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	Comparative Criminology \| North America - Honduras
		Honduras, along with the other Central American provinces, gained independence from Spain in 1821; the country then briefly was annexed to the Mexican Empire.
		Each department capital and municipalities with populations of more than 4,000 are supposed to have two justices, and municipalities with populations less than 4,000 are supposed to have one justice of the peace.
		Honduras has limited customs controls, underpaid border officials, and a high volume of legitimate commercial vehicular traffic, so it is particularly vulnerable to the overland movement of illegal drugs.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/namerica/honduras.html (10264 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.
		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.
		Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at $US2050 per year (1999)..
	creekin.net /n81-honduras.html (1318 words)

	Honduras: An Overview
		Honduras lacked Guatemala's notoriously wealthy oligarchy and, unlike El Salvador where "14 families" were said to run the country, the Honduran rich never exerted such extensive dominance.
		Honduras is known to many as the original "banana republic." This disparaging term has also been applied to other Latin American nations who depend economically on the cultivation of bananas as an export crop.
		Honduras is the only Central American country that shares a border with three of the other Central American Republics: Guatemala sits to the northwest, El Salvador to the west and Nicaragua to the southeast.
	www.duyure.org /honduras.htm (5023 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 (3947 words)

	THE COMDE: A PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL POWER MODALITY
		Guajiquiro forms an enclave in a mountain region known as La Sierra which is one of the poorest in Honduras, with an indigenous population whose per capita income, according to a 1990 study, is just 28% of the national average.
		The town is located 140 km southwest of Tegucigalpa, in the department of La Paz, at an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level on the slopes of the cordillera known as La Sierra.
		In the early 1960s the municipality was reintroduced in public administration; however, the mayors continued to be appointed in the same way as were the local district chiefs and their sphere of authority and responsibility was so limited that they were nothing more than a third or fourth-line administrator in the governmental structure.
	srdis.ciesin.org /cases/honduras-002.html (1528 words)

	'Honduras'
		Honduras, located at the widest part of the isthmus of Central America, is the second largest Central American republic.
		The 735-kilometer northern boundary is the Caribbean coast extending from the mouth of the Río Motagua on the west to the mouth of the Río Coco on the east, at Cabo Gracias a Dios.
		Honduras had become the world's leading producer of the fruit, accounting for one-third of the world's supply of bananas.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/americas/honduras/Honduras-Home.htm (688 words)

	OHCHR: Spanish (Español) - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Los hombres y las mujeres, a partir de la edad núbil, tienen derecho, sin restricción alguna por motivos de raza, nacionalidad o religión, a casarse y fundar una familia; y disfrutarán de iguales derechos en cuanto al matrimonio, durante el matrimonio y en caso de disolución del matrimonio.
		Toda persona, como miembro de la sociedad, tiene derecho a la seguridad social, y a obtener, mediante el esfuerzo nacional y la cooperación internacional, habida cuenta de la organización y los recursos de cada Estado, la satisfacción de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales, indispensables a su dignidad y al libre desarrollo de su personalidad.
		La maternidad y la infancia tienen derecho a cuidados y asistencia especiales.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/spn.htm (1689 words)

	Honduras, Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Honduras acceded to Amended Protocol II (Landmines) of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) on 30 October 2003, but it did not participate in the Fifth Annual Conference of States Parties held in November 2003.
		Honduras reported that at the end of 2003, mine clearance in the country was 96 percent completed, with 2,189 mines cleared and destroyed.
		Honduras has reported its domestic contributions to mine action to be: $250,974 in 1999; $280,796 in 2000; $333,224 in 2001; and $549,488 in 2002.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/honduras (3454 words)

	Honduras - Population Density (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The five mountainous departments bordering El Salvador (Ocotepeque, Lempira, Intibucá, La Paz, and Valle) have a much higher population density than the four sparsely populated departments in the east (Colón, Olancho, Gracias a Dios, and El Paraíso).
		In 1989 the department of Cortés, on the west bank of the Río Ulúa, had a population density of 188 inhabitants per square kilometer.
		Honduras is the only country in Central America with an urban population distributed between two large centers.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/41.htm (232 words)

	Honduras, hotels, cars, information, tips
		Honduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
		Part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and became an independent republic at the demise of the union in 1840.
		The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
	www.flights-and-hotels.com /honduras/index.htm (342 words)

	HONDURAS , Landmine Monitor Report 2000
		Honduras signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 24 September 1998.
		Honduras voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 54/54B in support of the Mine Ban Treaty in December 1999, as it had on similar resolutions in 1997 and 1998.
		Honduras is not a party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons, nor is it a member of the CD.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2000/honduras.html (1447 words)

	President's Central America Trip: Honduras
		Honduras held its fifth consecutive democratic elections in November 1997, to elect a new president, unicameral Congress and mayors; for the first time, voters were able to cast separate ballots for each office.
		In 1996, Honduras' overall voting coincidence with the United States in the United Nations was 44.3%, and in 1997 it was 40.3%.
		Honduras contributed troops for the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, and continues to participate in the UN observers mission in the Western Sahara.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/New/centralam/honduras.html (3964 words)

	Honduras - Local Government
		Honduras is administratively divided into eighteen departments (Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Intibucá, Islas de la Bahía (Bay Islands), La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Valle, and Yoro), each with a designated department capital (cabecera).
		Departmental governors represent the executive branch in official acts in their department and serve as the tie between the executive branch and other national agencies and institutions that might have delegations working in the department.
		A municipality in Honduras may include more than one city within its boundaries, and is therefore similar to the jurisdiction of county in the United States.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/88.htm (987 words)

	The Fabulous Future of Honduras
		Honduras is a strong proponent of Central American cooperation and integration, and has joined in an agreement easing border controls and tariffs among Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
		Honduras and El Salvador maintain normal diplomatic and trade relations, however, they continue to have strained relations over the status of their maritime borders in the Gulf of Fonseca.
		Honduras contributed troops for the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and continues to participate in the UN observer mission in the Western Sahara.
	www.satglobal.com /Honduras.htm (5053 words)

	La Paz (disambiguation) - Wikitravel
		La Paz (Honduras) - capital city of La Paz (department, Honduras)
		La Paz (Mexico) - a city in Baja California
		La Paz (Indiana) - a town in Marshall County, Northern Indiana
	wikitravel.org /en/La_Paz (119 words)

	HONDURAS: ONGOING STRUGGLES FOR INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS; ONGOING REPRESSION
		LAS GOLONDRINAS The third violent eviction of the community of Las Golondrinas was carried out on June 29 by State authorities and 'security' forces, who detained 10 community leaders and members.
		Las Golondrinas is only one of several communities affiliated with the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) whose community leaders are the targets of repression by both State security forces and authorities and other powerful landowners and business interests.
		The indigenous community "Union and Strength" of La Golondrina, Marcala, La Paz, is municipal land that was abandoned for over 25 years, according to an analysis by the National Agrarian Institute (INA) of Comayagua.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/honduras/3286.html (2263 words)

	Honduras
		Since Honduras at 15° Latitude is below the Tropic of Cancer (23.5°) the sun is directly overhead in the the middle of May and July and moves to the north in June.
		There are two basic seasons in Honduras: Verano, or summer is actually the dry season, and is roughly from December through May, and Invierno, or winter, which is the rainy season, that is from June through November.
		La Ceiba is famous for its Carnival week, which takes place during the Month of May to celebrate the patron saint, San Isidro.
	www.geocities.com /dtmcbride/places/honduras/honduras.html (1143 words)

	Honduras Human Rights
		Honduras is a constitutional democracy with a population of approximately seven million.
		There were 13 prosecutors in Tegucigalpa, five in San Pedro de Sula, and two in La Ceiba who staffed the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Children, along with eight special child abuse investigators in Tegucigalpa, four of whom focused on sexual and commercial exploitation of minors.
		The complaint that 30 maquiladora workers filed, which alleged that they were fired in February 2005 for trying to form a union at their workplace at the Olga de Villanueva company, remained under investigation by the Ministry of Labor at year's end.
	www.nationbynation.com /Honduras/Human.html (10229 words)

	Ethnologue report for Honduras
		Mainly of the north coast between Masca, Cortés Department and Plaplaya, Gracias a Dios Department.
		Eastern Garifuna is in Honduras and Nicaragua (leaves out 'r' and tends to shorten words), Western Garifuna in Guatemala and Belize.
		Ethnic population: 800 to 1,000 in Honduras (1993 Ramon D. Rivas).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Honduras (328 words)

	honduras map and map of honduras information page
		The lands of Honduras were long inhabited by a mixture of indigenous Indian peoples, with the Maya culture certainly recognized as the most progressive, and justifiably celebrated yet today.
		Honduras is water-rich; the most important rivers include the Aquan, Coco, Patuca, Sico and Ulua; Lake Yojoa is the only significant lake, and the Caratasca Lagoon in the northeast is the largest of many coastal lagoons.
		Attractions: Honduras is an exotic, mostly unexplored paradise for travelers of any age, one complete with numerous biological treasures, haunting Maya ruins and some of the best beaches, islands, reefs and scuba diving sites in the western hemisphere.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/hn.htm (1011 words)

	Honduras Departments
		Aside from that, the departments are further subdivided into 298 municipalities (282 in 1980, 291 in 1995).
		Islas de la Bahía consists of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, of which the largest are Roatán, Guanaja, Utila, Barbareta; and, farther offshore, the Islas Santanilla.
		Choluteca corresponded roughly to modern Choluteca and Valle; Comayagua, to Comayagua and La Paz; Gracias, to Copán, Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque; Olancho, to Olancho; Santa Bárbara, to Cortés and Santa Bárbara; Tegucigalpa, to El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán; and Yoro, to Atlántida, Colón, Gracias a Dios, Islas de la Bahía, and Yoro.
	www.statoids.com /uhn.html (610 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras is a constitutional democracy, with a president and a unicameral congress elected by separate ballot for 4-year terms.
		On September 22, COFADEH filed a complaint with the Supreme Court that alleged that the law permits the illegal detention of gang members, violated the principle that all are presumed innocent, and therefore was unconstitutional.
		Honduras is a source and transit country for trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27903.htm (15399 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Honduras: Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Honduras elecciones 85 (más allá de la fiesta cívica).
		La construcción del sector público y del estado nacional en Honduras (1876-1979).
		From transition to consolidation in Honduras." Booth, John A. and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds.
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/honduras/sources.html (1506 words)

	Lets Go Honduras
		Olancho is the largest department (Honduras’ equivalent to state) and probably one of the richest areas in Central America.
		At the Casa de La Cultura you will find a public library with good information regarding Olancho and Juticalpa, in addition, on the second story you will soon be able to visit a museum relative to the history of Juticalpa and Olancho.
		La Picucha is not the only attraction, although it is the most famous because of the spectacular view that rewards its climbers and the midget forest on its top.
	www.letsgohonduras.com /catacamas_eng.html (2434 words)

	paz - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Paz, Octavio (1914-1998), Mexican poet and essayist, who in 1990 became the first Mexican writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
		Paz Estenssoro, Víctor (1907-2001), president of Bolivia (1952-1956; 1960-1964; 1985-1989), born in Tarija Department.
		The dictatorship of Tiburcio Carías, which lasted from 1932 to 1948, ended a long period of political disorder in Honduras.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=paz (91 words)

	Honduras News Updates
		HONDURAS: ONGOING STRUGGLES FOR INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS; ONGOING REPRESSION -- The third violent eviction of the community of Las Golondrinas was carried out on June 29 by State authorities and 'security' forces, who detained 10 community leaders and members.
		Richard Krieger, a former State Department administrator who heads an influential organization which tracks war criminals and torturers, says he has Honduran documents showing Lara was a member of Battalion 316, a death squad which disappeared or killed nearly 200 leftists in Honduras in the 1980s.
		Massive protests in Honduras include demand for Removal of U.S. troops -- Thousands of protesters in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, have been protesting their government policies and have shut down the city for hours at a time.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/honduras/NewsUpdatesHonduras.html (1675 words)

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