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Honduras team at World Cup 2010...Honduras team gather before their World Cup 2010 qualifier against the United States Photo: EPA Honduras World Cup record: 1982 1st rd. How Honduras qualified: CONCACAF 3rd place. The Coach: Reinaldo Rueda (Colombian, 52). Appointed:... In this article: World Cup 2010, Honduras, World Cup, Wilson Palacios, EPA, El Salvador, Europe, and South Africa |
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Winston-Salem Journal | 1 day ago
Interim leader of Honduras to step down temporarily
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' interim president announced yesterday that he will step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the coming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti said he will step aside ahead of the Nov....
In this article: Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, and Tegucigalpa
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Honduras interim president may take leave for vote
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti said he will consult his advisers and those who...
In this article: Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Tegucigalpa, Costa Rica, and U.S.
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Honduras's de facto leader may step aside for a week
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an election that Washington hopes will help end a five-month-old political crisis. Voters in the impoverished...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Washington, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, and Tegucigalpa
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Honduras interim prez to step down temporarily
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' interim president says he will step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti says he will step aside ahead of the Nov. 29 election until...
In this article: Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Tegucigalpa, and Costa Rica
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Aid freeze in post-coup Honduras hurting poor
...Zelaya, doctors and aid workers say. Soup kitchens have closed, medicines have become scarce, foreign doctors have canceled trips to Honduras and funding for the poor to run small businesses have dried up, increasing unemployment. With...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, European Union, Tegucigalpa, Roberto Micheletti, and United States
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Honduras (Spanish: República de Honduras, ) is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its size is just over 110,000 km² with an estimated population of almost 7,500,000. Its capital is Tegucigalpa.
- Name:
- Honduras
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Honduras
- Capital:
- Tegucigalpa
- Language:
- Spanish
- Motto:
- "Libre, Soberana e Independiente"
- Largest City:
- Tegucigalpa
- Government type:
- Presidential constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- July 01, 1823
- Formations:
- from the Mexican Empire
- Area:
- 112,492
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $32.725 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.126 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,842
- Time Zone:
- CST
- Currency:
- Lempira
- Demonym:
- Honduran
- Drives On:
- Right
- Currency (code):
- HNL
- Country Calling Code:
- 504
- ccTLD:
- .hn
- Anthem:
- National Anthem of Honduras
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