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I. Love Association brings help to Mosquitia
  Each year thousands of people visit Honduras, the second poorest country in
Latin America. Everywhere tourists see the signs of poverty, such as poor housing with no
latrines and children in the streets begging or working at a very young age. Full article in Features By WENDY
GRIFFIN
Garifuna sacred areas lack adequate
protection
 Deputies of the National Congress are currently considering legislation that
would change or eliminate Article 107 of the Honduran Constitution, which prohibits
foreigners or foreign companies from owning land within 40 km of the coast. This article
repeats the contents of a 1890s Agrarian Reform Law. Full article
in Cultural By WENDY GRIFFIN
The Maya
Calendar
A guide to the best in
Honduran culture |
'98 SEASON OF ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION -- THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26 -- AUG. 29: Cachivaches Theater Group in "The
Stick Doctor." SEPT. 4, 5: La Fragua Theater Group in two short plays, "Bald
Mountain" and "The Thing." SEPT. 11, 12: La Fragua Theater Group in "A
New Dream." SEPT. 12, 13: Party in celebration of Children’s Day for all of the
children of El Progreso. (No admission fee for this event). Showtime is 7 p.m. Admission
is Lps. 20 for adults and Lps. 10 for children. Weekday performances for school children,
Thursdays at 4 p.m. La Fragua Theater is located in the City of El Progreso in the Colonia
Patty, two blocks behind the Clinica Cristiana. Full Maya Calendar
in Cultural
 According to news reports, the Honduran tourism industry is expecting an
increase of some 50,000 foreign visitors over the course of 1998, compared to last year.
Vamos a ver... Full Copan Update in Travel & Tourism By HOWARD
ROSENZWEIG
Tania released, two suspects detained
 TEGUCIGALPA -- After being held captive in the trunk of car 54 hours, Tania
Facusse, Honduras' latest kidnap victim, was released on foot and unharmed near a private
hospital in downtown Tegucigalpa. Initially, it was reported that a Lps. 5.5 million
lempira ransom was requested, but apparently the kidnappers plans were foiled leaving them
empty-handed.Full article in National By BLANCA MORENO
Padilla brothers
threaten police
German citizen, son missing
Downtown's power network to be upgraded
Five robbers killed in heist
Minister of Security named
Foreigners hit hard by Honduran inflation
 For some months now, I've had the feeling that all was not well. My income
seemed to be buying less. Like many foreigners here, I am living here primarily on a
dollar income. Full article By MAS DINERO in Business &
Economics
Due to the lack of stickers, the date set for car registration has been
pushed back a week until Tuesday (Sept. 1), the daily La Tribuna reported. Full Business Briefs and more in Business & Economics.
| Dollar Exchange Rate |
Official |
Black Market |
| Buy |
13.46 |
13.45 |
| Sell |
13.62 |
13.60 |
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Lessons to be learned from Comayaguela
market
 As
the messages about the growing epidemic of crime and lawlessness swarm around us, it is
important to keep some perspective. One way to do that is to visit the famous market in
Comayaguela, which is actually made up of a number of markets. This might seem a strange
place to go in quest of something so elusive as perspective. It is noisy, hot, dirty,
smelly, and over-crowded. It overwhelms the senses, and the nectar of its ambience is not
sweet. Full perspective in Opinions & Editorial By ERLING DUUS
A special message to our readers
Recently,
two English-language weekly newspapers went bankrupt in Guatemala, despite the fact that
there is a much larger expatriate population in Guatemala than in Honduras. Honduras This
Week, in its 9th year of publication, struggles to survive the impact of inflation, and
the high costs driven by the fact that all materials used in the publishing of a newspaper
must be imported. While many people assume that HTW must be a highly profitable
enterprise, the truth is that it has never done much more than break even. And even this
has come at a cost. Full editorial in Opinions & Editorial. |
This unusual red flower is just one of the many exotic and not so exotic
plants growing at the Lancetilla Botanical Gardens, near Tela. In addition to plants, the
gardens also house a research station of the National Forestry School, which could play an
important role in saving the mahogany tree. (Photo by Mario Gutierrez.)
those
giant mahogany trees grew, so he could have preserved for us images of a fast disappearing
biosphere, that once gone will never again reappear.
