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What is the Próspera case about?
Honduras Próspera Inc., St. John’s Bay Development Company LLC, and Próspera Arbitration Center LLC are pursuing a case against the Republic of Honduras at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). It is registered as Case ARB/23/2.
The dispute concerns Honduras’s ZEDE framework. ZEDEs—Spanish for “Zones for Employment and Economic Development”—were special zones established under Honduran law. Honduras’s Congress adopted measures in April 2022 to repeal that framework. In 2024, the Honduran Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber found it unconstitutional; the tribunal’s published account describes the ruling’s procedural history.
The claimants challenge the repeal measures and the effects of the 2024 ruling. They say Honduras’s actions violated investor protections. Those are allegations to be decided in the arbitration, not findings that Honduras has breached its obligations.
Who is claiming what?
The claimants invoke protections under the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and a Legal Stability Agreement. They say the agreement provided protections against changes to the ZEDE framework and supports their claim for monetary compensation.
Honduras has argued that the Legal Stability Agreement was not binding on the Republic. The tribunal’s published procedural decision recounts these competing positions; that account does not itself establish that the agreement is enforceable, that Honduras breached it, or that the claimants are entitled to damages.
How much are the claimants seeking?
The figures differ because they come from different dates and describe different valuation approaches. Próspera’s October 22, 2025 statement describes restoration of rights under the ZEDE framework as its preferred remedy and gives a monetary alternative. The figures below are claimant or third-party reporting, not amounts awarded by a tribunal.
| Figure | What it represents | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Up to US$10.7 billion | Próspera’s description of the original estimate in the Request for Arbitration under a total-loss scenario. | Honduras Próspera Inc., October 22, 2025. |
| US$1.6 billion | Próspera’s stated alternative compensation figure if it does not obtain its preferred remedy of restoring rights under the ZEDE framework. | Honduras Próspera Inc., October 22, 2025. |
| US$10.775 billion | A claim amount discussed in a 2024 report, which compared it with roughly one-third of Honduras’s 2023 GDP. This is historical reporting, not the later figure Próspera described in 2025. | Transnational Institute, 2024. |
The amounts should not be added together or treated as a settled range. In particular, the US$1.6 billion figure is an alternative to the remedy Próspera says it prefers; neither amount is a ruling on what Honduras owes.
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The claimants submitted their Request for Arbitration in December 2022, and ICSID registered the case on February 3, 2023. On February 26, 2025, the tribunal issued a decision addressing a preliminary objection by Honduras concerning exhaustion of local remedies—the question of whether the claimants had to pursue remedies in Honduran courts before bringing their claims in arbitration.
That decision was procedural, not a final award on whether Honduras violated the asserted protections or what damages, if any, are due. The case page lists a September 9, 2026 procedural order inviting amicus curiae submissions—written contributions from people or organizations that are not parties. That entry is evidence of further procedural activity, not a decision on liability or compensation.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Could the claim make Honduras bankrupt?
A payable award of the scale discussed could create substantial fiscal exposure for a country. The Transnational Institute’s 2024 comparison put the then-reported US$10.775 billion claim at roughly one-third of Honduras’s 2023 GDP. That comparison indicates the scale of the claim relative to one year of economic output; it does not show that Honduras has gone bankrupt or establish what paying an award would do to public finances.
Several steps separate a claim from a fiscal payment: the tribunal must decide the legal issues, determine whether any compensation is due, and establish its amount. The damages figures have also been presented on different bases. The information available here does not establish the eventual award, whether any award would be paid, or the consequences for Honduras’s solvency. “Could bankrupt” is therefore a risk framing, not a demonstrated outcome.
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