The Scarlet Macaw was once common — found over much of Central and South America. Its beauty and color make it one of the most spectacular of all the parrots. The macaw is the country’s national bird, with evidence of the macaws being kept by the Mayans more than 2000 years ago. In Honduras, the […]
Excerpt: “On the morning that the Honduran president was deposed, Flavia Cueva roused a wedding party of 30 and whisked them out of her jungle eco-resort. Still hazy from the previous night’s party, which involved a mariachi band, fireworks and a shaman-led wedding ceremony held above ancient Mayan limestone ruins, the partiers made a hasty […]
TEGUCIGALPA — The Honduran Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, received two jade- and iron pyrite-coated jaw bones of two members of the Maya elite that had been sent anonymously to the Honduran Embassy in the Netherlands. The pieces were delivered Tuesday to IHAH manager Dario Euraque by Honduras’ deputy foreign relations secretary Eduardo Rosales. […]