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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurelio Martínez Suazo, March 2011 (Judith Burrows/Getty Images) Aurelio Martínez Suazo, the Honduran musician who championed his ...

Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture known as Garifuna. According to his spokesperson, Martinez and 11 other ...

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 ...

“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, ...

Andy Palacio was known as much for his music as for his impact on Belize and the promotion of its rich traditions and cultures. For his latest album, Palacio abandoned mainstream Latin-American ...

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 ...