Republic of Honduras President: Juan Orlando Hernández (2014) Land area: 43,201 sq mi (111,891 sq km); total area: 43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km) Population (2014 est.): 8,598,561 (growth rate: 1.74%); birth rate: 23.66/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.72/1000; life expectancy: 70.91 Map Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tegucigalpa, 1.088 … Read More    

¿Le gustan los Camarones? Les cuento una buena noticia, en alza la exportación de camarón hondureño. La exportación de camarón en Honduras, incrementará en el último trimestre del 2014 hacia el mercado europeo y canadiense, aseguró el asesor en materia de pesca, Marco Polo Michelletti. “La producción de camarón se … Read More    

Southcom Chief Urges Campaign Plan for Central America By Jim Garamone Department of Defense News WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2014 – Central America needs a campaign plan to combat the power of transnational criminal syndicates, reinstitute the rule of law, and regain sovereignty over their own territories, the commander of U.S. … Read More    

A reputed Honduran drug trafficker wanted by U.S. judicial authorities was captured Tuesday in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, the head of the National Police, Ramon Sabillon, announced. Héctor Emilio Fernández was arrested in an operation staged by several local police forces and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Sabillon told … Read More    

Honduras’s state-owned energy firm the National Electric Power Company (ENEE) has said it expects losses of 31.7 per cent next year. Of that percentage, 12.5 per cent will come from technical losses and 19.5 per cent form commercial losses. The state owned public company will lose over $400 million dollars … Read More    

La Selección de Honduras se enfrentera a Mexico el Jueves 9 de Octubre 2014 a las 8:00 PM. Aqui la fotos de la llegada de la Selección de Honduras al aeropuerto, rumbo a México para enfrentar a la Selección Azteca en partido amistoso mañana jueves en la cuidad de Chiapas. … Read More    

The president of the Telecommunications Commission of the National Congress of Honduras, Rodolfo Navas Irias, has confirmed that he has held meetings with business people from Israel, Costa Rica, Uruguay, China and the US to evaluate investments in the Honduran Telecommunications Company (Hondutel). He expressed his hope that some of … Read More    

OP-ED BY KAREN MUSALO | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY CAL President Barack Obama declared the rising numbers of unaccompanied children and families entering the United States at our southern border “a humanitarian crisis.” But it is also a crisis of conscience raising the issue of how we as a nation … Read More    

‘Humanitarian Engineering’ Puts ESF Students to Work Engineering for a Sustainable Society Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) students have an opportunity to combine their education, interest in service work and budding professional skills to improve communities, both locally and globally, through projects described as “humanitarian engineering.” About 50 students in … Read More