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This week, Features debuts with "Paradise Lost" The unraveling of Hispanic society in the U.S. by W.E. Gutman and opens the door to our java enabled chat room where you can talk to tohers about Honduras in real time.

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: The exact meaning of Tegucigalpa is still a mystery. However, most linguists now agree that the word is derived from the Nahuatl Indian language and does not mean cerro de plata (silver hill), as many believe. Alberto Membreño (1859-1921), a linguist and politician, states in his work "Nombres Geograficos de la Republica de Honduras" that Tegucigalpa means en las casas de las piedras puntiaguadas (in the dwellings of sharp-pointed rocks). Other possible meanings suggested by scholars include en la region de los cerros de los venerables ancianos (in the region of the hills of the venerable elders), llanura verde (green plain or prairie), en la casa de los nobles o los senores (in the dwelling of the nobles or lords), en las casas de la tierra amarilla (in the dwellings of the yellow earth) and many other similar variations.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Tegucigalpa's official name was "Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa y Heredia" and later "Real Villa de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa y Heredia."

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25-year-old breaks world kayaking record in Gulf of Fonseca

TEGUCIGALPA -- What makes a man get into a kayak and paddle it down the Pacific Coast from California to Central America? There may be only one person with the authority and experience to answer that question. His name is Ben Wade.

Full article By SUYAPA CARIAS in National

WEEK IN REVIEW

SPS bank robbed, factory assaulted

Four thugs armed with handguns and AK-47 assault rifles on March 25 robbed an undisclosed amount of money from the Atlantida branch bank on San Pedro Sula's Boulevard del Norte, the daily La Tribuna reported. On making their getaway, one thug threw a bottle into the bank claiming it was a bomb.

Full article in National

Paradise Lost:

The unraveling of Hispanic society in the U.S.

PART 1 -- An entrenched underclass

Ambling one halting step forward and two break-neck steps backwards, Hispanics are becoming the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. Cultural splintering, declining incomes and now harsh but inevitable new welfare laws also make them the poorest.

Full article By W. E. GUTMAN Special to Honduras This Week

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This Month's Headlines

Liberals okay Flores candidacy
Alleged conspirator in Ferrari case freed
Another breakout at juvenile detention center
Politician killed in robbery
Noriega's ex-lawyer to defend Francois
Release of general's son protested
Daylight savings time considered
Teguz to have recycling plant
Panama to privatize water plants
Commission to investigate atrocities in Guatemala
Fresh uncertainty over U.S. Canal troops
Honduras, El Salvador send troops to border zone
Drug use 'stable' in Tegucigalpa
Press attacked twice in one week
German citizen murdered, wife raped
Breakouts at juvenile detention center
Pro-life group, church blast condom use
Operation Smile changes lives of 132 Hondurans
IMF gives thumbs down to spiraling inflation
U.S. asks for extradition of former Haitian police chief
Teguz bank robbed, SPS business assaulted
Seismology equipment installed at UNAH
Timber smuggling continues in Nahuaterique

Gov't to stimulate plantain production
NAFTA parity still a far reach
Booming coffee prices, improved quality boosts Honduran economy
U.S. pleased with Reina administration
Taiwan joins forces with CA
New office takes steps for consumer protection

Panama to privatize water plants
Commission to investigate atrocities in Guatemala
Fresh uncertainty over U.S. Canal troops
Guatemalan phone company to be auctioned
U.S. firm interested in Nicaraguan phone company
Panama to accept bids on water plants
Guatemala, Belize to discuss land conflict

This Week's Trivia Question:
Q: At 6,194 meters above sea level, Mount McKinley
is the highest mountain in North America. What is the highest peak in Honduras? Where is it located?
Q: In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th and last state of the United States of America. Which Honduran department was the last to be created and in what year was it approved by the National Congress? What is the cabecera, or capital, of this department?
Q: For many English-speaking foreigners, "Tegucigalpa" is something of a tongue-twister. What does Tegucigalpa mean? What was the full name of Tegucigalpa in colonial times?

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