By Catracha Hondurena on December 2, 2014
Financial News

Honduran Mercario partners up with American Mimetic Markets to launch the first Bitcoin cryptocurrency trading in Honduras. Hosted by Mimetic Markets, freshly announced trading platform Mercario will allow users to trade Honduran lempiras, Brazilian reals and bitcoins on a robust and scalable system. In a company’s announcement, Mimetic Markets CEO Sameer Parekh Brenn stated: “We’re excited to be […]
By Catracha Hondurena on November 27, 2014
General Honduras News, Human Interest

Honduras sends more students to the United States than any other country in Central America, according to the 2014 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Published by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the report reveals that the number of Honduran students enrolled in U.S. institutions of higher education […]
By Catracha Hondurena on November 25, 2014
Business - Economics

More than two thousand employees of the National Electricity Company (ENEE) will be laid off this week in Honduras, said today the manager of the company Roberto Ordoñez. According to the CEO, the state company has no financial capacity to support those employees who do not meet any productive function. This week we will be […]
By Catracha Hondurena on November 19, 2014
General Honduras News

Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, have been found dead. The two women have been missing since Thursday, after they were murdered at approximately 11:00 PM while attending a birthday party at a water park in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado, had been due to […]
By Catracha Hondurena on November 14, 2014
General Honduras News

US call center operator StarTek expects to open a new facility in Honduras’ capital Tegucigalpa in the short term, company president and CEO Chad Carlson told a conference call with investors. The executive said that the firm is currently operating in a temporary facility in Tegucigalpa. In July this year, the firm had decided to […]