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Honduras is close to reaching an agreement to play Ghana in an international friendly on March 3, 2010 in South Africa.

The match is expected to open the newly-built Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, which has a 46,000 seat capacity, and will be the same venue for Honduras’ Group H opener against Chile on June 16, 2010.

Coach Reinaldo Rueda says next month’s friendly will help the players acclimatize to conditions before the World Cup tournament kick-starts. He plans to field a strong squad that will be led by striker David Suazo, Wilson Palacios, Maynor Figueroa, and Hendry Thomas.

The employees of the Honduran Council of Science and Technology (COHCIT) have taken over the facility to protest the dismissal of more than 80 contract employees.

After the merging of the state institution with the Secretariat of Planning, Minister Arthur Corrals did not renew the contracts of temporary workers. It was announced that about 30 more employees could be terminated in the coming hours.

The Association of Public Employees of Honduras stated that it supports the protest of the employees of the COHCIT.

Former Ambassador to Cuba from the government of Manuel Zelaya, received the “Friendship Medal” from that country; a distinction awarded by the Cuban Council of State. Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, presented the award.

The ceremony was held at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the former Honduran diplomat, Juan Ramon Elvir Salgado, thanked the Cubans for their friendship and stated he regretted not having concluded the matters of bilateral cooperation. Elvir Salgado, ambassador since 2007, recalled different cooperation projects agreed to by Honduras and Cuba, which addressed areas of literacy, energy saving and health care programs. Salgado noted that Honduras urgently needs to revise its Constitution so that all sectors are included. “Honduras should be for all Hondurans, and not for just a few of them.”

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Documents related to the settlement of a lawsuit against Christopher Pearson, the former Mashantucket Pequot tribal official accused of defrauding investors in a Honduran real estate deal, have been sealed by the tribal court.

Terms of the settlement are “NOT subject to public/media knowledge,” reads an entry made in the case file following a settlement conference last week. A request for dismissal of the case is expected by the end of this week, the entry indicates…Read entire article here.