Grupo Financiero Ficohsa has been named Bank of the Year and Bank of the Year Honduras in LatinFinance’s 2015 Bank of the Year Awards. The winners of this year’s awards employed nimble strategies that reflected a keen market understanding, focusing on efficiency and increasing market inclusion. Banco Financiero Ficohsa stood … Read More
Daily Archives: November 12, 2015
How Politics and Business Unite in the U.S., Honduras and Israel
This week, U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since the U.S. signed a deal with Iran. Two weeks ago, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez traveled to Israel to meet with Netanyahu. The timing of these meetings is no coincidence. Both … Read More
Honduras’ Newest Tourist Attraction – “Coffee Route”
Honduras, the leading coffee exporter in Central America and the third-largest in Latin America, announced the launch of its newest tourist attraction, the “Coffee Route,” the result of a joint initiative of the Honduran Institute of Tourism (IHT) and the Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE). The IHT and the IHCAFE have … Read More
UN Official Say Honduran Indians Face Land Invasions
Honduran Miskitos and other groups are demanding the government help them protect their territory in the swampy, heavily forested region. … Read More
An international take on gun control – Honduras in comparison to the USA
“The [Honduran] constitution doesn’t say anything about citizens having the right to bear arms,” this may account for the difference in gun culture between Honduras and the United States, where the right to gun ownership is guaranteed by the Second Amendment. … Read More