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Krausirpi (also spelt Krausirpe) is a village in the department of Gracias a Dios, Honduras. The village is located on the bank of the Patuca River in Tawahka Asagni Biosphere Reserve. While part of the municipality of Wampusirpi, the town of Wampusirpi is located 30 kilometers away and is the nearest market town to Krausirpi.Goḿez Suárez, Águeda. Movilización política indígena en las selvas latinoamericanas: los tawahka de la Mosquitia centroamericana. México: Plaza y Valdés, 2003. p. 133Godoy, Ricardo A. Indians, Markets, and Rainforests Theory, Methods, Analysis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. pp. 39, 53 The village could only be reached by boat until 2020, when an illicit road was cut through the Tawahka Asagni Reserve.Rivas, Ramón D. Pueblos indígenas y garífuna de Honduras: (una caracterización). Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Editorial Guaymuras, 1993. pp. 386–387 Krausirpi is the centre of the Tawahka people.Goḿez Suárez, Águeda. Movilización política indígena en las selvas latinoamericanas: los tawahka de la Mosquitia centroamericana. México: Plaza y Valdés, 2003. p. 111
Around the time of the Honduran-Nicaraguan border conflict of 1958–1959, the government of Honduras founded a school in Krausirpi.Goḿez Suárez, Águeda. Movilización política indígena en las selvas latinoamericanas: los tawahka de la Mosquitia centroamericana. México: Plaza y Valdés, 2003. pp. 145–146
Another wave of migration from Yapuwas to Krausirpi took place in the early 1960s, as a number of Ladinos (escaping from law enforcement) had reached Yapuwas.Goḿez Suárez, Águeda. Movilización política indígena en las selvas latinoamericanas: los tawahka de la Mosquitia centroamericana. México: Plaza y Valdés, 2003. pp. 126–129 In 1967 Moravian Church sent pastors to Krausirpi and built a church there.Tillman, Benjamin F. Imprints on Native Lands: The Miskito-Moravian Settlement Landscape in Honduras. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2011. pp. 31–32Tillman, Benjamin F. La influencia morava en el paisaje de la Mosquitia hondureña. Tegucigalpa: Guaymuras, 2004. p. 75
In 1989, the National Agrarian Institute issued a guarantee of protected lands for the Tawahkas, extending some 7,500 hectares in the surroundings of Krausirpi. In 1992, a health sub-centre was built in the village. That same year, the first attempt to launch Krausirpi as an ecotourism destination was launched.
In the early 2000s, Krausirpi and the surrounding Mosquitia region became epicenters for the illegal drug trade. Fueled by profits of cocaine smuggling and money laundering, deforestation increased dramatically to accommodate cattle ranching. The administration of president Xiomara Castro ordered the construction of a control post in the village to attempt to control the rampant deforestation in the nature reserve.
Krausirpi is divided into two distinct areas, a Tawahka settlement and an area inhabited by Miskito people. The village hosts one Catholic church.
Krausirpi, with its surroundings, is one of three electoral sectors in Wampusirpi municipality. In the 2009 presidential election Elvin Santos obtained 152 votes in the sector, Porfirio Lobo 124 votes, Cesar Ham 9 votes, Felicito Avila 3 votes and Bernard Martinez 3 votes.Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Detalle de votación
Cocoa bean is grown in the area.Godoy, Ricardo A. Indians, Markets, and Rainforests Theory, Methods, Analysis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. p. 56 Cacao farming began in the 1980s, when a non-governmental organization distributed hybrid seedlings.Godoy, Ricardo A. Indians, Markets, and Rainforests Theory, Methods, Analysis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. p. 52 Community leaders have sought to promote eco-tourism in the area, but with little success.Benhwick, Greg, and Gary Chandler. Honduras & the Bay Islands. Footscray, Vic: Lonely Planet, 2010. p. 252
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