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Honduran Paintings

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Las Lavanderas (Red)
Benigno Gomez Lopez
Honduras 1988
Born January 17, 1934 in Naranjito, Honduras. Graduated Escuela Nacional Bellas Artes, Honduras 1959. Academia Bellas Artes, Italy 1960.

23 3/4 X 17 3/4 24 1/2 X 18 1/2

More paintings at www.honduraspaintings.com

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VILLAS DEL REAL

400 Unit American Style Residential Neighborhood and Future Multifamily Complex Development in Tegucigalpa

American Style homes located in the city's most developing residential area, with access from the Anillo Periferico Sur (City’s South Loop), next to Las Uvas Boulevard. Houses available from US$ 60 - 102K.

Information

Copans Best Accomodation Options

La Casa de Cafe B&B, Copan Ruinas

Copans first Bed & Breakfast Inn. Ten rooms, private hot water bath, full breakfasts included in rate. Excellent complimentary Copan mtn grown coffee served all day. Lovely garden with panoramic views of the Copan River Valley & distant mtns of Guatemala, hammocks. Colonial charm, excellent service, bilingual hosts. Four blocks to downtown, close to all restaurants, museums & shops. A charming and comfortable base from which to explore the Mayan ruins of Copan. Recommended by Lonely Planet Central America, Footprint Guide Central America & Mexico, Rough Guide Central America, Moon Handbook Honduras,Honduras Adventures In Nature, Open Road Honduras. Information:

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Copan Ruinas, Long & Short Term Vacation Rental,
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Brand new, comfortable and stylish rental home with all amenities, 2 bdrms each with private balcony and valley views, 2 1/2 baths, sleeper couch, hot water, granite countertops throughout, color tv w/ cable, ceiling fans, custom furniture, extra large closets, fully equipped kitchen, purified water, all new appliances, living room, dining room, maid service included, garden w/ hammock, centrally located & close to all shopping, dining and cultural offerings. Avail by night, week, month. Copans best vacation rental.

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Fishing Boat Captain Needed!

I need a fishing boat captain, or an experienced fisherman who can handle the daily routine of a charter fishing boat operation in La Ceiba. Must have interenet and be dependable, reliable and honest! Please email me at sail_fever@yahoo.com or you may call me in Texas, USA +01 432 631-2193.

Honduran Beachfront lot. 3500 SqFt in Santa Fe (near Trujillo) ..
Road is in, Electric, Water and Telephone adjacent. Sat TV and Internet
available. $18,000 contact hondprop@mail.com

REAL ESTATE

Roatan Realty http://www.ROATANREALTY.com

For Sale- Roatan Island Real Estate
The global investment community is calling Roatan Island the hottest new investment destination in the Americas!
This spectacular beachfront home has marvelous sunset views which crystal clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean at your doorstep, this property is located in the sought after community of Lawson Rock.

The community has two pools, a restaurant and marina. With 102 feet of beachfront this 6/10 acre site has been lushly landscaped with almost every tropical flower in the Caribbean. Asking Price $US $1,449,000
Own a magnificent island estate with a natural deep water harbor, more than 310-ft. private beachfront, 4.8 acres on tropical paradise and a fully furnished luxury home. Located on Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, Central America.

Asking Price- $2,250,000
Tel USA + 1 877 716 1388 – Tel Honduras + 504 455 6022- email: info@roatanrealty.com
Roatan Realty Office Park, Main Rd, Brick Bay, Roatan

Infinity Bay Spa & Beach Resort

Roatan Most Elegant Condo & Hotel Development

Infinity Bay Spa & Beach Resort is an exclusive upscale development of 110 spacious one, two and three-bedroom condominium villas that together create a luxurious, relaxing escape on the sunny Caribbean coast. Here, in a lavish resort hotel setting, you’ll be able to enjoy all that the Caribbean has to offer in your very own villa, while taking advantage of a tremendous investment opportunity.

White Sandy beaches
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Best Coral Reef in Caribbean

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Contact Information: Tommy Bauer at (504) 967-0777, (504) 403-8076, (504) 403-8077 or e-mail at: tbauer@infinitybayroatan.com

Parrot Tree
Plantation
Century 21
J. Edwards Real Estate
Beachfront Condos from $239,000* price subject to increase
THIS IS ROATAN´S BEST INVESTMENT VALUE ON THE MARKET TODAY!
Overlooking a secluded blue lagoon and 2,000´
of white sandy beach. Luxurious, fully furnished one-bedroom condos-Financing available.
For more information please contact: jedwards@globalnet.hn
Phones. 011 504 978 8355, Tel: (504) 470-1001
http://www.parrottreeplantation.com

Rentals

FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR
AUTHENTICITY

A COLONIAL TOUCH

8 « full extra » all equiped rooms
Refined colonial style
Intercontinental and french breakfast
Flowered patio
Spanish,English, French speaking

For Rent

New beach house rental in Tela, hot water,
new appliances, furnished, cable, private
pool, walk to the beach. Short or long
term rental periods. SPS 504-566-2295
or e-mail chozasj@sulanet.net
$1,000 USD monthly neg.

House for Rent, Sale or Exchange
Located in Comayaguelas´s best commercial area, ideal for business.
Location novena calle entre 3 y 4 ave.
Across from ¨Japon Internacional¨
(Mitch Proof Location).
Six rooms, plus a seventh room in
a mezzanine. 1 ½ bathrooms, warehouse,
water tank, steel entrance door, steel bar protected windows, e/w sound isolation(glass reduces external noise). Two telephone lines, roofed patio, safe ceiling bars, ceramic floors, and a 30 ft. tower for communication.
The house has the following measurements: 151.94 mts.2, 217.93 vrs2.
Sale Price:2 Million, (0r exchange for a house located in Col. Los Robles, Roble Alto,
Las Hadas etc.) Monthly rent: L.7,500.
If you are interested Call Phone:
(504) 234-5018, or e-mail: zzrpfm96@yahoo.com.

Copan Ruinas, Long & Short Term Vacation Rental, La Casa de Don Santiago ...
comfortable and stylish with all amenities, 2 bedrooms each with private balcony and valley views, 2 1/2 baths, hot water, granite
countertops throughout, color tv w/ cable,
ceiling fans, custom furniture, extra large closets, fully equipped kitchen, all new appliances, living room, dining room, garden w/ hammock, centrally located & close to all shopping, dining and cultural offerings.
Copan´s best vacation rental. Contact: http://casacafe@hondutel.hn, http://casadecafe@mayanet.hn

Leslie’s Place
BED & BREAKFAST INN + INTERNET

Colonia Palmira, Distrito Hotelero,
Frente a Plaza San Martin,
Residencia 452

PBX: (504) 220-7494, 220-5325, FAX (504)
220-7492
E -mail: services@dormir.com http//: www.dormir.com

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Aparthotel + Internet
Colonia Tepeyac 1167
Corporative Monthly Rates

Furnished Rooms
Private Bathroom
Full Kitchen
Telephone
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Wireless Internet
Common Area
Garden
Parking Lot
Laundry
Fax

PBX: (504) 220-7494
E -mail: services@dormir.com

Honduras Shores Plantation

Caribbean Beach Club
Pool, Restaurant and Bar
Cabañas and Houses For Rent
A/C, Cable T.V.
24 Hours Security

San Juan, Tela. Tel: (504) 448-0342
415-3105
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For Rent

San Pedro Sula For Rent
Two bedrooms for a single person, clean, secure, convenient location. Lps. 3,500. Contact: 984-3217 or send mail to : Chieko Cano, P.O.Box 5, Siguatepeque, Honduras

For Rent

Located in EL CHIMBO Road to Sta. Lucia, three bedrooms, two living rooms, kitchen, telephone, garage, laundry area. Price $450.00

Secure Apartments. Located in Col. Florencia, two furnished bedrooms. Starting price from $700.00.

Located in Colonia Tepeyac, New, near Hospital Lomas Medical Center. Starting price from $650.

Call us!!

Phones: (504) 232-0166/ 970-9186/998-5414

Copan Apartments For Rent in Tegucigalpa

The Best Completely furnished apts. in Tegucigalpa. Full service: daily maid, swimming pool, laundry/ironing, hot water, telephone(direct, private lines) T.V. cable, microwave, free internet, A.C.,V.C.R.(video), Fax, barbecue area, garden, individual garages, security. 1,2,3 bedroom/2 bath rooms, study office (optional), internet, a country house for weekends at Zamorano Valley(4 manzanas of land), fruit trees, walking ways, 45 minutes from Tegucigalpa, Col. Palmira, Las Acacias St. 2 blocks west from the former United Nations Bldg. Tegucigalpa MDC Tel (504) 238-1751, FAX:(504) 238-3752

Apartment For Rent

For an executive located in Col. Florencia del Norte, private security, garage. Hot water, telephone line, furnished or unfurnished. Electricity, water and private security included in price. Price $350.00/month.
If you are interested please contact:
Mr. Ochoa Phones: (504) 358-5432, 232-4594, or e-mail: froyochoa@yahoo.com

Advance Rent a Car
La Ceiba:441-2929
San Pedro Sula: 552-2295
Tegucigalpa: 235-9531
info@advancerentacar.com
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ENEE going after debtors and manipulated meters

Anette Emanuelsson
Honduras This Week

Alejandro Garcia of the National Electricity Company (ENEE) checks the power meters at the Tegucigalpa high school Sagrado Corazon, not finding any irregularities.

220 million lempiras. That is how much the National Electricity Company (ENEE) recuperated during the first four days of its“Operation Scissors,” whose objective is to recover one third of the company’s three billion lempira deficit. The three week operation is headed by President Manuel Zelaya himself together with several of his government ministers, vice-ministers, managers and directors. By Anette Emanuelsson

Dry season bringing forest fires

Alvaro Morales Molina
Honduras This Week

Archive/Honduras This Week
Burning forest in Olancho, Honduras.

This year, there have been more than 112 forest fires according to government authorities. That is a record high according to Carlos Cordero, Chief Commandant of the National Fire Brigade - the situation is worse than it has ever been before. It is only two weeks after the beginning of the summer or dry season, and he is getting very worried. By Alvaro Morales Molina

Women of Honduras in fight for
representation

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week

In 1955 the women of Honduras received the right to vote. Yet despite this concession, Honduran society has been slow to develop the representation of women in politics. 52 years on, The Center for Women’s Rights and the National Institute for the Woman have adopted the struggle against Honduran chauvinism.By Louise Wallace

Coffee plantations and inadequate sewage treatment threat to Lago Yojoa

Alex Jones
Honduras This Week

It is amazing what water can do. Lago Yojoa, the largest natural lake in Honduras, has created an area surrounded by amazing wildlife, great food, caves, waterfalls and cloud forest. But how long can this water last? Or, perhaps more specifically, how long can the lake, as a haven for all the life it caters, be sustained? This year the lake rose to higher than it ever has in the last fifteen years. By Alex Jones

Miguel Martinez Madrid: “I fear the day that I won’t be able to save someone who needs me”

Sasha Arms
Honduras This Week

Courtesy of the National Police
Police Captain Miguel Martinez Madrid has his
own TV show called “Law and Order.”

Captain Miguel Martinez Madrid of the National Police of Honduras is a hard act to follow. He has two University degrees, one in Law and one in Police Science and Criminology, he is a trained pilot and is the youngest ever Commanding Officer of Public Affairs for Honduras. As well as his intellectual and career achievements, the inevitable danger of Captain Madrid’s job means that he has had many emotionally harrowing experiences too. As well as being shot at close range several times in his career, he has also had colleagues and friends die in his arms during police operations - something he will never quite be able to come to terms with. By Sasha Arms

week review

EDITORIAL

Rain Forest

Beware the ides of
March

According to the Roman calendar, the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius represented the ides of March. The ides were lucky days that took place on the 15th day of March, May, July and October and on the 13th day of the other months. The date is famous because Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March, 44 BC at the hands of several senators. According to the Greek writer Plutarch, Julius Caesar had been warned of the danger but underestimated it. When Caesar arrived to the Senate on the day of his murder, he told a soothsayer with a smile on his face: “The ides of March have come” to which the soothsayer answered compassionately: “They are come, but they are not past.” Shakespeare in his work Julius Caesar from 1599, wrote the famous phrase “Beware the ides of March.” Full Editorial

BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW

Las Cuevas de Taulabé - a hidden tourist attraction

Las Cuevas de Taulabe
Alex Jones/Honduras This Week
The largest stalactite in Las Cuevas de Taulabé is six foot long and has the shape of a wing.

At the 140th kilometer, between Lago de Yojoa and Siguatepeque, Las Cuevas de Taulabé lie in the warm, orange rock. From the highway, they are inconspicuous - camouflaged by the mountain from which they are formed. Yet the modesty of the location betrays the magnificence of the caves which, though little visited, should certainly be considered a vital part of any tourist route. By Louise Wallace

Roatan

BIG-TIME MEETING

Well over a hundred ex-pats made their way to Coral Caye for a much-publicized Tri-Nation meeting. Councils from the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States joined forces to pay a visit to Roatan. They all have similar services and responsibilities and thought this would be a good idea.By Don Pearly

Copan Update

Although this column is called Copan Update and I do reside in Copan Ruinas, I have been known to on occasion dip my toes in the warm, blue waters of the Honduran Caribbean coast and the Bay Islands. In spite of Copan Ruinas being the undisputed, hands down, no doubt about it, tourism capital of Honduras (just kidding), there is plenty going on these days on Honduras’ coast and Islands - lets take a look. By Howard Rosenzwieg

leeward

My mouth tasted like gasoline. I had just topped-off my cousin’s boat. But in the island there is no such thing as a dockside service station. So I had to haul ten gallons of go-juice from the pump, across the busy street, through the beach and finally onto the dock where the motorboat lay. And finally, as if this wasn’t enough to inconvenience a sailor, I had to suck on a plastic hose to get the transfer of gas started from the jerry can to the boat tank. By Jorge Agurcia Fasquelle

.............................ART

WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Mujeres en las Artes. One of the strongest artistic movements in Tegucigalpa. Mujeres en la Artes Leticia de Oyuela constantly sponsors workshops, exhibitions, conferences, art shows and community events in the city. For the complete schedule, log on to www.muaartes.org.hn or contact Veronica Romero at 222 3015.Full Calendar

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