a quote by long serving Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly who coached and played from the 1930’s through the 1970’s. The Football War‚ or the 100 Hours War‚ was a short four-day war between the Central American countries of El Salvador and Honduras. Though the war itself only lasted four days‚ the build up to the war was ongoing for many years. The Football War got its name from the fact that the war was eventually started because of a series of football games between the two countries.
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citizens about the security situation in Honduras. Honduras is a democracy with a developing economy bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The national language is Spanish‚ although English is often spoken in the Bay Islands. Tons of U.S. citizens safely visit Honduras each year for study‚ tourism‚ business and volunteer work. However‚ crime and violence are serious problems throughout this country. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world‚
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power to settle on British Honduras‚ but the living conditions were not favorable to them so they left‚ giving way for the British pirates to settle. In fact‚ British pirates and Privateers initially came to raid Spanish ships and acquire some of their wealth. The mouth of the Belize River was used as a base and a safe haven for these pirates. In 1667‚ however‚ the Treaty of Madrid outlawed piracy and privateering. As a result of no Spanish presence in British Honduras‚ the freedom to cut logwood
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it will boost our sinking economy and shrink our enormous budget deficit. In the book Enrique’s Journey‚ written by Sonia Nazario‚ readers are able to experience the life of a determined young man‚ Enrique‚ who travels from his home country of Honduras to the United States of America to meet his mother who left him at the age of four. The reasons are numerous when it comes to immigrants wanting to enter America. The most common example is to gain employment and to then send that money home to support
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AB299-01 Tim’s Coffee Shoppe should look into Honduras for future procurement of coffee beans. Not only are the coffee beans grown there are great tasting‚ but Honduras as a whole has been making strides to being a major player in the coffee industry. For years Honduras has been selling its coffee beans by smuggling it to Guatemala‚ where it is sold to huge companies such as Starbucks. (Guerrero‚ J. 2011). By directly dealing with a grower in Honduras‚ Tim could possibly attract Starbucks customers
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"Guajilote Cooperativo Forestal‚ Honduras" Guajilote Cooperativo Forestal was a cooperative with operations outside of Chaparral‚ a small village located in La Muralla National Park in Olancho province‚ Honduras. This cooperative was founded in 1991 as a component of a USAID (United States Agency for International Development) project‚ which attempted to develop La Muralla National Park as an administrative and socioeconomic model expected to be transferred to other Honduras ’ national parks. "The Guajilote
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finance. While at LSU‚ I developed my leadership qualities by becoming the President of the Honduras Student Association and chartering the first and only Hispanic fraternity on campus known as Phi Iota Alpha. Outside of academics‚ I would also find my future wife Mary Flakes at LSU; soon after receiving my master’s degree‚ we got married in 1974. After getting married‚ my wife and I returned to Honduras where
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these products‚ as a consumer‚ we are indirectly supporting the company and the workers. Therefore‚ as we purchase these products we are providing for the other countries such as Honduras‚ Costa Rica‚ and China. One of my favorite articles of clothing I own is a Fort Myers Beach sweatshirt. This sweatshirt was made in Honduras. I bought this sweatshirt for $20‚ from a shop on a beach when I was in Florida with my best friend
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appearing in the pre- classic period‚ and that’s architecture‚ the arts‚ mathematics‚ astronomy and writing. During the classic period said to be so called‚ Maya civilization between 250A.D and 900 A.D‚ the Maya area include southern Mexico. Western Honduras and El Salvador‚ Guatemala and Belize‚ What is now? Several sites in Belize served as important points. The territory known as Belize includes three distinct Maya area of control when the Spaniards arrived. The first two had the greatest contacts
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The Garifuna political activism‚ which included their social demands articulated its identity as a people‚ has its contemporary references in the creation of the Organización Fraternal Negra de Honduras (OFRANEH) in 1977. Other emerging movements and associations would continue‚ and almost all have originated from splits and emerging trends within OFRANEH. The most visible of these is the Organización de Desarrollo Comunitario (ODECO)‚ which was
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