Dockworkers at the Port of Portland in Oregon walked off their jobs at the container yard on March 4 to honor a picket line set up by a small group of Honduran dockworkers protesting what they said were labor abuses at the Puerto Cortés port in northern Honduras. The picketers … Read More
Daily Archives: March 12, 2014
Canadian aid sets stage for Oil extraction in Honduras
LA CEIBA, HONDURAS Oil extraction may be on the horizon in Honduras, and Canadian aid is helping set the stage. The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) has been financing technical assistance to the hydrocarbon sector in Honduras as part of a $9.5-million Sustainable Energy Access project … Read More
Celebration of the life of “O. Henry” who “Coined” the phrase Banana Republic while living in Honduras
The Lewisville, North Carolina Library is taking a deeper look at O. Henry beyond his famous short story, “The Gift of the Magi.” This month, the library’s Friends of the Library group has scheduled a month’s worth of programs devoted to the master short story writer and Greensboro native. Titled … Read More