[2] Her husband was involved in politics and strongly supported the liberal opposition in his writings, resulting in the family's persecution by the government.

Navas' friend and fellow writer Ramón Amaya Amador extended the offer to her to take refuge in La Ceiba and to publish the newspaper Costa Norte.

In 1935 to help make ends meet, Navas founded a weekly newspaper La voz de Atlántida,[2] which was a publication focused on Pan-American arts, literature and science.

[4] It was considered the first feminist journal in Honduras,[5] covering topics such as aging, domestic abuse, incest, rape, homeless youth, and the subordination of women.

It addressed the distress that accompanied their relocation from their traditional villages for better working opportunities and looked at the exploitation of the national territory by foreigners.

In the first chapter, titled 'Oro Verde' (Green Gold), it describes the coast of Atlantis, the landscape, and the lifestyle of Atlantians, highlighting the banana plantations.