By gringa on April 6, 2012
farming, pests
Environmental News
In February, Honduran officials discovered dead kudzu bugs in a shipping container from Georgia. This led the country to step up and call pest control olathe ks and do inspections of cargo from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. To help Latin American officials prepare for the possible introduction of the pest into their […]
By gringa on April 4, 2012
Business - Economics
Honduras complained at the World Trade Organization about an Australian law that prohibits the display of tobacco companies’ logos, labels and trademarks, saying the ban violates global rules on intellectual property. As of Dec. 1, cigarettes in Australia will have to be sold in dark brown packets, with no symbols or images and the same […]
By gringa on March 29, 2012
afl-cio, labor unions, united states
Business - Economics, Politics in Honduras
PRESS RELEASE The AFL-CIO Joins Honduran Trade Unions in Filing a Petition with Department of Labor against Honduran Government for Failing to Enforce Labor Laws under Trade Agreement
By gringa on March 29, 2012
cruisers, honduras, roatan, sailing, sailors, west end
Honduras Travel & Tourism
All cruising sailors have been told they must leave West End in Honduras by the end of March. The decision by the local authorities is causing consternation, not only by the cruising sailors that have been sailing, snorkeling and diving in the idyllic waters of Roatan, Honduras for many seasons, but also the local business […]
By gringa on March 28, 2012
fruit, united states
Business - Economics
The exports estimation for Honduras’s 2011-2012 melon season might be around 300 million kilos. Despite the adverse effects of the weather and the world economic situation in the last years, the Honduran melon industry managed to set new records on exports.