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Honduras This Week In Pictures

View Honduras through the camera of Honduras This Week photographer Eric Schwimmer as he captures the natural, cultural, and political essence of Honduras. 

This month featuring a new and improved Gallery layout. See for yourself, and let us know what you think about the horizontal layout.

All the images in the gallery are available in high resolution formats for web and print use. Contact Eric Schwimmer at hontweek@hondutel.hn for pricing and terms.

This Week's Trivia

This Week's Trivia, a Honduras This Week Online exclusive features a new question each week. Readers are encouraged to submit their answers in the This Week's Trivia page which is updated in real-time. The first person to guess the right answer will be listed in the Trivia hall of fame. To enter the hall of fame, ALL parts of the question must be answered.

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION

A: Club Deportivo Olimpia is Honduras' most popular soccer club. Since the creation of the National Soccer League in 1965, Olimpia has won 12 championships: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992/93, 1995/96.

New Advertising Rates

The online version and the print version have released their advertising rates for 1997.

For a limited time, the online version is offering one free week for every monthly ad purchased. Prices start as low as $40 per month (plus one week free.)

Education and family

A proposed plan to help poor families cover the cost of educating their children--currently a topic of hot debate among private sector and government leaders--would send a message to the Honduran people.

Full article in Opinions & Editorial

HTW ONLINE RECOMMENDED BY ADVERTISER

Dear Editor,

Overseas Retirement Network has advertised in the online version of Honduras This Week for the last several months. We have received overwhelming number of responses from your readers and the ad was in large part responsible for the success of our tours to Honduras.

Full article in Opinions & Editorial

SPS HOSPITALITY GREAT

Dear Editor:

I visited San Pedro Sula Feb. 8-11, 1997. It was a most pleasant trip. I stayed at the Hotel Copantl and was pleasantly surprised at the hospitality I was shown.

Full article in Opinions & Editorial

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Honduras This Week Environment

Jungle comforts
Are you anxious to visit the rain forest, but not so anxious to leave behind the comforts of home? The new Rio Tinto Lodge in the La Mosquitia village of Palacios offers a clean, comfortable respite from the rigors of jungle trekking. (Photo by Ricardo Madrid.)

Bringing La Mosquitia into the classroom: more than a field trip

"Paddle hard! Left, left, left!" Jorge shouts to the drenched crew. "Paddle hard! Lean in! Lean back! Crawl right!" The small rubber raft is tossed about the huge boulders, laced with fallen trees from years of tropical storms, pushed down river by the roaring rapids.

Full article in Travel & Tourism by CAPTAIN TERRY CLYMIRE

Castillo Maradiaga absolved of 1991 Riccy Mabel murder

Riccy Mabel Martinez

TEGUCIGALPA -- A second appeal has led to what many Hondurans believe is an alarming new verdict in the 1991 rape/murder case of coed Riccy Mabel Martinez.

In two prior trials, judges found Col. Angel Castillo Maradiaga guilty of the rape and murder of the 17-year-old student, while Sgt. Santos Ilovares was twice convicted of participating in her rape.

Full article in National

Striking health workers shut down public hospitals

The government responds with tear gas and riot gear while thousands of poor Hondurans remain without access to health care.

TEGUCIGALPA -- Efforts by the nation's 13,000 public health workers to flex their muscle and demand an additional Lps. 187 million in salaries were met head on by the Reina administration this week with anti-riot police and tear gas.

Full article By LILIAM BARAHONA in National

Prominent banker dies

Hondurans were saddened this week by the death of prominent banker and philanthropist Paul Vinelli.

Full article in National

Dutch volunteers meet in Tela, question validity of foreign aid

Twenty-four Dutch volunteers met in the North Coast city of Tela last week.

Full article By MASJA ZWART Special to Honduras This Week in National

WEEK IN REVIEW

Kidnapping victim returns home unharmed

Roxana Diaz, the daughter of Congressman Jose Heriberto Diaz (Nat.-Atlántida), returned to her family Tuesday (Feb. 18) after kidnappers abandoned the university coed in a Siguatepeque home, the daily La Tribuna reported.

Security guards rob San Pedro Sula bank

Two security guards assigned to the main offices of the Futuro Bank in San Pedro Sula robbed more than Lps. 300,000 from the bank last Friday (Feb. 14), the daily La Prensa reported.

No charges against Azcona for extradition - yet

Reports that former President Jose Azcona and former Armed Forces Chief Gen. Humberto Regalado Hernandez have been formally charged with kidnapping, abuse of authority and violation of the Constitution in relation to the illegal extradition of drug trafficker Ramon Mata Ballesteros are not true, Attorney General Edmundo Orellana said in a La Tribuna report.

Covenant House prez to visit Teguz

Covenant House President Mary Rose McGeady will arrive in Honduras Tuesday (Feb. 25) as part of a three-day visit to observe first hand the rehabilitation activities conducted by its Tegucigalpa branch, known in Spanish as Casa Alianza, for street children, according to a press release.

Full articles in National Week in Review

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American Express joins Credomatic

Taking advantage of a growing number of credit card holders in Honduras, the American Express company will now be offering its cards and services through Central America's largest credit card provider: Credomatic.

Investors seek joint ventures in tourism

Thirty European investors met with leaders in the Honduran tourism industry last week in the village of Copan Ruinas to discuss the future of tourism here and explore joint investment opportunities.

Full articles in Business and Economics

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Panama Launches Mega Bond Issue

(LATIN.NET) -- Panama launched a successful $500 million five-year global bond issue through lead manager Bank of Boston Trust Company.

C.A. beef dispute deepens

(LATIN.NET) -- Nicaragua has closed its borders to Salvadoran beef imports in response to El Salvador's blockage of Nicaraguan beef imports.

Fulll articles by Latin Net in Central America.

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Tours

Individual Retirement/ Relocation Tours to Honduras are now available! The individual tours are customized to fit your personal needs, time schedule, and price range. This program contains the same information, key contacts, and funfilled excursions as the group tour , but with personal attention to your individual needs. For more details call Overseas Retirement Network toll free 1-888-535-5289 or email mnant10621@aol.com

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Online Edition 42: Click here to see the front page for February 17, 1997

Online Edition 41: Click here to see the front page for February 10, 1997

ONLINE EDITION 40: Click here to see the front page for February 2, 1997

This Month's Headlines

Panama wins BB+ rating from S&P / Guatemala wins $1.9 billion from donors / Panama to accept bids on dam project

Online edition exclusive articles by Latin Net in Central American Roundup.

Iguana's Farm: learning to love our scaly friends: Full Article by SUYAPA CARIAS in Environment

Botanical gardens offer break from beautiful beaches, reefs Full article by By CAPT. TERRY CLYMIRE exclusive to Honduras This Week Online

Also, previews from the upcoming CD-ROM Honduras Interactive.

Full articles in Cultural

Edition 41: Honduras has had two national flowers. Can you name them? When was the national flower changed?

Edition 40:Many people know that the patron saint of Ireland is St. Patrick and that Mexico's saint is the Virgen de Guadalupe. Who is the patron saint of Honduras? When and where was the little wooden statue of the saint found, and by whom?

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