Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

A second cold front is expected to enter Honduras this Sunday according to the National Meteorological Service SMN.

The mass of cold air will be generating considerable decrease in temperatures, strong winds and heavy rains over the north coast of Honduras.

The cold front was getting close to the Gulf of Mexico accompanied by high pressure that will also affect Honduras. The cold front is coming from the Gulf of Mexico and we are expecting it to start affecting the north coast on Sunday with the decrease in temperature, some wind and rains.

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The Government of Honduras hopes Congress will approve the “Hoy no Circula” measure that restricts the circulation of vehicles one day a week as a measure to reduce fuel consumption.

The energy matters adviser, Moises Starkman, informed that the Congress will be discussing the approval of this measure, even though it was rejected by the population and the Supreme Court of Justice considered it unconstitutional since it violates the right to free circulation.

According to Starkman, Congress was supposed to approve the “Hoy no Circula” last October, but delayed it for unknown reasons.

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The ambassador of the United States in Honduras, Hugo Lorens, donated a Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber to the sanitary authorities in Puerto Lempira to protect the lives of hundreds of divers in that area.

Lorens said this donation is an example of the excellent affair between Honduras and the United States and he is happy to make this donation.

Hyperbaric Oxygenation is a medical treatment that involves the breathing of pure oxygen while in a sealed Hyperbaric Chamber that has been pressurized at 1.5 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure.

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