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Download the vivoactive player from www.vivo.com and see the gallery. The plugin is free of charge and runs on Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer on Macintosh OS and Windows platforms. This Week we are featuring an interview with Rob Young, Marine Geologist from the University of Vermont discussing environmental issue in the Bay Islands. Honduras CD-ROM in the works Copies of the CD-ROM will be limited so reserve your copy today by filling our easy online form. Pricing is to be announced. All the images on this week's travel page will be featured on the CD-ROM. Free classifieds are back For a limited time, we are offering free placement of Real Estate classifieds. Visit the classifieds page for more information. 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 six new images. 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, 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: Gracias a Dios, which comprises La Mosquitia, became the 18th and last department on February 21, 1957. However, this was the second time La Mosquitia was made into a department. On May 26, 1869, Congress created the Departamento de la Mosquitia, but 12 years later it was annexed to Colón department. The Comarca de la Mosquitia (the Mosquitia Territory) was then created on March 11, 1889.
The departmental capital of La Mosquitia, which was originally to be called Ciudad Cabañas, is Puerto Lempira. 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.)
Tourism: help not hurdles According to the latest statistics, tourism generates more than $300 million a year for the Honduran economy. Referred to locally as la industria sin chimineas, the industry without smokestacks, tourism is gaining increasing attention as a potential cornerstone for the country's developing economy. After coffee, bananas, cultivated shrimp and maquila exports, tourism is one of the most economically active sectors in Honduras. What's more, it has the potential to grow significantly stronger. Full editorial opinion in Opinions and Editorial THANKS FOR INFO Dear Editor: I am a Honduran and it comes as a surprise to me that Gen. Vicente Caceres (a beloved character by many old timers from the Instituto Central [secondary school], as my father and myself are) had proposed General Morazan as an alternate name for our currency. Full letter in Opinions and Editorial U.S. SHOULD CRITICIZE LESS Dear Editor: I have been reading your online newspaper since I came across it on the Web. It's nice to hear an American (at least I think you are) telling it like it is. We as Americans are guilty of gross arrogance, and ignorance of other cultures. Full letter in Opinions and Editorial CLOUD FORESTS VITAL Dear Editor: I've heard a lot about rain forests....but cloud forests I've heard very little about. It is nice to hear about people fighting to keep them natural. Full letter in Opinions and Editorial
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GARIFUNA ARTISTS
The daughter of Tela artist Maxima Tomas daughter poses next to a painting at the Tela Art Gallery. The works of Tomas, Herman Alvez, Gil Bermúdez, María Elizabeth Henry and other Garífuna and non-Garífuna artists are currently on display at the gallery, located at the Garífuna museum. (Photo by Wendy Griffin)
New gallery lets you take home a piece of the North Coast Most of us who visit the beaches of the Honduran North Coast wish there was some way to take all the bright sun, blue sky and Garifuna dancing back home with us. Now, there is. Full article in Cultural By WENDY GRIFFIN
Ranching is a way of life in Honduras. Although most ranchers are Spanish-speaking, some of Honduras' Indian groups have also raised cattle for centuries. Records from the 1700s reveal that the general in charge of the La Mosquitia region, himself a Miskito Indian, ranched many head of cattle near his headquarters on the Rio Platano. Full article in Cultural By WENDY GRIFFIN Did
you know? Hondurans today know very little about the first great disaster to occur in the country's history. But in the late 1770s, news of the catastrophe resonated as far away as Spain. According to the prestigious Honduran historian Mario Martinez de Castillo, civil, military and church authorities virtually inundated the Spanish throne with detailed letters describing the event and desperate cries for help. The Maya Calendar The Maya Calendar is a public service for our readers. If you would like to announce an event taking place in Honduras, please send the information to: Calendar Editor, Honduras This Week, Fax 32-2300, e-mail: hontweek@hondutel.hn
TELA -- Green lawns, colorful birds, an abundance of exotic plants and trees and a cool swimming hole to top this off. If you are tired of Tela's crowded beaches, where better go than to the Lancetilla Botanical Garden? This green haven of tranquillity lies only 15 minutes outside of Tela. There is plenty of shade under trees from every continent, in every color, shape and size. The restaurant in the visitor's center offers cool drinks and good food, while the lawn is excellent for playing soccer.
Lodging for every
budgert available Trujillo offers a wide variety of places to stay. During the year, the North Coast beach town is busy with foreign travelers, especially from June to August. There is also a surge of travellers from colder climates seeking warm weather from December to June. But by far Trujillo's busiest time is Semana Santa, when it fills up with Honduran beachgoers.
Liberals okay Flores candidacy TEGUCIGALPA -- An assembly of 954 Liberal Party delegates okayed Carlos Flores as their official candidate for this November's presidential election. Full article By BLANCA MORENO in National WEEK IN REVIEW Alleged conspirator in Ferrari case freed Raul Mata, one of three persons sentenced for the highly publicized 1978 murders of Mario and Mary Ferrari, last Thursday (March 20) received his freedom after serving 19 years of a 20-year sentence, the daily La Tribuna reported. Another breakout at juvenile detention center Approximately 20 teenage delinquents broke out of the juvenile detention center at El Hatillo on Sunday (March 23), the daily La Tribuna reported. Politician killed in robbery Two armed robbers were killed and three captured near the community of San Martin last Saturday (March 15) following police pursuit along secondary roads in Choluteca department, the daily La Tribuna reported. Noriega's ex-lawyer to defend Francois Attorney Frank Rubino, who defended former Panamanian General Manuel Antonio Noriega, will represent Lt. Col. Joseph Michel Francois of Haiti, who is currently facing extradition to the United States, the daily La Tribuna reported. Release of general's son protested Scores of angry taxi drivers on Monday (March 17) protested the release of Kevin Regalado Weizemblut in front of the San Pedro Sula offices of the Department of Criminal Investigation (DIC), the daily La Tribuna. Regalado, the son of former Armed Forces Chief Gen. Humberto Regalado Hernandez, is accused of destroying the windows of at least 70 taxi cabs with a BB gun. Daylight savings time considered Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador may go on daylight savings time to save energy, according to Vice President Guadalupe Jerezano in a La Tribuna report. Teguz to have recycling plant The Mayor's Office of Tegucigalpa plans to build a garbage recycling plant on a piece of land it recently bought outside the city along the Olancho highway, the daily La Prensa reported. FREE!
Gov't to stimulate plantain production Once the leader in plantain production in Central America, Honduras has fallen to last place, says Agriculture Minister Ricardo Arías Brito. Full article in Business and Economics NAFTA parity still a far reach Central America has a lot of changes to make if it ever hopes to enjoy the same benefits as Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), said Michael Porter, an economist from Harvard University, at a meeting with Honduran economic officials in San Pedro Sula this week. Full article in Business and Economics
Semana Santa The Easter Vacation editorial has become a tradition on the pages of Honduras This Week. The whole country seems abuzz with Semana Santa activity: Hondurans try to balance summer fun with religious solemnity, there is a mass exodus from the larger cities as people pack up their families to visit the folks back home or spend several days at the beach and people will turn up in droves to see the Easter processions. Full article in Opinions and Editorials Advertisement
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Solar energy brightens
rural Honduras with low cost alternative Scientists confirm fireball in N.W. Honduras was meteorite |
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Honduran curiosities Holy carpets Garifunas prepare for 200 year anniversary bash in La Ceiba |
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Panama to
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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 |
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Panama to
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The condom: sinful or
salvation? OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF HONDURAS KEEP UP GOOD WORK Semana Santa |
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How young is
too young when it comes to kid scuba divers? Tela has something for everybody Semana Santa Guide to Utila |
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Lancetilla's lush gardens a
welcome escape from the beach
