New York Times Article Excerpt: “Romer, who is expected to be chairman, is hoping to build a city that can accommodate 10 million people, which is 2 million more than the current population of Honduras. His charter city will have extremely open immigration policies to attract foreign workers from all over. It will also tactically […]
With the near unanimous support of its Congress, Honduras recently defined a new legal entity: la Región Especial de Desarrollo. A RED is an independent reform zone intended to offer jobs and safety to families who lack a good alternative; officials in the RED will be able to partner with foreign governments in critical areas […]
Trujillo is a sleepy backwater, but one with a lot of history. The beautiful bay surrounded by lagoons and mountains on the northern coast of Honduras was where Christopher Columbus set foot on the American continent during his fourth voyage in 1502. But in a few decades, it might be known for something entirely different: […]
The XII Latin American Meeting on Digital Cities (XII Encuentro Iberoamericano de Ciudades Digitales), will take place on the 28th, 29th and 30th September, 2011 in Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain. President Lobo will leave Saturday in preparation for his attendance at the event, according to an unofficial report from the Presidential House. This year’s theme is […]
Each year about 75,000 Hondurans try to reach the United States to seek economic opportunity. A new plan, however, would try to bring opportunity to Hondurans rather than the other way around. Honduras recently amended its constitution to allow the creation of "special development regions"e; or "charter cities." Charter cities are the brainchild of American […]