Honduras weighs shift in China-Taiwan ties as Trump pushes for US dominance in Latin America

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after Honduras parted ways with Taiwan and forged diplomatic ties with China in hope of economic gain, shrimp farmers in the Central American country are in revolt.

Their sales to Taiwan fell to a mere $16 million in 2025, down from more than $100 million in 2022, and the Chinese didn’t fill the void as hoped.

“We were deceived,” said Javier Amador, executive director of the National Aquaculture Association of Honduras, as he described the promises from...