By Catracha Hondurena on May 14, 2008
food, fuel, honduras, world bank
Business - Economics
Fidencio Alvarez abandoned his bean and corn farm in southern Honduras because of the rising cost of seeds, fuel and food. After months of one meal a day, he hiked with his wife and six children to find work in the city. “We would wake up with empty stomachs and go to bed with empty […]
By Catracha Hondurena on May 10, 2008
border, cardinal, honduras, mexico
Politics in Honduras
The Honduran cardinal has denounced the US plans for construction of a wall along the country’s border with Mexico. Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa said that it is ironic the North American Free Trade Agreement allows free movement of merchandise across national boundaries, but the wall is an effort to block the movement of […]