By Alma Castro Hernández on May 28, 2009
General Honduras News
We live in Sandy Bay on Roatan and have damage to our two houses – mostly concrete cracks and lots of drywall cracks, especially around the wall/ceiling lines around the outside walls. We lost bathroom tile in the shower located on an outside wall of the upstairs bath. The toilet in this bathroom also cracked […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on May 7, 2009
Politics in Honduras
The financial meltdown is a symptom of a deeply flawed economic system that should not be repaired but should be replaced by one that is based on justice and solidarity, said the president of Caritas Internationalis. “A world built on the globalization of greed and fear rather than the globalization of solidarity was never sustainable […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on June 14, 2008
canadian, cosmetics, honduras, tegucigalpa
Business - Economics
Canadian cosmetics firm Faces Cosmetics Plc. said it has signed a second location for development in Honduras, Central America. The company said the location will be at the country’s capital city of Tegucigalpa. Construction is likely to begin shortly, it said. Faces Cosmetics opened its first location in Honduras in 2007 in the city of […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on April 28, 2008
General Honduras News
The Hirshhorn’s recent advertising campaign hails what I’ve been preaching all year: “Art Surrounds You.” A bus rolled by the other day with a billboard plastered to its side, proclaiming these words next to a cartoon depiction of a spiked dog collar. At least I’m on the right track, I thought. The Hirshhorn certainly understands […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on March 27, 2008
Business - Economics
The Honduran government says it has sent three top ministers to Washington to lobby against a U.S. decision to block its melon exports in the wake of a salmonella outbreak. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says the ministers of agriculture, trade and health will meet with U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials to tell them about […]