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Republic of HondurasRepública de Honduras
Flag Coat of arms of Honduras Coat of arms
Motto: Libre, Soberana e Independiente  (Spanish) "Free, Sovereign and Independent"
Anthem: Himno Nacional de Honduras
Capitaland largest city	Tegucigalpa
Official languages	Spanish
Government	Democratic constitutional republic
• President	Manuel Zelaya
Independence
• from Spain	15 September 1821
• from the UPCA	1838
Population
• July 2006 estimate	7,326,496 (96th)
• 2000 census	6,975,204
GDP (PPP)	2005 estimate
• Total	$21.74 billion (107th)
• Per capita	$3,009 (124th)
HDI (2003)	0.667 medium (116th)
Currency	Lempira (HNL)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Calling code	504
ISO 3166 code	HN
Internet TLD	.hn
Although Honduras has no official motto, "NO PASARÁN" or "They shall not pass" became popular during the 1969 war with El Salvador. This is an allusion to the El Salvador's stated goal to reach the Honduran Caribbean coast during their offensive.

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.

History

Archaeologists have demonstrated that Honduras had a rich, multi-ethnic prehistory. An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around the city of Copán in western Honduras, near the Guatemalan border. Here a major Mayan city flourished during the classic period (150-900). It has many beautiful carved inscriptions and stelae. The ancient kingdom, named Xukpi, existed from the fifth century to the early ninth century, with antecedents going back to at least the second century. The Mayan civilization began a marked decline in the ninth century, but there is evidence of people still living in and around the city until at least 1200. By the time the Spanish came to Honduras, the once great city-state of Copán was overrun by the jungle, and the Lencas, not the Mayans, were the main Amerindian people living in western Honduras.

On his fourth and final voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus reached the coast of Honduras. landing near the modern town of Trujillo, in the vicinity of the Guaimoreto Lagoon. After the Spanish discovery, Honduras became part of Spain's vast empire in the New World within the Kingdom of Guatemala. Trujillo and Gracias were the first city-capitals. The Spanish ruled what would become Honduras for approximately three centuries.

Honduras declared independence from Spain on September 15 1821 with the rest of the Central American provinces. In 1822 the Central American State was annexed to the newly declared Mexican Empire of Iturbide. The Iturbide Empire was overthrown in 1823 and Central America separated from it, forming the Federal Republic of Central America, which disintegrated in 1838. As a result the states of the republic became independent nations.

Silver mining was a key factor in the Spanish conquest and settlement of Honduras, but has been only a minor part of the national economy in recent years. The American-owned Rosario Mining Company was a major gold and silver producer, but shut down its large mine at San Juancito in 1954.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Honduras joined the Allied Nations on December 8, 1941. Less than a month later, on the first day of 1942, Honduras, along with twenty-five other governments, signed the Declaration by United Nations.

In 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought what would become known as The Football War. There had been border tension between the two countries after Oswaldo López Arellano, a former president of Honduras, blamed the poor economy on the large number of immigrants from El Salvador. From that point on the relationship between El Salvador and Honduras was acrimonious. It reached a low when El Salvador met Honduras for a three-round football elimination match as a preliminary to the World Cup. Tensions escalated, and on July 14 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. The Organization of American States negotiated a cease-fire which took effect on July 20, and brought about a withdrawal of Salvadoran troops in early August.

During the 1980s, the United States established a very large military presence in Honduras with the purpose of supporting the anti-Sandinista Contras fighting the Nicaraguan government, and to support the El Salvador military fighting against the FMLN guerrillas. The U.S. built the airbase known as Palmerola, near Comayagua, with a 10,000 foot runway so that C5-A cargo planes could land there, rather than at the public airport in San Pedro Sula. The U.S. also built a training base near Trujillo which primarily trained Contras and the Salvadoran military, and in conjunction with this, developed Puerto Castillo into a modern port. The United States built many airstrips near the Nicaraguan border to help move supplies to the Contra forces fighting the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Though spared the bloody civil wars wracking its neighbors, the Honduran army quietly waged a campaign against leftists which included extra judicial killings and forced disappearances of political opponents by government-backed death squads.

Hurricane Fifi caused severe damage while skimming the northern coast of Honduras on September 18 and 19, 1974.

In 1998, Hurricane Mitch caused such massive and widespread loss that former Honduran President Carlos Roberto Flores claimed that fifty years of progress in the country were reversed. Mitch obliterated about 70% of the crops and an estimated 70-80% of the transportation infrastructure, including nearly all bridges and secondary roads. Existing road maps were rendered obsolete. Across the country, 33,000 houses were destroyed, an additional 50,000 damaged, some 5,600 people killed, and total loss estimated at $2 billion USD.

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Politics

A Presidential and General Election was held on November 27, 2005. Manuel Zelaya of the Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras: PLH) won, with Porfirio Pepe Lobo of the National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras: PNH) coming in second. The PNH challenged the election results, and Lobo Sosa did not concede until December 7. Towards the end of December, the government finally released the total ballot count, giving Zelaya the official victory. Zelaya was inaugurated as Honduras' new president on January 27, 2006. His government has generally been considered fragile and he does not hold a majority in the National Congress. His first year in office has been dominated by trying to lessen the cost of procuring oil for the country.

Honduras has five registered political parties: PNH, PLH, Social Democrats (Partido Innovación Nacional y Social Demócrata: PINU-SD), Social Christians (Partido Demócrata-Cristiano: DC), and Democrat Unification (Partido Unificación Democrática: UD). The PNH and PLH have ruled the country for decades. In the last years, Honduras has had five Liberal presidents: Roberto Suazo Córdova, José Azcona del Hoyo, Carlos Roberto Reina, Carlos Roberto Flores and Manuel Zelaya, and two Nationalists: Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero and Ricardo Maduro. The elections have been full of controversies, including questions about whether Azcona was born in Honduras or Spain, and whether Maduro should have been able to stand given he was born in Panama.

In 1963, a military coup was mounted against the democratically-elected president Villeda Morales and a military junta established which held power until 1981. In this year Suazo Córdova (LPH) was elected president and Honduras changed from a military authoritarian regime to an electoral democracy.

In 1986, there were five Liberal candidates and four Nationalists running for president. Because no one candidate obtained a clear majority, the so-called "Formula B" was invoked and Azcona del Hoyo became president. In 1990, Callejas won the election under the slogan "Llegó el momento del Cambio," (English "The time for change has arrived"), which was heavily criticized for resembling El Salvador's "ARENAs" political campaign. Once in office, Callejas Romero gained a reputation for illicit enrichment, and has been the subject of several scandals and accusations. It was during Flores Facusse's mandate that Hurricane Mitch hit the country and decades of economic growth were eradicated in less than a week.

Beginning in 2004, separate ballots were used for mayors, congress, and president; 2005 witnessed an increase in the number of registered candidates.

Although the Nationalist and Liberal parties are distinct entities with their own dedicated band of supporters, some have pointed out that their interests and policy measures throughout the twenty-five years of uninterrupted democracy have been very similar. They are often characterized as primarily serving the interests of their own members, who receive jobs when their party gains power and lose them again when the other party is elected. Both are seen as supportive of the elite that owns most of the wealth in the country, while neither extensively promotes socialist ideals. In many ways Honduras resembles a democratic version of an old socialist state, with price controls and nationalized electric and land-line telephone services.

President Maduro's administration did "de-nationalize" the telecommunications sector in a move to promote the rapid diffusion of these services to the Honduran population. As of November 2005, there were around 10 private-sector telecommunications companies in the Honduran market, including two mobile phone companies.

Administrative divisions

The largest department by surface area is Olancho department and by population is Cortes department, where San Pedro Sula, the commercial capital of the country is located, and the smallest by both surface area and population is the Islas de la Bahía department.

	Department	Created
1.	Atlántida	1902
2.	Choluteca	1825
3.	Colón	1881
4.	Comayagua	1825
5.	Copán	1869
6.	Cortés	1893
7.	El Paraíso	1869
8.	Francisco Morazán	1825
9.	Gracias a Dios	1957
10.	Intibucá	1883
11.	Islas de la Bahía	1872
12.	La Paz	1869
13.	Lempira	1825
14.	Ocotepeque	1906
15.	Olancho	1825
16.	Santa Bárbara	1893
17.	Valle	1893
18.	Yoro	1825

Geography

Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea on the north coast and the Pacific Ocean on the south through the Gulf of Fonseca. The climate varies from tropical in the lowlands to temperate in the mountains. The central and southern regions are relatively hotter and less humid than the northern coast.

The Honduran territory consists mainly of mountains (~81%), but there are narrow plains along the coasts, a large undeveloped lowland jungle La Mosquitia region in the northeast, and the heavily populated lowland San Pedro Sula valley in the northwest. In La Mosquitia lies the UNESCO-world heritage site Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, with the Coco River dividing the country from Nicaragua (see Rivers of Honduras).

Natural resources include timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, shrimp, and hydropower.

Economy

Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with GDP per capita at US$3,000 per year (2006). The economy has continued to grow slowly but the distribution of wealth remains very polarized with average wages remaining very low. Economic growth in the last few years has averaged 5% a year, but many people remain below the poverty line. It is estimated that there are more than 1.2 million people who are unemployed, the rate of unemployment standing at 28%.

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund classify Honduras as one of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries eligible for debt relief, which was given in 2005.

Both the electricity services (ENEE) and land-line telephone services (HONDUTEL) have been operated by government agencies, with the ENEE receiving heavy subsidies because of chronic financial problems. HONDUTEL, however, is no longer a monopoly, the telecommunication sector having been opened to private-sector companies after December 25 2005; this was one of the requirements before approving the beginning of CAFTA. There are price controls on petrol, and other temporary price controls for basic commodities are often passed for short periods by the Congress.

After years of declining against the U.S. dollar the Lempira has stabilized at around 19 Lempiras per dollar.

In 2005 Honduras signed the CAFTA (Free Trade Agreement with USA). In December 2005, Honduras' main seaport Puerto Cortes was included in the U.S. Container Security Initiative.

On December 7 2006, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE) announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative, an unprecedented effort to build upon existing port security measures by enhancing the U.S. federal government’s ability to scan containers for nuclear and radiological materials overseas and to better assess the risk of inbound containers. The initial phase of Secure Freight involves the deployment of a combination of existing technology and proven nuclear detection devices to six foreign ports: Port Qasim in Pakistan; Puerto Cortes in Honduras; Southampton in the United Kingdom; Port Salalah in Oman; Port of Singapore; and the Gamman Terminal at Port Busan in Korea. Beginning in early 2007, containers from these ports will be scanned for radiation and information risk factors before they are allowed to depart for the United States.

Demographics

Main cities

The population of Honduras is approximately 7.1 million according to a United Nations 2006 estimate.

The nation's capital and largest city, Tegucigalpa, has a million inhabitants, but the country's most industrialized city is San Pedro Sula, situated close to the Caribbean coast, near the Guatemalan border.

According to the Honduras 2001 Census of Population, the most populated Departments are: Cortés (1.2 million), Francisco Morazán (1.2 million), Yoro (466,000), Olancho (420,000), Choluteca (391,000) and Comayagua (353,000). The less populated are Islas de la Bahia and Gracias a Dios. According to the same source, the main cities are: Tegucigalpa, population 894,000 (Distrito Central only); San Pedro Sula, population 517,000; Choloma, population 160,000; La Ceiba, population 140,000; El Progreso, population 106,000; Choluteca; Comayagua; Puerto Cortes; La Lima; and Danli. The principal metropolitan areas are Tegucigalpa, population 1.2 million (2007 estimate); and San Pedro Sula, population 900,000 (2007 estimate). Between the 1988 and 2001 Census, San Pedro Sula has doubled its population. The country only has twenty cities with populations above 20,000 inhabitants. Honduras is the only Central American country whose second most important city has half the inhabitants of the city-capital. Considering metropolitan areas only, the Honduran capital is the third largest Central American urban agglomeration, after Guatemala City and San Salvador.

About 91% of the population is mestizo, or a mixture of the Caucasian (Spanish) and indigenous Amerindian races. There are also small minorities of European, Afro-Honduran, and indigenous Amerindian descendants.

The great majority of Hondurans are Roman Catholic.

The Spanish language is predominant, while (pidgin) English is spoken in the Caribbean Islas de la Bahia Department, but nonetheless is slowly being superseded. Indigenous Amerindian languages (in several dialects) and Garifuna are also spoken. Spanish is becoming more popular in areas where it was not widely spoken, due to efforts by the government, including making Spanish the language of education.

The population of Honduras is predominantly Hispanic, except along the northern coast where, until recently, communities of English speakers maintained a separate culture. This is primarily because some islands and some Caribbean coastal areas were occupied by pirates and by the British at one time or another. Groups of Garifuna (people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry) live along the north coast and islands, where there are also many Afro-Latin Americans. This ethnic group,estimated at 150,000 people, has it origin in the expulsion of black people who refused to be slaves, by the British authorities, from the island of St. Vincent during the eighteenth century after the Carib Wars. Garífunas are part of Honduran identity through theatrical presentations such as Louvavagu. Other indigenous peoples in Honduras such as the Ch'orti' (Mayan descent), Pech or Paya (population 2,500), Tolupan or Xicaque (population 25,000), Lenca (population 100,000), Sumo or Tawahka (population 1,000), and Miskito (population 40,000) still exist, and most still speak their native language, Lenca being an exception. For the most part, these tribes live in extreme poverty in rural areas.

Hundreds of Honduran families have roots in the Middle East, specifically Palestine. These Arab-Hondurans are sometimes called "turcos", because they arrived in Honduras using Turkish travel documents, as their homeland was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Arab-Hondurans, who tend to cluster in the city of San Pedro Sula, alongside a tiny Jewish minority population, exert considerable influence on Honduran economics and politics through their industrial and financial interests. Asians in Honduras are mostly Chinese, with some Japanese. In the 1980s and 1990s, when the U.S. Army was stationed in Honduras, a number of Koreans, Ryukyuans, Filipinos and Vietnamese came to Honduras as contract laborers.

In the 1960s, Honduras and El Salvador had a conflict because of a boundary dispute and the presence of thousands of Salvadorans living in Honduras illegally. After the week-long war in July 1969, known as the Football War, many Salvadoran families and workers were expelled. El Salvador had agreed on a truce to settle the boundary issue, but Honduras later paid war damage costs for expelled refugees.

Emigration

Since 1975, emigration from Honduras has accelerated as job-seekers and political refugees sought a better life elsewhere. Although many Hondurans have relatives in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, and Canada, the majority of Hondurans living abroad are in the United States.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (figures taken at the 2005 census) 460,000 Hondurans live there, making them the third largest Central American community in the U.S. Members of the Honduran community live mainly in: Florida-88,000 (24,000 in Miami alone), 68,000 in Texas (27,000 in Houston and 6,000 in Dallas), 62,000 in California (25,000 in the city of Los Angeles), 51,000 in New York (36,000 in New York City), 55,000 in Louisiana (54,000 in New Orleans), 25,000 in New Jersey, 18,000 in Virginia, and 3,000 in Washington DC.

In Spain, Hondurans are by far the largest amongst the Central American peoples: 8,523 according to Spanish figures for 2006). Statistics indicate that 2,130 live in Barcelona and 1,100 in Madrid. Catalonia has 4,854 Hondurans; Madrid, 1,086; Valencia, 556; and Castile and León, 524.

According to statistics compiled by CELADE (Investigación Migración Internacional de Latinoamérica) by 1992 there were more than 8,700 Hondurans living in El Salvador; 9,700 in Nicaragua (by 1995), 5,500 in Guatemala (by 2002), 3,000 in Costa Rica (by 2000); and 2,400 in Belize (by 1990). Additionally, according to the UN Demographic Yearbook (2000) 8,700 Hondurans live in Canada.

Indigenous groups

According to the Confederation of Autochthonous Peoples of Honduras (CONPAH), Honduras has seven different indigenous groups:

• the Ch'orti', a Mayan group living in the southwest on the border with Guatemala;
• the blacks Garifuna speaking a Carib language and who inhabit the western coastline of the island of Roatán;
• the black English-speaking creoles;
• the Pech or Paya Indians living in a small area in the Olancho department;
• the "Tolupan" (also called Jicaque, "Xicaque", or Tol), living in the vicinity of Flor de Montaña;
• the Lenca Indians living in the Valle and Choluteca departments;
• the Miskito Indians living on the eastern coastline along the border with Nicaragua.

The confederation and each separate group of indigenous people have worked, since the 1980s, for bettering the life of the aboriginal peoples. Change, however, has been elusive as these peoples still face violence and discrimination.

Culture

The most renowned Honduran painter is Jose Antonio Velasquez. Other important painters include Carlos Garay, Maury, and Roque Zelaya.

Two of Honduras' best known writers are Froylan Turcios and Ramón Amaya Amador. Others include Marco Antonio Rosa, Roberto Sosa, Lucila Gamero de Medina, Eduardo Bähr, Amanda Castro, Javier Abril Espinoza, and Roberto Quesada.

Famous comedian Carlos Mencia is half Honduran (and half German).

Some of Honduras' best musicians are Rafael Coello Ramos, Lidia Handal, Victoriano Lopez, Guillermo Anderson, Francisco Carranza and Camilo Rivera Guevara.

A Honduran can be called a Catracho or Catracha (fem) in Spanish. The word is derived from the last name of the French Honduran General Florencio Xatruch, who, in 1857, led Honduran armed forces against an attempted invasion by North American adventurer William Walker. The nickname is considered complimentary, not derogatory.

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga is a Cardinal who was a potential candidate for Pope in the Papal Conclave, 2005.

Salvador Moncada is a world-renowned scientist who has authored over twelve oft-cited papers, including work on nitric oxide. His research on heart-related drugs includes the development of Viagra. Moncada works at the University College of London and funds an NGO in Tegucigalpa. He is married to Princess Maria-Esmeralda of Belgium.

Honduras This Week is a weekly English language newspaper that has been published for seventeen years in Tegucigalpa. On the islands of Roatan, Utila and Guanaja the Bay Islands Voice is a source of monthly news since 2003.

Three important Honduran journalists who work in the United States are Neida Sandoval and Satcha Pretto, Univision, in Miami, Florida; and Dunia Elvir, Telemundo, in Los Angeles, California.

A famous Honduran-born radio host (now a U.S. citizen) is Renán Almendárez Coello of the show El Cucuy de la Mañana ("The Bogeyman of the Morning") on KLAX-FM in Los Angeles, California.

The famed America Ferrera from the ABC comedy Ugly Betty was born to Honduran parents.

Carlos Mencia from Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia was born to a Honduran mom and lived his early years in San Pedro Sula.

Celebrations

The most popular events are: Honduras Independence Day on September 15, Day of the Child or Dia del Niño, is celebrated in homes, schools and churches on September 10; on this day children receive presents and have parties similar to Christmas or Birthday celebrations. Other holidays are Easter, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Honduras Independence Day festivities start early in the morning with marching bands. Each band wears different colors and features cheerleaders who dance all over the streets. Fiesta Catracha takes place this same day: typical Honduran foods such as beans, tamales, baleadas, yucca with chicharron, and tortillas are offered. On Christmas Eve, people gather with their families and close friends to have dinner, then give out presents at midnight. On New Year's Eve there is food and "cohetes" or fireworks. Birthdays are also great events, and include the famous “piñata” which is filled with candies and surprises for the children invited.

Environment

Honduras is part of Mesoamerica, which is the landmass that extends from Mexico to Costa Rica. The region is considered a biodiversity hotspot due to the numerous plant and animal species that can be found there. Like other countries in the region, Honduras contains vast biological resources. This 43,278 square mile (112,092 km²) country hosts more than 6,000 species of vascular plants, of which 630 (described so far) are Orchids; around 250 reptiles and amphibians, more than 700 bird species, and 110 mammal species, half of them being bats.

In the northeastern region of La Mosquitia lies the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a lowland rainforest which is home to a great diversity of life. Sometimes called "The Last Lungs of Central America", this Reserve was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List in 1982.

Honduras has rain forests, cloud forests (which can rise up to nearly three thousand meters above sea level), mangroves, savannas and mountain ranges with pine and oak trees, and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. In the Bay Islands there are bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, parrot fish, schools of blue tang and whale shark.

Folklore

Honduras is a country full of folklore, its famous Lluvia de Peces (Fish Rain) being a good example. The legend of El Cadejo and La Ciguanaba(La Sucia) is also popular. Giovanni "Giovanello Von Bismarck" Bardales has played a fundamental role in the spread and development of folkloric dances in Honduras.

Football (soccer)

Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Honduras. Some information on teams, competitions and players is available from the following articles and categories:

• Honduras' Football Federation
• Honduras national football team
• Category:Honduran football clubs
• Category:Honduran football competitions
• Category:Honduran footballers
• Category:Football venues in Honduras

See also

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Lists

• List of Honduras-related topics
• List of political parties in Honduras
• List of schools in Honduras
• List of universities in Honduras

Facts

• Honduras boasts the oldest functioning clock in the Americas; built by the Moors in the twelfth Century, it was transferred to the Cathedral of Comayagua in 1636.

• Honduran cuisine makes extensive use of coconut, in both sweet and savory foods, and even in soups.

• The country once had Communist sympathizers, which, as in El Salvador, became a political party. This communist party no longer exists.

Bibliography

• Adventures in Nature: Honduras; James D. Gollin
• Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart : The Story of Elvia Alvarado; Medea Benjamin
• Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic; Alison Acker
• Honduras: State for Sale; Richard Lapper, James Painter
• Inside Honduras; Kent Norsworthy and Tom Berry
• La Mosquitia: A Guide to the Savannas, Rain Forest and Turtle Hunters; Derek Parent
• Moon Handbooks: Honduras; Christopher Humphrey
• Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: Region and State in Honduras, 1870-1972; Dario A. Euraque
• Seven Names for the Bellbird: Conservation Geography in Honduras; Mark Bonta
• Ulysses Travel Guide: Honduras; Eric Ilamovitch
• The United States in Honduras, 1980-1981: An Ambassador's Memoir; Jack R. Binns
• The War of the Dispossessed: Honduras and El Salvador, 1969; Thomas P. Anderson

Notes

1. "A survivor tells her story" baltimoresun.com, June 15, 1995, retrieved January 8, 2007.
2. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ho.html
3. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/ports_in_csi.xml
4. http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1165520867989.shtm
5. http://www.honduras.com/catracho-forum-old/messages/35625.shtml http://www.ibw.com.ni/~cgenica/marcha.htm

External links

• Rural poverty in Honduras (IFAD)
• Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros
• Secretaria de Cultura, Artes y Deportes - Portal de Secretaria de Cultura, Artes y Deportes.
• Portal Gubernamental - Government portal
• Information about Honduran wildlife
• Honduras This Week Misplaced Pages article is Honduras This Week
• Bay Islands News- an English language news magazine
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding Honduras
• Periodicos de Honduras - Daily summary of Honduran newspapers
• La Ceiba Botanical Garden photos
• Honduras Scuba Diving photos
• HRN la voz De Honduras Honduras Radio Station
• Photo Honduras
• Template:Dmoz

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