La Americana Morena

Sometimes I really don’t understand this world we live in. On one hand, we are taught “not to judge a book by its cover.” On the other, we tend to assume that a clean-shaven, Anglo male in a business suit is most likely affluent, successful, and generally not a threat in terms of stealing or mugging the average Joe.Full Articles By Monique Bhimani

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?

HTW witnessed a horrendous car accident near the airport, and believe it or not, there was not one taxi involved. Well, perhaps a taxi caused it and fled, we probably will never know the real facts surrounding the incident. What it looked like was one pick-up truck, heavily laden with empty beer bottles and cases, with a young Latino driver at the wheel. His arms covered with tattoos, he was obviously on the wrong side of the road. He hit another vehicle head-on, knocking it off the hill and into a ravine. It landed on the driver’s side, trapping the driver.Full Article

RECO in a Fuel Increase Jam

Richard Warren, the new President of RECO and Mathew Harper, RECO Administrative and Technical Director, were invited guests to speak at the July ‘Island Friends’ meeting. This organization has been around for two years and prides itself on being a group of people who care about the island. Full Article

HEALTH & FITNESS

Accelerated ACL Rehabilitation Program

Suffering a total rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee is a very traumatic experience for any athlete. The injury itself is very painful and on top of that, a long rehabilitation process follows surgical repair of the injury. After years of experience and study, I’ve been able to develop an accelerated ACL rehabilitation program, safe for any athlete. The big secret is the use of “acceleration training,” which takes postoperative exercises and the ACL rehabilitation protocol to a whole new level. In my protocol, I’m using the Power-Plate for the acceleration training. There have been several studies by well-known sports medicine institutes; all of them have confirmed the survey published below. Full Article By Ivonne van

E N T E R T A I N M E N T

Breaking News: Superhero Leaps Tall Buildings While Nursing Hang-over

I’ve scratched myself a bald spot wondering why the latest Fourth of July-released Will Smith extravaganza has gotten such scathing reviews. Maybe I just answered my own question – are other critics simply tired of having to review yet another summer blockbuster from the seemingly invincible Mr. Smith? Who knows - I’m honestly a little befuddled about it. I enjoyed the heck out of ‘Hancock,’ and some of the snarky comments that have been hurled at it are unjustified. Full Article By Todd Ellertson

Attention HTW Readers: Missing Person Alert

Brett Thomas Schoen

Has a Japanese Tattoo on his left ankle. Age: 38, Height: Aprox 5’10”, Weight: 180 lbs, Hair: Blonde, Long; Eyes: Blue. Missing since December 14, 2007 Last seen in: Siguatepeque, Comayagua. Full Article

Knee Injury Ends Beijing Olympics Dream

Todd Ellertson/Honduras This Week
Irvin Reyna receives neuro-electrical stimulation to his right knee, following recent ACL repair surgery.

The back-slapping and highfives began back in March for an elite squad of Honduran soccer players. They had all proven themselves worthy enough to be chosen as the official team to go to Beijing, China for the Summer Olympic Games in August. Full Article By Todd Ellertson

Migration Ventures Enrich Honduran Economy

Courtesy Mauricio Medina
Newly hired Honduran workers receive cultural and work orientation in Canada.

It is estimated that there are 300,000 Hondurans living in the U.S., sending approximately $600 million a year to relatives back home. Remittances, alongside assembly industry exports, amount to one of the top two sources of the country’s $2.5 billion in foreign income. However, mass migration of the working population poses a severe threat to the economic development of Honduras, and the financial benefit associated with living in the U.S. propels hundreds of thousands of Hondurans to undertake risky and illegal crossings into Mexico. The actions required to combat this problem seem evasive, but in Honduras, there appears to be a solution to appease the appetites of those wishing to emigrate and simultaneously benefit its economic development. Full Article By Emma Lovegrove

The Mother of Law:
Our Constitution

The Republic of Honduras has seen sixteen different versions of its National Constitution, since the first Spanish Colonial government administration in the Central American region and specifically in Honduras. Our constitution, to the benefit all of our people, has been influenced the best of Roman, French, English, Spanish, Chilean and Mexican legal and justice systems; all of them were used as role models of citizen rights, and fair justice for all. Full Article

World Food Crisis: An Outrage Largely Being Ignored

Scott Siggins/Honduras This Week
Local produce vendors at the Tegucigalpa Farmer's Market sell fresh vegatables, poultry, fruits and flowers.

The United Nations World Food Program has warned of severe food shortages across Central America. The U.N. calculates that as many as one million peasants in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala will soon be facing crisis as their yearly crops fail. The situation is reportedly worse in rural Honduras with more than 300,000 smallholding farmers reporting they have lost their entire crop. This news comes in the wake of last month when thousands of activists blocked highways and rallied in the capital to oppose food price hikes and policies that made their country the most open to free trade in Latin America - and one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Full Article By Scott Siggins