Unknown gunmen shot a convoy of vehicles carrying Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi, while traveling on Saturday night on the main highway in northern Honduras. Luckily, the attack left no casualties, police said. “Only one vehicle in the convoy that accompanied the Attorney General received numerous gunshot wounds,” said the police spokesman, commissioner Orlin Cerrato. […]
Communications in Honduras are better than one would expect based on the country’s other economic indicators. Mobile penetration is about average for Central America and quite high compared with GDP per capita. Fixed-line telephony has been partly liberalized, with long-distance telephony open to competition, but local services are still a monopoly of state-owned Hondutel and […]
MY MEETING WITH ZELAYA Some have asked what happened to the meeting with Zelaya that the Commander mentioned in yesterday’s reflection on Wednesday, March 4th. We met. I had no other alternative. I found the time. I am obliged to say as much as I can in few words, or not to say anything, and […]
Jamaica-based Caribbean mobile network operator Digicel, which currently provides mobile services in 23 countries and territories in the region and in Central America, has won a licence to offer WiMAX services in eight departments in Honduras. Digicel secured the concession with a bid of HNL36 million (USD1.86 million), beating off rival offers from Celtel, Sercom, […]