges. Today, children attend classes in an annex that does not meet educational demand, contributing to an increasing rate of school dropouts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_254ce4e5e3de766b084bdda9b1674d23\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_254ce4e5e3de766b084bdda9b1674d23\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the now abandoned School of Cede\u00f1o\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Fanny Villagras, 13, is one of the young people who no longer go to school. Her mother, Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes, explains that the teenager left her studies to live with her partner, who is 18. \u201cLook at how the sea left everything destroyed. This is no longer ours; it belongs to the sea. The school doesn\u2019t exist anymore,\u201d she says as she walks through the ruins of the educational center.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_c4c1fe5126122801fa4e8b81455d0ae9\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/21_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_c4c1fe5126122801fa4e8b81455d0ae9_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/21_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes walks through the former school of Cede\u00f1o, now abandoned. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/31_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_c4c1fe5126122801fa4e8b81455d0ae9_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/31_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sand has accumulated over parts of the facade of what used to be Cede\u00f1o\u2019s only school.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>For community leader Dagoberto Majano, the lack of education increases the community\u2019s vulnerability: \u201cWe have so many problems with alcoholism and drug addiction. Many people are being drawn into drug sales, and it\u2019s creating conflict. There are many young people here who don\u2019t know how to read or write. They\u2019ve never been to school because their parents sent them out to fish from a very young age. But now, what happens? They go out to fish, and suddenly, they come back with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_e6f770d8f6ceb80931f4fdfc357c2883\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/22_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_e6f770d8f6ceb80931f4fdfc357c2883\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/22_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The end of the road leading to Cede\u00f1o and the beginning of the beach.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>A community as vulnerable to the effects of climate change as Cede\u00f1o is also more susceptible to organized crime and violence.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_ce42910318a27446adca84bf3aff7a18\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/23_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_ce42910318a27446adca84bf3aff7a18\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/23_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remains of the buildings that once made up the school of Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center heading-block\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the Sea Took: The Fish<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Fishing, once the foundation of Cede\u00f1o\u2019s economy, is now barely surviving due to the drastic decline in fish populations. This has been a devastating blow to the community. Dagoberto remembers how easy it was to fish decades ago: \u201cIt might sound unbelievable, but before, you could throw a fishing line into the water without any bait. When the fish saw the hook shining, they thought it was food and would bite.\u201d Now, often, he goes out fishing with others and returns empty-handed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_bad7e2f832f1ddf0051d85759d855b6c\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/24_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_bad7e2f832f1ddf0051d85759d855b6c\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/24_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fernando Cruz throws his fishing net along the shores of Cede\u00f1o\u2019s beach.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>The loss of mangroves and pollution from shrimp farms have devastated marine ecosystems. \u201cIf you collect a clam from Los Delgaditos, when you cook it, it smells like diesel,\u201d says Yeni Hern\u00e1ndez, a member of the Women\u2019s Shellfish Association. The group is working to reforest mangroves and promote sustainable tourism activities, though the road ahead is a long one.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_0489846cdd47feb09513a38a89f36bc1\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_0489846cdd47feb09513a38a89f36bc1_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerial view of the mangroves and shrimp farms near Cede\u00f1o.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_0489846cdd47feb09513a38a89f36bc1_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes, 47, replanting mangroves near the beach in Cede\u00f1o as part of the Women Fishers\u2019 Association\u2019s efforts to restore the marine ecosystem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>With no economic alternatives, Cede\u00f1o\u2019s fishermen find themselves trapped between a sea that no longer provides and a system that offers no support. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any alternative projects in the community. We only live off fishing; we have no other source of income. If we don\u2019t catch anything in the sea, we are left waiting for God\u2019s will,\u201d adds Dagoberto.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_ead839cb4fcbc4c39ad343d28a23bb46\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/27_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_ead839cb4fcbc4c39ad343d28a23bb46\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/27_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fernando Cruz displays the fish he caught with his net along the shore of Cede\u00f1o\u2019s beach.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"anchor_block_a91d0909e0432c19b7e5bf2e7fd5d102\" class=\"block_anchor_section background_image full_width full_width_mb yes_anchor_resp video  \" >\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"full-img-bg video-anchor\" id=\"back-anchor_block_a91d0909e0432c19b7e5bf2e7fd5d102\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<video id=\"bgvid-block-anchor_block_a91d0909e0432c19b7e5bf2e7fd5d102\" data-videoid=\"\" class=\"bgvid-block full_image full_width\" poster=\"\" playsinline preload loop muted >\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/28_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t<div id=\"unmute-button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar idVid = \"bgvid-block-\"+\"\";\n\tvar anchorVid = document.getElementById(idVid);\n\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tanchorVid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tanchorVid.pause();\n\t}\n\t\n\tif(anchorVid != null) {\n\t\tif (anchorVid.hasAttribute(\"controls\")) {\n\t\t anchorVid.removeAttribute(\"controls\")   \n\t  }\n\t}\n\t\n<\/script> -->\n\n<script>\n\t(function(id) {\n\tlet selectorVideo = \"#back-\" + id + \" #bgvid-block-\" + id;\n\tlet fullvid = document.querySelector(selectorVideo);\n\tlet soundButton = document.querySelector(\"#back-\" + id + \" #unmute-button\");\n\t\n\tif (!fullvid || !soundButton) return;\n\t\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tfullvid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t  }\n\t\n\n\t  function vidFade() {\n\t\tfullvid.classList.add(\"stopfade\");\n\t  }\n\t  if(fullvid) {\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener('ended', function() {\n\t\t\t\/\/ only functional if \"loop\" is removed \n\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\/\/ to capture IE10\n\t\t\tvidFade();\n\t\t}); \n\t\t\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\tsoundButton.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\t\n\t\tfunction toggleSound() {\n\t\t\tlet blockParent = fullvid.parentElement;\n\t\t\tif(fullvid.muted == true) {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('muted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"unmuted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = false;\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('unmuted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"muted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  }\n\t  \n\tlet isPlaying = false; \n\t  \n\n\t  \n\tconst handleScroll = () => {\n\t\tlet windowHeight = window.innerHeight * 0.9;\n\t\tlet scrollPosition = window.scrollY;\n\t\tlet videoElements = document.querySelectorAll(\".block_anchor_section + .video-anchor video\");\n\t\tvideoElements.forEach(function(videoElement) {\n\t\t\tif (scrollPosition <= windowHeight) {\n\t\t\t\t videoElement.style.cursor = \"auto\";\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tvideoElement.style.removeProperty('cursor')\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t});\n\t}\n\t  \n\tdocument.addEventListener('scroll', scrollOnScreen());\n\t  const scrollOnScreen = () => {\n\t\t\tlet rect = fullvid.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect();\n\t\t\tlet wh = (window.innerHeight) ? window.innerHeight : document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n\n\t\t\tlet isFullyVisible = ((rect.top >= 0) && (rect.bottom <= wh));\n\n\t\t\tif (isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif(!isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.play();\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = true;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif (isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true; \/\/ Silencia el video por si se pausa\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = false;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  handleScroll()\n\n\n\t\/\/window.addEventListener(\"scroll\", handleScroll);\n\n\t\n\t  \/\/ var isIphone = \/iPhone\/.test(navigator.userAgent) &#038;&#038; !window.MSStream;\n\t  \/\/ if (isIphone) {\n\t\t\/\/ soundButton.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\/\/ fullvid.setAttribute(\"controls\", \"controls\");  \n\t  \/\/ }\n\t})(\"anchor_block_a91d0909e0432c19b7e5bf2e7fd5d102\");\n\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center heading-block\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nowhere to Go<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>The climate crisis is driving displacement in Honduras. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioprogresohn.net\/noticias-nacionales\/cedeno-el-pueblo-pesquero-devorado-por-el-mar-y-abandonado-por-el-estado\/\">study<\/a> by the Honduran Alliance for Climate Change reveals that 95% of families in the southern region have at least one relative who has been displaced due to climate-related impacts, such as loss of livelihoods and difficulties accessing basic services like food. In Cede\u00f1o, this is evident: every person interviewed has family members who have left.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>In Honduras, this factor is compounded by forced displacement due to violence. By mid-2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/refugee-statistics\/download?data_finder%5BdataGroup%5D=displacement&amp;data_finder%5Bdataset%5D=population&amp;data_finder%5BdisplayType%5D=totals&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B0%5D=REF&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B1%5D=ASY&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B2%5D=IDP&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B3%5D=OIP&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B4%5D=STA&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B5%5D=HST&amp;data_finder%5BpopulationType%5D%5B6%5D=OOC&amp;data_finder%5Byear__filterType%5D=range&amp;data_finder%5Byear__rangeFrom%5D=2019&amp;data_finder%5Byear__rangeTo%5D=2024&amp;data_finder%5Bcoo__displayType%5D=custom&amp;data_finder%5Bcoo__country%5D%5B0%5D=83&amp;data_finder%5Bcoo__country%5D%5B1%5D=83&amp;data_finder%5Bcoa__displayType%5D=doNotDisplay&amp;data_finder%5Byear__%5D=&amp;data_finder%5Bcoo__%5D=&amp;data_finder%5Bcoa__%5D=&amp;data_finder%5Badvanced__%5D=&amp;data_finder%5Bsubmit%5D=&amp;data-finder=on&amp;sort%5Brefugees%5D=asc\">more than 247,000 Hondurans had been internally displaced<\/a> due to violence and criminal activities, including extortion, mobility restrictions, gender-based violence, and the forced recruitment of children and teenagers. Additionally, more than 338,000 Hondurans are refugees or have applied for asylum abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_ebb0b6c50745fc8f5de25d4a94398e3f\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/29_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_ebb0b6c50745fc8f5de25d4a94398e3f\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/29_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several families from Honduras approach the wall separating Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, most intending to seek asylum in the U.S., December 30, 2018.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a9 Santi Palacios for Sonda Internacional<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Edwin Cruz, 33, fled to Cede\u00f1o at age 10 after criminal groups broke into his family\u2019s home in Tegucigalpa, the capital, and killed his parents. He witnessed their murders while hiding under the bed. Not knowing where to go, he ran to the city market and boarded a bus to Cede\u00f1o because he had always heard about its beaches but had never seen the sea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>\u201cI cried when I saw the sea. It was pure joy for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_f4df7fdd8eeeb7abc4cb1e300c4ccda3\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/30_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_f4df7fdd8eeeb7abc4cb1e300c4ccda3\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/30_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edwin Cruz, 33, Kenia Elizabeth Reyes, 17, and Carla Lariza Reyes, 8, Cede\u00f1o residents, pass the time on the beach near their homes. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>With the community\u2019s support, Edwin learned to read, write, and fish. But now, he faces displacement once again, as his wooden house stands just meters from the shore. Every year, the sea creeps closer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Edwin cannot imagine a future anywhere but Cede\u00f1o, which he considers his home. \u201cI like Cede\u00f1o because it\u2019s a peaceful village. There\u2019s no danger here. I\u2019ve never even thought of leaving. Never,\u201d he says. But he acknowledges that he may not have a choice in the future, \u201cbecause the sea keeps advancing, reclaiming what belongs to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_ce47ca5fea268f4743761870e6eb4af5\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/32_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_ce47ca5fea268f4743761870e6eb4af5\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/32_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edwin Cruz lights the fire to cook in his house located on the sand of Cede\u00f1o beach.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Edwin's situation is a paradigm of what millions of people around the world endure. About <a href=\"https:\/\/dataviz.unhcr.org\/es\/product-gallery\/2024\/11\/sin-escape\/\">90 million<\/a> forcibly displaced people live in countries with high to extreme exposure to climate-related hazards, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Nearly half of all forcibly displaced people suffer the burden of both conflict and the adverse effects of climate change. For people already affected by violence, like Edwin, climate change represents yet another injustice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Climate change could force up to 56,400 people within Honduras to relocate by 2050, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/91160c76-1202-47db-b32f-02f90902f1d2\/content\">World Bank figures<\/a>, adding to the already large internally displaced population. These forced displacements come with additional risks, as people tend to move to cities with high levels of violence and control by criminal organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_e43b4c819a5f5b7d5eb0a4c0c5b730c8\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/33_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_e43b4c819a5f5b7d5eb0a4c0c5b730c8_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/33_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The road connecting the city of Choluteca with the town of Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/34_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_e43b4c819a5f5b7d5eb0a4c0c5b730c8_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/34_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A view of one of the hills in the city of Tegucigalpa. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>During the last floods, Edwin\u2019s house was completely submerged. \u201cIt was sad for me because every corner got wet. I slept like a little chick, a drenched little chick, until they came to put a sheet of metal on my roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>The extremely precarious living conditions add more pressure to life. \u201cRight now, the fishing situation is that there\u2019s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing,\u201d Edwin says. \u201cAt night I think. I hold the hunger in my stomach. When I wake up in the morning, I look for a way to put something in my stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"two_images-block_0096582e74df01fbed54de411b2c62f2\" class=\"block_two_images\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/35_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_0096582e74df01fbed54de411b2c62f2_1\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/35_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edwin Cruz cooking for himself and some of his neighbors in his home on the sandy shores of Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/36_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"two_images-block_0096582e74df01fbed54de411b2c62f2_2\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/36_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"sonda internacional\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edwin Cruz cooking for himself and some of his neighbors in his home on the sandy shores of Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Edwin hopes that if the sea ever reaches his home, a neighbor will lend him a new place to live. But if that doesn\u2019t happen, he knows he will have to move again. If that eventuates, there is one place he is certain he will never return: Tegucigalpa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_36457a1e91885f6e895423f82367419a\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/37_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_36457a1e91885f6e895423f82367419a\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/37_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A view of Cede\u00f1o beach through a hole in the wooden planks that form the facade of Edwin Cruz&#8217;s house.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"sonda_quote-block_201af5c43fd06e8c9a8ec87e4454cc23\" class=\"block_sonda_quote quote_bg_no-image\" style=\"background-image: url()\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-10\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your dreams?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy dreams? My dream is to leave.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote_footnote\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>While Edwin dreams of staying in Cede\u00f1o, others in the community believe the only way to survive is to leave. In 2018, Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes risked her life traveling to the United States with her daughter Fanny due to the lack of fish, which had affected her food business. After her daughter suffered an accident and was in a coma for 16 days, Mar\u00eda Luisa fell into depression and returned to Cede\u00f1o. Coming back meant starting from scratch, but now her only goal is to leave again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_c3a6bb250fa01c53e5b33fc3e9dd6381\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/38_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_c3a6bb250fa01c53e5b33fc3e9dd6381\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/38_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes, 47, and her 13-year-old daughter Fanny Villagras pose for a portrait in their home in Cede\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>\u201cLook, there is nothing here. Absolutely nothing. We do nothing. There is nothing. The town is empty because people have left due to the needs we face here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_22d6bf2baf91880a9d0c38c1cccafd69\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/39_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_22d6bf2baf91880a9d0c38c1cccafd69\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/39_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman carrying a baby walks past the ruins of homes affected by rising sea levels on Cede\u00f1o beach. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"anchor_block_323eb092982c8d0c697908d49289b2a1\" class=\"block_anchor_section background_image full_width full_width_mb yes_anchor_resp image  \" >\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<div class=\"full-img-bg img_block_anchor_section\" id=\"back-anchor_block_323eb092982c8d0c697908d49289b2a1\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image full_width\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-original-height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/40_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar idVid = \"bgvid-block-\"+\"\";\n\tvar anchorVid = document.getElementById(idVid);\n\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tanchorVid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tanchorVid.pause();\n\t}\n\t\n\tif(anchorVid != null) {\n\t\tif (anchorVid.hasAttribute(\"controls\")) {\n\t\t anchorVid.removeAttribute(\"controls\")   \n\t  }\n\t}\n\t\n<\/script> -->\n\n<script>\n\t(function(id) {\n\tlet selectorVideo = \"#back-\" + id + \" #bgvid-block-\" + id;\n\tlet fullvid = document.querySelector(selectorVideo);\n\tlet soundButton = document.querySelector(\"#back-\" + id + \" #unmute-button\");\n\t\n\tif (!fullvid || !soundButton) return;\n\t\n\tif (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion)').matches) {\n\t\tfullvid.removeAttribute(\"autoplay\");\n\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t  }\n\t\n\n\t  function vidFade() {\n\t\tfullvid.classList.add(\"stopfade\");\n\t  }\n\t  if(fullvid) {\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener('ended', function() {\n\t\t\t\/\/ only functional if \"loop\" is removed \n\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\/\/ to capture IE10\n\t\t\tvidFade();\n\t\t}); \n\t\t\n\t\tfullvid.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\tsoundButton.addEventListener(\"click\", toggleSound);\n\t\t\n\t\tfunction toggleSound() {\n\t\t\tlet blockParent = fullvid.parentElement;\n\t\t\tif(fullvid.muted == true) {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('muted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"unmuted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = false;\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.remove('unmuted');\n\t\t\t\t\tblockParent.classList.add(\"muted\");\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  }\n\t  \n\tlet isPlaying = false; \n\t  \n\n\t  \n\tconst handleScroll = () => {\n\t\tlet windowHeight = window.innerHeight * 0.9;\n\t\tlet scrollPosition = window.scrollY;\n\t\tlet videoElements = document.querySelectorAll(\".block_anchor_section + .video-anchor video\");\n\t\tvideoElements.forEach(function(videoElement) {\n\t\t\tif (scrollPosition <= windowHeight) {\n\t\t\t\t videoElement.style.cursor = \"auto\";\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tvideoElement.style.removeProperty('cursor')\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t});\n\t}\n\t  \n\tdocument.addEventListener('scroll', scrollOnScreen());\n\t  const scrollOnScreen = () => {\n\t\t\tlet rect = fullvid.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect();\n\t\t\tlet wh = (window.innerHeight) ? window.innerHeight : document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n\n\t\t\tlet isFullyVisible = ((rect.top >= 0) && (rect.bottom <= wh));\n\n\t\t\tif (isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif(!isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.play();\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = true;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!isFullyVisible){\n\t\t\t\tif (isPlaying) {\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.pause();\n\t\t\t\t\tfullvid.muted = true; \/\/ Silencia el video por si se pausa\n\t\t\t\t\tisPlaying = false;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t  handleScroll()\n\n\n\t\/\/window.addEventListener(\"scroll\", handleScroll);\n\n\t\n\t  \/\/ var isIphone = \/iPhone\/.test(navigator.userAgent) &#038;&#038; !window.MSStream;\n\t  \/\/ if (isIphone) {\n\t\t\/\/ soundButton.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\/\/ fullvid.setAttribute(\"controls\", \"controls\");  \n\t  \/\/ }\n\t})(\"anchor_block_323eb092982c8d0c697908d49289b2a1\");\n\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center heading-block\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing the Sea<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>\u201cWe have to live with the risk,\u201d says Dagoberto about what the community can do. As a member of the Local Emergency Committee, he advocates for municipal authorities to support Cede\u00f1o. While emergency aid is critical during storm surges and floods, long-term solutions are needed. For him, there is only one: \u201cThe solution we\u2019re asking for is relocation. We\u2019re not asking for food rations. Yes, a ration will sustain us for a week, but the next week, we\u2019re back in the same situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"image_content-block_b49ac82e34622f4390619f283f98dfa3\" class=\"block_image_content background_image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-img-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/41_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"image_content-block_b49ac82e34622f4390619f283f98dfa3\" data-title=\"\" class=\"img-lightbox-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_image\" src=\"https:\/\/sondainternacional.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/41_santi-palacios_cedeno_honduras_sonda-internacional.jpg\" alt=\"Sonda\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents of Cede\u00f1o. Left to right: Edwin Cruz, Mar\u00eda Luisa Montes, Fernando Cruz, Leydis Herrera, Fanny Villagras, Benjam\u00edn Herrera, Adriana, David Lago, Dagoberto Majano, Kenia Elizabeth Reyes, Emelindo Moreno, and Delmis Rodr\u00edguez.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"info-icon\" class=\"info-icon\" href=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Mar\u00eda Luisa, meanwhile, gathers with the Women\u2019s Shellfish Association to replant mangroves. \u201cYou know, mangroves give life to our shellfish, the curiles, the clams. Planting is what I love most. Up to 40 of us go out to plant, and we feel happy, motivated.\u201d Together, they are also planning an educational and sustainable tourism project to show people how climate change is affecting Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 pb-1\">\n<p>Meanwhile, the ocean continues to advance, taking homes, livelihoods, and fragments of history with each tide. The climate crisis is also a human crisis. In Cede\u00f1o, it is not measured in reports but in every wave that reaches farther than the last, in every family forced to move. 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