Pope Benedict Meets with President Lobo

Pope Benedict XVI said he was pleased that the Central American nation had found stability. Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 63, a member of the conservative National Party, had a 23-minute closed door meeting with the pope Oct. 13 at the Vatican. Lobo won a November 2009 election five months after the Honduran military overthrew and forced […]

Aurelio Martinez to Play Carnegie Hall

Aurelio Martinez, the singer, composer, and guitarist from Honduras will be playing Carnegie Hall this Saturday, October 15th, 2011. Mr. Martinez is one of the leading Garifuna musicians of his generation, known for both his preservation and modernization of this musical tradition. Following in the footsteps of the older legendary paranderos, he has become the […]

BlackBerry Service in Honduras Restored

RIM’s BlackBerry service was fully restored around the world early Thursday morning after what the company called its largest-ever network disruption. Details on the outage, which began Monday and affected millions of users around the globe, came out during a conference call Thursday morning with top executives from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. RIM founder […]

Wells Fargo Bank Expands Remittances

Wells Fargo Bank Expands Remittances

PRESS RELEASE [Excerpts] Wells Fargo will extend its consumer remittance payout network distribution to 9 additional financial institutions and alternative financial services companies in Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru, Philippines and Vietnam. Wells Fargo now has one of the largest number of payout locations for a U.S. bank-managed remittance service, creating added convenience for its […]

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