Where is Honduras located? What are some main landforms? What food do Hondurans eat? What language do Hondurans speak? How did Honduras become Honduras? These are all questions you might have, and in this paper all will be answered. You will learn more about the geography, society, people, their lifestyles, and the history of Honduras. Geography Honduras has many landforms that differ from beautiful sandy beaches to furious rugged mountains. The highest point above sea level is Cerro Las Minas; it
LOCATION Honduras is approximately 1000 miles southwest of Miami and has a mainly mountainous area of 48,200 square miles. To the North it has a large coastal line with the Caribbean sea and to the South it enjoys a small access to the Pacific. HISTORY Honduras lies at what was the southern tip of the Mayan civilization that spread southwards from the Yucatán peninsula through modern Guatemala to the city of Copán, now in north-west Honduras. The Mayan civilization collapsed long before the arrival
Major Issues in Honduras “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts…perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” Many countries in the entire world have been plagued with this reality, one of them being Honduras. Honduras has been truncated from its prosperity for many years by its own demagogue government. Honduran Government falsely proclaims to support its citizens to gain power and be financially assisted. Its warped, right-wing (conservative) Christian Organization leadership has only led
Indifference In Honduras In Honduras, the murder capital of the world, many human rights are violated. According to the article "After the Coup,” by Human Rights Watch, Honduras is under the rule of President Purifio Lobo, who took office in 2010. In Honduras there is a high rate of crime but a low justice rate as well due to the government silencing the writers and reporters who oppose the government’s views and policies. In the Article The Eye of the Storm; “Violence in Honduras” by Human Rights
What do you think of when you hear the name Honduras? A warm, tropical country? A culture filled country? The music, the food, the dances? “White” Hispanics on an area?... In my experience, the last thing that comes to mind when someone hears the name Honduras, is the association of dark-skinned, african- american descendants who speak spanish as well as have their own language, food, dances, and way of living, known as garifunas. Garifuna people are a mixed race whose descendants are from West Africa
Guajilote is a growing business but the organization of this company does not have a steady foundation due to the political structure of Honduras. Guajilote also the amount of mahogany wood was limited and was being threatened by forest fires, illegal logging, and slash and dash burn agriculture. Wood trade was even restricted internationally. Guajilote was force to take lower price for its wood due to that there was only one distributing area. Most if not all of Guajilote employees had any education
among the cultures uniting, since they need to let go of certain traditions to accept the new ones brought by the other... ... middle of paper ... ... called “Punta”, which I am almost certain they are the only one who can actually perform it. In Honduras, the Garínagu hold a huge portion of our national pride and it is almost a must to go to the north coast of the country and spend a night at the beach watching a Garífuna bonfire while their dance to the beat of their drums. I hope someday you will
On the morning of June 28th, 2009, Honduras, the Central American countries, and the rest of the world, were stunned into silence as President Manuel ‘Mel’ Zelaya was exiled by the Honduran army. What had begun in 2008 as a minor problem in Congress when the Supreme Court denied Mel a referendum to change the Honduran constitution, turned into an all out brawl between the three branches of government when he ignored their decision and went forward with his plan by installing a fourth ballot. After
Comparing the Culture of Cambodia and American Culture After reading the novel Children of the River, I have learned some customs that people in Cambodia practice in their country. In this essay, I shall describe some examples of their traditions and contrast them with the American culture as shown in the novel and Honduran culture of which I am most familiar. One good example of this contrast is when Sundara, the main character of the novel, explains to Jonathan (Pg 23) that in Cambodia
through Central America, pathos to follow the mother son relationship, and logos by giving facts and statistics for illegal immigrants in the U.S. Nazario begins her literacy non-fiction by describing the journey of Enrique through Tegucigalpa, Honduras to Laredo, Texas. He faces lots of obstacles throughout the journey like getting robbed by bandits, beaten up by gangs, running away
The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, began his speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday 19th, September with the sympathetic words for Mexico. He sent a message of solidarity to the Mexican people. Furthermore, he focused his speech on the work he has been doing in these four years serving as president of Honduras. He shared his agenda of the “New Honduras.” Honduras, has suffered the malicious plague of the transnational organized crime and the war against drugs. For this has created
the migration of Honduran immigrants, a comprehensive timeline outlining the complex events that have led to this phenomenon must be delineated. This report analyzes Honduras’ history through key political, economic, and social events in chronological order to fully create an outline that explains current Honduran migration. Honduras, a nation of roughly 8 million citizens, is situated in Central America with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua bordering it. Roughly 90% of its citizenry is of mestizo
be the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. San Salvador has been announced as the Capital City. It is considered to an important cultural and commercial center for the whole Central America. It borders with Guatemala, Honduras, The Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Fonseca. It’s the only country in this region not on the Caribbean Sea. El Salvador has a large presence of mountains and is also known as the Land of Volcanoes. Hence, most part of it is on a fertile volcanic plateau
something behind, they always have to leave memories behind. These two natural disasters had great impact on the areas they occurred. The Great Flood of 1993 and Hurricane Mitch, were both highly disastrous events. Hurricane Mitch occurred in Berlin, Honduras, and Nicaragua. A lot of people were left dead, missing or homeless after this disaster occurred. The Great Flood of 1993 also caused a lot of damage. After the flood, houses were left destroyed and farms almost completely gone, Both natural disasters
by Cathy Young, I came to the conclusion that in some cases when young children work under proper conditions it can keep them out of the streets and be helpful to them and their families. The lives of people in some third world countries such as Honduras and Indonesia are completely different than ours hear in a much more prosperous nation. So when citizens of this great nation hear about people working for thirty to fifty cents an hour they think it’s absolutely absurd. But what they don’t realize
250 to 1600 A.D. ("History of Agriculture" Grolier). Their ancestors had crossed the Bering land Bridge from Asia (Miller "Maya" Grolier). Honduras was once a part of the Mayan Empire. It had flourished between 250 and 950 A.D. (Seligson "Honduras" Grolier). The Mayans also had lived in Mexican states: Yucantan and Chiapas, British Honduras, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (Burland 1770) By 1200 B.C., they had dominated trade routes. The trade routes extended from the modern Mexico state of
and macro cultures of Enrique’s town Tegucigalpa. The situation and context of the characters decision making and how they adapted. Honduras was a part of the “Guatemala Kingdom” of provinces and was mainly settled by the Spanish for silver mining purposes. The northern part however was more resistant to Spanish conquest and was allied by Europeans and Jamaica. Honduras became independent from Spain in 1821 before becoming a member of the United Provinces of Central America. Comayagua was the capital
The Culture of Honduras A nation is made of multiple things to make it what it is. A nation is made up from it’s a military, its government, its citizens, and its culture. This can be the difference between a country being considered third world or a powerhouse. The purpose of this essay to become more culturally aware, understanding, and experts on the country of Honduras. This will include different aspects such as its military, the type of government Honduras has, the culture amongst its people
My First Trip to America It was about two years ago when I arrived in United States of America, and I still remember the day when I left my native country, Honduras. As I recall, one day previous to my departure, I visited my relatives who live in San Pedro Sula. They were all very happy for me to see me except my grandmother Isabel. She looked sad; even though she tried to smile at all times when I was talking to her, I knew that deep inside of her, her heart was broken because of my departure
Mayans When the Spanish began to arrive in Mexico and in Central America in the early 15th century, one of the many civilizations they found was the Maya. The Maya, building upon the Olmec culture, were located in present-day Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, southern Mexico, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Even though they had many similarities, the Maya were separated by language differences. Because of that they were organized into city-states. Since there wasn’t a single city-state powerful enough