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	Honduras - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
		Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and an independent republic with the demise of the union in 1840.
		Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/o/n/Honduras.html (1728 words)

	Honduras (10/06)
		Honduras is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America, with nearly two-thirds of Hondurans living in poverty.
		Honduras is a strong proponent of Central American cooperation and integration, and continues to work towards the implementation of a regional customs union and Central American passport, which would ease border controls and tariffs among Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
		Honduras continues to participate in the UN observer mission in the Western Sahara, contributed 370 troops for the reconstruction of Iraq, and remains interested in participating in other UN peacekeeping missions.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1922.htm (3979 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Honduras: Elections and events 1980-1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Posas 1980: "The Partido Liberal won a surprise victory in the elections of April 20, 1980...The victory was the result of a surprisingly large turnout for the elections, estimated to be 75 percent, and reflected a strong repudiation of the conservatives and the military hierarchy" (page 56).
		Observance of Honduran national elections 1982: "The interim government selected by the Assembly to rule the nation until the November 1981 election is jointly composed of officials named by the major political parties and representatives of the military.
		In previous elections, the practice of split-party voting was not allowed, and the mayors were elected based on the percentage of the vote received by the presidential candidates.
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/honduras/1980-1999.html (9021 words)

	Elections in Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Honduras elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature.
		Honduras has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties: the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH).
		The election for president and other national and local offices was held on 27 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Honduras (611 words)

	OAS observes elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OAS Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi attended the inauguration of President Ricardo Maduro of Honduras on January 27, two months after Maduro was elected to that country’s highest office.
		The OAS deployed a large observation mission for the November 25 elections, in which citizens also voted for national legislators, municipal councils and other offices.
		On election day, outgoing Honduran President Carlos Flores greets Guillermo Molina, who heads the OAS national office in Tegucigalpa, and leaders of the observation mission, Elizabeth Spehar and Diego Paz.
	www.oas.org /OASNews/2002/English/Jan_Feb/art4.html (210 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras is a independent country in northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
		During the 1980s, Honduras was used by anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas.
		Unfortunately, Honduran politics are plagued with over-marketed political campaigns, unclear political positions, lack of measurable goals, and a lack of understanding from a majority of the population on the importance of democracy and the election process.
	www.creekin.net /n81-honduras.html (1318 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras gained independence from Spain in 1821 and was briefly a part of Mexico.
		Honduras is a democratic nation, led by a president who is elected popularly every four years.
		The constitution of the Republic is the basis for all laws in Honduras.
	www.hth.org /hondurasinformation.html (1462 words)

	HONDURAS.COM - Fantasy Politics - September, 1999
		Although Maduro was not born in Honduras but rather in Panama, his mother is a Honduran citizen and therefore he has the constitutional right to become president.
		We do not doubt Maduro's competence and loyalty to Honduras one iota, and liken his citizenship to the traditional Jewish lineage where one is considered to be a member of Judaism through one's mother; after all, one is always certain who is the mother, the father is another matter.
		Furthermore, Honduras is such a poor country that the social security system is broke and provides little or no coverage to its citizens.
	www.honduras.com /politics/archive/index009.html (1746 words)

	Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Honduras declared independence from Spain the 15th of September 1821 with the rest of the Central America provinces, in 1822 the Central American State anexed to the newly declared Mexican Empire of
		Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at
		Honduras is not only located in the heart of Central America, it also straddles two major cultural areas.
	www.scuba-diving-roatan.com /honduras.htm (2177 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		Honduran elections and democracy, withered by Washington: a report on past and present elections in Honduras, and an evaluation of the last five years of constitutional rule.
		Observance of Honduran national elections: report of a congressional study mission November 28-30, 1981 submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. House of Representatives.
		All material contained in Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/honduras/sources.html (1483 words)

	HONDURAS.COM - Fantasy Politics - November, 1999
		JAK of all Trades - May, 2000 Insightful information about driving to Honduras from the US via Mexico, Belize and Guatemala entering the country on the coastal highway at Corintho, near Omoa.
		The politics regarding aid is examined, plus skyrocketing market prices for local fruits and vegetables and the closing of businesses with the inevitable migration of workers to the US in search of new opportunities.
		Predicts the winner of the next presidential elections of Honduras scheduled for November, 2002.
	www.honduras.com /politics (456 words)

	Honduras - The Electoral Process
		To be eligible, a justice must be Honduran by birth, a lawyer, a member of the bar association, more than thirty-five years of age, enjoy the rights of citizenship, and have held the post of trial judge or a judge on a court of appeals for at least five years.
		As provided for in the constitution and in the country's Electoral and Political Organizations Law, the National Elections Tribunal (Tribunal Nacional de Elecciones--TNE) is an autonomous and independent body, with jurisdiction throughout the country and with responsibility for the organization and conduct of elections.
		Despite the charges, observers maintained that the elections would probably be as legitimate as the past four elections (Constituent Assembly elections in 1980 and national elections in 1981, 1985, and 1989), which were conducted without serious irregularities.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/89.htm (1058 words)

	Politics of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The gangs are rooted in the poverty of Honduras, and in the ready availabity of crack cocaine.
		Honduras is not only a transit point for cocaine running between Colombia and the United States but also has an internal market, creating all sorts of inner city urban problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Honduras (1396 words)

	Honduran History
		Spanish Conquest: Twenty-two years after the arrival of Columbus, Honduras became the object of dispute between the Spanish of Panama and the Spanish of Mexico, both of whom were obsessed with the natural wealth of Honduras: its gold and silver.
		In the 1870's, the first institute of higher learning, the National Autonomous University of Honduras, was founded, the railroad from Puerto Cortes to San Pedro Sula was built, and the capital was moved to Tegucigalpa, ending a long rivalry with Comayagua.
		In 1981, international pressure led to relatively fair elections and Honduras was returned to parliamentary democracy.
	www.missionhonduras.com /Overview/honduranhistory.htm (1035 words)

	Remarks Following Discussions With President Roberto Suazo Cordova of Honduras
		Honduras and the United States both back a comprehensive solution based on full, verifiable implementation of the Contadora document of objectives, including dialog to achieve national reconciliation through democratic elections.
		Honduras is a friendly nation facing a serious threat of Communist aggression and subversion.
		Honduras is on the path to democracy -- a course which will in the long run ensure its people the fruits of freedom and prosperity.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1985/52185e.htm (1065 words)

	Honduras
		Ricardo Maduro Joest of the National Party won the 2001 presidential elections by 8 percent, and was inaugurated in 2002.
		The United States is Honduras' chief trading partner, with two-way trade in goods increasing to $7 billion in 2005.
		The largest U.S. investments in Honduras are in the maquila sector, fruit production (particularly bananas, melons, and pineapple), tourism, energy generation, shrimp culture, animal feed production, telecommunications, fuel distribution, cigar manufacturing, insurance, brewing, leasing, food processing, and furniture manufacturing.
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/honduras.html (2963 words)

	Honduras News.Net
		Hanukkah in Honduras: A menorah flickers in Roatan
		Honduras News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		Links to Honduras sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
	www.hondurasnews.net (832 words)

	Electoral Observation
		By observing an electoral process before, during and after election day—including aspects such as election administration, the political campaign and freedom of speech—electoral observation missions become partners in strengthening democracy and improving the transparency of political systems.
		In the days or weeks leading up to the election, observers meet with leaders of the political parties, candidates, government officials and ordinary citizens to assess the entire process.
		Most recently, the OAS observed general elections in Honduras in November 2001 and was on hand in Nicaragua on two separate occasions: the November 2001 general elections and the March 2002 electoral contest in that country's Atlantic Coast Region.
	www.oas.org /Assembly2001/assembly/gaassembly2000/GAelections.htm (615 words)

	Honduras This Week National
		He says Honduras should stop contracting loans from international financial organisms when there is no guarantee that the use of such funds will be really yielding.
		TEGUCIGALPA -- With eight days left before the general elections in Honduras, we are living through moments of festivity, thankfulness, and tension: the traditional political parties, the Liberal and National parties, have started a fierce competition, only one of which will emerge victorious.
		He is a co-founder of the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras, which was born in 1968, as well as of the Central General de Trabajadores and the Union Nacional de Campesinos labor unions.
	www.marrder.com /htw/2001nov/national.htm (10099 words)

	LATIN AMERICA - Will Year of Elections Shift Region Further to the Left? (Diego Cevallos, IPS) - AlterInfos - América ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the presidential elections to be held this Sunday in Honduras, the polls predict that the present speaker of Congress, Porfirio Lobo, who is the candidate of the governing National Party, will take first place and Manuel Zelaya, of the opposition Liberal Party, will come in second.
		She is followed by former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), even though he is not legally allowed to run in the elections and is actually in prison in Chile where he awaits extradition to Peru on 21 charges of corruption and human rights abuses.
		Serra, the mayor of Sao Paulo, was defeated by Lula in the 2002 elections.
	www.alterinfos.org /article.php3?id_article=112 (1411 words)

	Honduras the Electoral Process
		Active-duty members of any armed body are not eligible if they have performed their functions during the previous twelve months before the election.
		Since the country returned to civilian democratic rule in 1982, national elections in Honduras have been held every four years for the presidency, the National Congress, and municipal officials.
		Subsequently, however, for the 1989 elections, separate party primaries were required to elect the candidates, resulting in just one candidate from each party.
	www.country-studies.com /honduras/the-electoral-process.html (1050 words)

	MS Central America - Honduras elections 2005
		During his election campaign, Manuel Zelaya, new president of Honduras, promised to empower citizens.
		The Electoral Law states that thirty percent of the candidates on the party slates should be women, but no party complies.
		However, in the opinion of journalist Manuel Torres, civil society in Honduras is gaining ground.
	www.ms.dk /sw13389.asp (118 words)

	Honduras This Week Central America
		The former Sandinista president Daniel Ortega won last week's elections in Nicaragua with 38 percent of the vote when 92 percent of the ballots had been counted, according to official sources.
		Before the elections, the U.S. embassy in Managua had been openly campaigning against Ortega and in favor of Montealegre, who represents the bank sector.
		In Honduras, the Nicaraguan elections have been followed closely with the establishment wondering how a victory of the former guerilla leader - and the following U.S. reaction - would affect the increasingly integrated Central American region.
	www.marrder.com /htw/central.htm (678 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; June 2, 1995
		"In Honduras, we are never going to retreat in the moral revolution," he said.
		Government advisor Enrique Ortez said corruption is "an endemic disease" in Honduras, which would require "a very large collective effort" to eradicate.
		And, Economy Minister Delmer Panting said combatting corruption is "the job of the entire national community." But chief prosecutor Edmundo Orellana said he "was convinced that nobody was going to be sent to prison" for corruption.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h95/notisur.19950602.html (2722 words)

	Zelaya declared winner in Honduras election - Americas - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A wealthy landowner who promised to battle corruption was declared Honduras’ president-elect Monday by an election official from his party, but the results were immediately contested by his opponent and a rival election official.
		Traditionally, the results of national elections in Honduras are tallied rapidly by computer and released the same day of the vote.
		Sunday’s balloting was the seventh consecutive democratic election for this country, which abandoned more than two decades of military rule in 1981.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10238868 (871 words)

	Honduras: Country Information
		Elections in Honduras - Elections in Honduras - Results of the last election in Honduras and links to parliaments and parties.
		Maps of Honduras - Maps of Honduras - A large number of differing Honduras maps, including city maps.
		Election results, description of political parties, constitutions, information on executive, legislative and judicial branches, comparative constitutional study, electoral laws.
	www.escapeartist.com /honduras/country.html (309 words)

	CBS News \| 300 Lawyers to Probe Honduran Elections
		(AP) Honduras' ruling party said it had enlisted 300 lawyers to check results of the country's disputed presidential election for evidence of fraud.
		With nearly 80 percent of the ballots counted, opposition Liberal Party candidate Manuel Zelaya had 49.7 percent compared to 46.2 percent for ruling National Party candidate Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
		"We are analyzing the results of the elections to determine our future actions," said National Party attorney Ivis Discua.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/12/02/ap/world/mainD8E7UKL82.shtml (348 words)

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