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Honduran Paintings

Tegucigalpa
Monument of Peace
A. Luna (D) 1977 Honduras
12 x 10 Painted 1977
Rare
$3,000.00

More artists at www.honduraspaintings.com

Visit or retire on a tropical island!

See what the undiscovered paradise of Roatan and the Bay Islands have to offer for Diving, Real Estate, Vacation Rentals, Hotels and Resorts, Fishing, Car Rentals, Restaurants, Airfares, and more.Visitors’ Guide to Roatan and the Bay Islands

British American Tobacco Shares for sale
For sale 277,920 shares of the British American Tobacco Central America S.A. based in Panama. For more information call 504-232-1391 Fax 504-239-9020 or email
leonel_gutierrez@yahoo.com

Many new ads in classifieds!

The Maya Calendar
A guide to the best in Honduran culture

TRADITIONAL DANCE -- FEBRUARY 17 -- The "Arte y Accion" Cultural Association and the Comayagua Cultural Center are sponsoring the presentation of the traditional dance, theater and music show titled "El Baile de los Diablitos." For more information call 236-6286, 225-3835.
Full Calendar in Cultural

Conflict over judicial appointments

TEGUCIGALPA -- After a series of negotiations and disagreements among the different movements of the National and Liberal parties, the Board of Directors of the National Congress was finally confirmed this week. However, things are still unclear at the Supreme Court of Justice, to the point of becoming a threat that may lead to a social and political convulsion. Full article by BLANCA MORENO

Women and education in the developing world

TEGUCIGALPA -- There are many deeply-rooted concepts in popular wisdom that are supported by reliable information: "In many developing countries, women who receive education increase their income and improve their family's living conditions; unfortunately, in the case of men this does not occur." Perhaps that is why many human development and population programs are aimed at women: as she will involve her partner, if she has one, and the rest of her family, she is an ideal agent of change. Full article by ROSIBEL PACHECHO DE GUTIERREZ

WEEK IN REVIEW

Civil society will denounce Honduras internationally
Six Presidents will attend Honduran Presidential Inauguration
Coffee production down by a million quintals
Transportation sector threatens to strike
New road links the north coast and the Gulf of Fonseca

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La Moskitia: rain forest adventure

A typical Miskito dwelling along the banks of the river.

Envision floating down the river in a dug-out canoe through a vast land untouched by civilization, an awe-inspiring world of pine forest savannas, dense tropical habitats, meandering, free-flowing rivers, and exotic wildlife. Such is the Honduran Moskitia. Covering an area of 22,000 square kilometers in Northeastern Honduras, the Moskitia is the largest, unspoiled tract of rain forest left in Central America. Full article by MARIA FIALLOS

Copan Update
By HOWARD ROSENZWEIG

In a bid to improve it's market share, El Salvador based TACA Airlines, the leading Central American carrier is beefing up it's in flight food and beverage offering. TACA is now offering what it calls, Deli Snack on all it's flights over 46 minutes. The airline is also reinstituting it's justly famous and always popular "open bar service" on the majority of it's flights. Free drinks and Deli Snack service at 30,000 ft....flying to Central America never felt this good! Complete Update in Travel & Tourism

Traveler's Guide

Guanaja

Guanaja, located east of Roatan, is the ultimate get away for those seeking an out of the way vacation. Upscale resorts will cater to your every need including diving, snorkeling, kayaking and horseback riding. The tallest of the three Bay Islands, the island is covered in pine trees and was once called Pine Island. Transportation on Guanaja is done mainly by water, since most of island's residents don't live on the main island but rather on Bonacca Cay. Going there or to any other town or resort requires a boat ride.

EDITORIAL

Futuro seguro/A safe future

He made the best offer of the presidential candidates.
The offer was from the wounded father of a young Honduran, killed by kidnappers just a few years before. His cry allowed him to break layers of tradition built up in this country over decades. And the Honduran people responded. Full editorial

Historical and curious facts from Honduras

A very special classified ad:

I'm selling very cheap, new house located on the main street of Villa Concepcion. Includes front and back yards, several inside rooms and some fruit trees. For price and conditions, talk to the writer of this ad, this person desires to return as soon as possible to Father Dario Cruz the money he loaned her as he is currently driving her crazy. Francisca Espana More Tidbits Compiled by ROSIBEL PACHECHO DE GUTIERREZ

Operation Smile:
Ready for sixth mission in Honduras

Maria Auxiliadora (right) is one of the 1000 Honduran children who has benefited from Operation Smile.

Hundreds of volunteers are currently getting ready to carry out the sixth Operation Smile international mission in Honduras. This missions objective is to provide free reconstructive surgery to 125 children who suffer from cleft lip and/or palate. This year, the team will be headed by North American and Honduran surgeons Brad Herman and Omar Mejia.
From February 7 to 20, national and foreign medical experts will gather at the San Felipe Hospital in Tegucigalpa first to screen and than to operate the lucky patients. Full article by SUYAPA CARIAS

Boa Review: Conflictive interests between major cities

According to Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: Region & State in Honduras 1870-1972, one of the reasons that coffee growing was slow in taking off was a shortage of knowledge. This situation didn't change until Pompilio Ortega founded an agricultural school and a state run nursery in the 1920s. Ortega had studied coffee cultivation in the United States. In 1900, coffee was being exported, but in small amounts in comparison to bananas. Much of the production was marketed internally, local consumers had abandoned traditional breakfast drinks such as tiste (made of cacao) for coffee by the late nineteenth century. Second of three parts by WENDY GRFFIN