Archive for February, 2009

Hotel Villas Telamar Increases Capacity

Hotel Villas Telamar inaugurated a new wing of buildings on their resort located in Tela, Honduras. The hotel increased its capacity with 96 new rooms.

Hotel Villas Telamar offers their guest a relaxing family atmosphere and offers their guests many activities to make their stays at the resort enjoyable. The resort offers two large pools (one with swim up bar), jacuzzi, 9 hole golf course and a huge white sand beach.

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Corruption Running Rampant in Honduras Under Mel Zelaya

Honduras has always been catalogued as a country affected by corruption, but during the past 3 years of president Manuel Zelaya in office, the corruption levels have exponentially increased.

It is not uncommon to open the daily newspapers and read about five or six new cases of corruption each day committed by public servants that range from the president himself, his advisors, ministers and low level public servants.

The Internet Center for Corruption Index has released the 2008 Corruption Perception Index in which Honduras ranks in position 126. in 2005 at the end of Ricardo Maduro’s government, Honduras ranked 107. That is the greatest downward loss ever experimented by Honduras.

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$80 million in Tilapia Exports Expected in 2009

Exports of Tilapia to Europe will begin in June. The first shipments will be sent by air to a Spanish company involved in seafood distribution.

These exports are in addition to those already being sent to the US market. Both markets combined should generate more than $80 million in 2009.

Exports of Tilapia have risen steadily. $40 million were exported 2007 , $60 million in 2008  and $80 million are expected in 2009. 

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World Cup Qualifiers: Honduras’ Team To Play Costa Rica Made Official

Reinaldo Rueda gave the official list of 21 players that have been called to play against Costa Rica on February 11 on the opening game of the Qualifiers for the World Cup 2010 to be held in South Africa.

It is important to note that Danilo Turcios “Dany” and Carlos Pavon were not called due to injuries.

The players that were called are:

1. Noel Valladares (Olimpia)
2. John Bodden (Victoria)
3. Mario Beata (Marathon)
4. Ivan Guerrero (DC United)
5. Osman Chavez (Motagua)
6. Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua)
7. Maynor Figueroa (Wigan)
8. Victor Bernardez (Anderlecht)
9. Mario Rodriguez (Real España)
10. Marvin Chavez (Marathon)
11. Roger Espinoza (Kansas CW)
12. Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
13. Mario Acevedo (Marathon)
14. Ramon Nuñez ( Puebla)
15. Emil Martinez (Marathon)
16. Amado Guevara (FC Toronto)
17. David Suazo (Benfica)
18. Saul Martinez (Marathon)
19. Walter Martinez (Alaves)
20. Carlos Will Mejia (Marathon)
21. Bonieck Garcia (Olimpia)

The team will be travelling to Colombia to train on synthetic grass fields like the one where the first game will be played in Costa Rica.

New Attorney General Election Gaining Front Page News

The election of of the attorney general in Honduras is beginning to gain front page news. Just like in the election of the new Supreme Court, the government lead by Mel Zelaya is trying to impose Marlina Dubon, wife of minister Enrique Flores Lanza to be attorney General.

They failed to have her included as one of the justices in the Supreme Court and are now pressing for her to be named as Attorney General. The idea behind this is to help protect them in the future in case they are investigated for the many acts of corruption in which the current government has been involved.

Today congressman Wenceslao Lara denounced on national TV that Enrique Flores Lanza did threathen to dissolve congress in an effective coup. The US ambassador in Honduras was a witness of this threat as he was in a meeting held with Mel Zelaya and other government officials.