All U.S. Citizens are invited to a Town Hall Meeting at the Mazapan School in La Ceiba on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
Following the Town Hall meeting, applications will be accepted for adult U.S. passport renewals. The following items are required to
renew an adult U.S. passport:
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Eighty-two Hondurans being deported from the United States will be flying into the country at 2:00 p.m. today, according to the non-governmental Center for Attention to Returning Migrants [Centro de Atención al Migrante Retornado (CAMR)].
The Director of the CAMR, Valdette Willeman, is heading from Tegucigalpa to the city of San Pedro Sula to receive the deportees.
Approximately 36,000 Hondurans have been deported by the Government of the United States since the beginning of 2011, up from the 22,520 Honduran citizens deported from the United States in 2010. Willeman added that on Wednesday they expect the arrival of two more flights of deportees – one to Tegucigalpa, and one to San Pedro Sula.
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The presidential designee, Samuel Reyes, welcomed the Board of Directors of the Association of Special Coffees of America (SCAA) to the presidential house yesterday afternoon, along with presidential designee and Minister of the Presidency, María Antonieta Guillén, members of the government cabinet, managers of the Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE) and other coffee organizations, to officially thank the SCAA for acknowledging the great advancement of Honduras in producing high quality coffee.
The visit from this prestigious organization will serve to formalise the commitment by Honduras to sponsor an international fair organized by the SCAA, being held in April in the state of Oregon, of The United States of America.
“In previous events, renowned coffee countries such as Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil have been sponsors of the SCAA,” explained designee Reyes. The government sees this as an exceptional opportunity for the national coffee to find great investment. Additionally, it could promote and project a better image of Honduras to the rest of the world.
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