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 Honduras - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea on the north coast and the Pacific Ocean on the south through the Gulf of Fonseca.
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at US$2050 per year (1999).The economy has continued to grow slowly but the distribution of wealth remains very polarized with average wages remaining very low.
Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Honduras   (2143 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | North America - Honduras
Honduras is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America.
In February the president of a farmers' cooperative, Felix Roque, was murdered in Selva Azul, Copan department, in the presence of his 12-year-old son.
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)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Honduras
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas, with GDP per capita at US$2050 per year (1999).
The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
Honduras is considered one of the most violent countries in Central America, which at one point reached 154 murders per every 100,000 inhabitants, compared to the USA which has the still high rate of 4.8 murders per 100,000.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Honduras   (2507 words)

  
 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Honduras: Information covering more than one election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Carey 1997: The president and three designates are elected on the same ticket for a four year term, with concurrent first round election of representatives to the unicameral assembly (page 452).
Each department is headed by a governor appointed by the president of the republic and is administered by a departmental council, comprising the governor and two municipal councillors.
The president of the republic freely appoints, and may freely remove, governors for each department...The departments are further divided into 291 municipalities ('municipios') nationwide, including a Central District consisting of the cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela.
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/honduras/genhon.html   (4289 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.
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.
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 friendly dictators
President Carter tried to cut US ties to WACL, but Ronald Reagan received campaign funds from the group, and WACL became involved with training and supplying contras in Argentina and Taiwan.
Honduras was the original "Banana Republic" -- its history inextricably intertwined with that of the US-based United Fruit Company, but in 1979, when Anastasio Somoza was overthrown in Nicaragua, Honduras got a new nickname -- "The Pentagon Republic".
President Reagan claimed Rios Montt was given "a bum rap" by human rights groups, and that he was cleaning up problems inherited from his predecessor, General Romeo Lucas Garcia.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html   (9246 words)

  
 Honduras (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
'''Honduras''' is a country in 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.
Main article: History of Honduras 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.
Main article: Demographics of Honduras The population of Honduras is predominantly of Mestizo descent and Roman Catholic faith.
honduras.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (519 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Benjamin Harrison First State of the Union Address
The eligible lists for the classified post-offices and custom-houses are now publicly posted in the respective offices, as are also the certifications for appointments.
The duty of appointment is devolved by the Constitution or by the law, and the appointing officers are properly held to a high responsibility in its exercise.
The growth of the country and the consequent increase of the civil list have magnified this function of the Executive disproportionally.
www.usa-presidents.info /union/harrison-1.html   (10628 words)

  
 Meteoroloo.com :: Honduras - famous honduras people
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, british honduras 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.
The largest honduras honduras pictures culture department by surface area is Olancho department and by population is Francisco Morazán department and the smallest by both surface honduras radio america area and population is the Islas de la Bahía department.
Honduras This Week is a weekly English language newspaper that has been published now for 17 years venta de casas en honduras in Tegucigalpa.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-e-l/Honduras.html   (1660 words)

  
 Honduras Information
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country (although they refer to themselves as a "State") in western Central America, bordered to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, the west by Guatemala, and to the south east by Nicaragua.
The Pre-Columbian city of Copán is a locale in western Honduras, near to the Guatemalan border.
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas.
www.hondurasinformation.com   (1477 words)

  
 Honduras Human Rights Practices, 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Title: Honduras Human Rights Practices, 1995 Author: U.S. Department of State Date: March 1996 HONDURAS Honduras is a constitutional democracy with a President and unicameral Congress elected for 4-year terms and an independent judiciary headed by a Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ).
President Carlos Roberto Reina took office in January 1994 as the fourth democratically elected President since the reestablishment of democracy in 1982.
CODEH president Dr. Ramon Custodio and Berta Oliva de Nativi, coordinator for the Committee of the Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH), also received numerous telephone threats.
www.usemb.se /human/human95/honduras.htm   (6410 words)

  
 United States presidents and their advisers killer file
This is a compilation of actions by presidents of the United States, and their advisers, that affected other individuals and countries featured on this website.
President Bush advocates preemptive, unilateral action and receives backing from Britain and Australia, which indicate that they would be prepared to participate in any renewed conflict.
On 12 September President Bush takes his case to the UN Security Council, calling for a tough new resolution demanding that Iraq disclose and remove all weapons of mass destruction, end support for terrorism, and cease the persecution of its population.
www.moreorless.au.com /killers/us-presidents.html   (10335 words)

  
 When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty. - baltimoresun.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Honduras, a U.S. ally, was used by Washington as the principal base for its largely clandestine effort.
Honduras is the original "banana republic," a term coined to describe the country's political and economic dependency on U.S. fruit companies during the early 1900s.
The north coast of Honduras, the country's richest farm region, was controlled by U.S. fruit companies at the turn of the century.
www.baltimoresun.com /news/local/bal-negroponte1a,0,3704648.story   (5310 words)

  
 Timeline Honduras
In Honduras Mayor Cesar Castellanos of Tegucigalpa and 3 others were killed in a helicopter crash while surveying the flood damage where hundreds were estimated killed.
Honduras lost 80% of its basic grains, El Salvador lost 80% of grains in its eastern provinces, Nicaragua lost 50% and Guatemala lost 80% of its beans in the eastern provinces.
Honduras' 26 prisons were built to house 5,500 inmates but are crammed with 13,000 prisoners.
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 Danger in Honduras' lottery win
On Monday, President Bush's development aid program known as the Millennium Challenge Account made Honduras the first beneficiary in Latin America and only the second in the world.
Honduras was also one of the first countries in the region to eliminate immunity for former public officials, including presidents, who face prosecution.
Rodriguez, one of the most popular figures in the country and frequent ally to the president in times of crisis, calls this opportunity the "second and perhaps the last chance" for Honduras to reduce corruption significantly.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/228830_sanchez17.html   (752 words)

  
 Honduras - Legislative
The National Congress is headed by a directorate that is elected by a majority of deputies, which is headed by a president (who also presides over the Permanent Committee of Congress when the National Congress is not in session) and includes at least two vice presidents and two ministers.
The National Congress is charged with electing numerous government officials: the nine principal justices and seven alternates of the Supreme Court of Justice, including its president; the commander in chief of the armed forces; the comptroller general; the attorney general; and the director of administrative probity.
In practice, however, the National Congress generally rubberstamps the choices of the president, or, in the case of the commander in chief of the armed forces, of the military.
countrystudies.us /honduras/86.htm   (1484 words)

  
 Lets Go Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, got its tongue twisting name from the ancient Nahuatl language, and translated means "silver mountain" In effect, Tegucigalpa came to being during colonial times as a mining center.
It is said that the society of Comayagua, the long time colonial capital of Honduras, publicly disliked the wife of President Marco Aurelio Soto, who took revenge by moving the capital of the republic to Tegucigalpa.
Located at the trendy Honduras Maya Hotel, this is one of the favorite spots for locals and foreigners in the city.
www.letsgohonduras.com /tegucigalpa_eng.html   (6656 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Honduras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
During the 1980s, Honduras was used as a large military base of the United States to create, train and support the anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and to support the government of El Salvador forces fighting against the guerrillas trying to oust a long succession of violently repressive military dictatorships, and military backed governments.
In the last 23 years, Honduras has had four Liberal presidents: Roberto Suazo Córdova, José Azcona del Hoyo, Carlos Roberto Reina, and Carlos Roberto Flores, and two Nationalists: Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero and Ricardo Maduro.
The largest department by surface area is Olancho department and by population is Francisco Morazán department and the smallest by both surface area and population is the Islas de la Bahía department.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/honduras   (2326 words)

  
 Honduras News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
Corte ordena pagar impuestos a Dole en Honduras
Honduras probes new wrinkle in case involving guardsman's death
El Salvador, Honduras at odds again in border fight
www.einnews.com /honduras   (394 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Honduras, 1838-1876   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1848 the British re-established a protectorate over the MOSQUITO COAST and the Bay islands (the larger share of it located on Nicaraguan territory, some of it on Honduras' Atlantic coast, the region inhabited by MISKITO INDIANS).
Several Central American governments formed a coalition against him (he had caused sufficient trouble in Nicaragua 1855-57); he was defeated and executed.
Ecclesiastically, Honduras coincided with the DIOCESIS OF COMAYAGUA (est.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/centramerica/honduras183876.html   (175 words)

  
 Honduras This Week Cultural
During the Liberal revolution in Honduras, the Catholic church created the Cofradia, an organization in which farmers could temporarily entrust their farms and their production in order to protect them from the Liberals who were in power.
The program includes various technical conferences to be held at the National Autonomous University of Honduras and the Convention Center of the Hotel Honduras Maya as well as field trips to industrial plants and factories.
Perhaps this is part of the reason Good Friday is a magic time all over Honduras, and a key to understanding the story of the mermaid who cares for the fish in the river, as told by the Pech of El Carbon.
www.marrder.com /htw/apr98/cultural.htm   (7319 words)

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