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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.

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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:

www.casadecafecopan.com

Copan Ruinas, Long & Short Term Vacation Rental,
La Casa de Don Santiago Town House Rental

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.

http://www.casadedonsantiagocopan.com

Copan Ruinas, Casa Jaguar Rental Home. Charming & comfortable village residence. Quiet street, 5 blks from Central Park, all shops, restaurants, cafes, museums. Newly remodeled, 2 bdrm w/ 1 dbl bed in each bdrm,1 bath w/ hot water, fully furnished, sleeper couch, full kitchen w/ all new appliances, all utensils, purified water, living room, dining room, maid service included, a/c, ceiling fans, color tv w/ cable, travel & Maya culture reference library, hammocks. Available for rental by the night, week, month.

www.casajaguarcopan.com

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

  • Turquoise Water

  • Best Coral Reef in Caribbean

For investment Opportunity
Visit our website at: http://www.infinitybayroatan.com
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 Rent

Main Street, Colonia Palmira, #2036
> ½ block from United Nations Building
> and La Salsa Restaurant
> •         Perfect for Office with
> more than 10 Units
 •         Meeting/Board Room
 •         Air Conditioning
•         Electric Generator
 •         Available Computer Network
 •         3 Phone Lines
 •         Water Cistern
 •         Lush Gardens
 •         Social/Break room Areas
 •         4 Car Garage
 •         3 ½ Restrooms
  
  Information:
Tel. 232-6263,
 Sr. Enrique Moncada

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

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

Leslie’s Place
Aparthotel + Internet
Colonia Tepeyac 1167
Corporative Monthly Rates

Furnished Rooms
Private Bathroom
Full Kitchen
Telephone
Cable T.V. And A/C
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
http://resort@hondshores.com  www.hondshores.com

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

Office For Rent
Located in Florencia del Norte, private security, area: 50 mts. 2, bathroom, telephone line, parking space,  Price $350.00

If you are interested please contact:
Mr. Ochoa Phones: (504) 358-5432, 232-4594, or e-mail: froyochoa@yahoo.com

Fully Furnished Studio Apartment for Rent

Conveniently located in Colonia La Reforma

Ready to Move-in 

The studio apartment has a living room/dining room/kitchen area, 1 bedroom, 1 bath with hot water, laundry facility, and electric garage for 1 vehicle. Its perimeter is protected with an electric fence. Studio has telephone, alarm, intercom,  and vertical curtains.  It also has mahogany windows, doors, dining, living, and bedroom furniture including ceiling fans, a desk and linens and towels. Appliances include washing machine, dryer, refrigerator, electric stove, stereo set, 1 television with cable service and Internet service, microwave oven, blender, electric sandwich maker, coffee pot, toaster, dishes and many other kitchen and dining room utensils.
 
Costs of the Internet, cable, water, gardening services, and security monitoring by qualified company are included in rent.

If you are interested call 238 0137 or 238 2540.

For Sale

Siguatepeque, Spring like all year, two places on 2+ acres each, both  with a large house and small house for employee, fruit trees. water, electric, all weather road just off major hwy. short distances from town.  $65,000 each If interested contact gttucker@hondutel.hn

Bellas Properties

Lake Yojoa, 100 acres, canal with access to the Lake, plane.  Price$8,000 per acre.

Property near the Lake and Peñas Blancas, 123 acres to grow coffee, cacao and others.  Price: $1,600 per acre.

I front of Lake Yojoa, spectacular view, 940 mts2.  Price $250,000/350 mts. $8,000.

TELA 175 acres , with 6500 feet of Caribbean beach front. Price: $17,000 per acre.

ZAMBRANO, terrains from 1,500 mts2, natural environment, private, stoned, water, electricity, 30 minutes from the city.  $7.00 per mt2.

CHOLOMA near San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortes, beautiful property, water, perfect for Agro projects. 350 acres. Price $8,500 per acre.

GUANAJA,  190 acres, beach front.
More information and photos
Phone: (504) 990-7183
E-mail: honduhome@gmail.com

For Sale

Siguatepeque, Spring like all year, two places on 2+ acres each, both  with a large house and small house for employee, fruit trees. water, electric, all weather road just off major hwy. short distances from town.  $65,000 each If interested contact gttucker@hondutel.hn

For Sale
Perfect for residence or business. Located in beautiful Lake Yojoa, 10.5 acres, plain terrain, beautiful view, in front of the Lake and Interoceanic Concrete Highway, electricity, plain domain title, fenced, planted with Honduran Mahogany, Laurel and Cedro.
30 minutos from San Pedro Sula
Tel (504) 441-0298, Cel: (504) 946-4656 E-mail: industriasware@gmail.com

For Sale
Copan Ruinas, Property for Sale, apprx 2 acres, one of few large properties available within village boundaries, view of village and valley, mature trees, water, elect, telephone access, street access, located on road to Macaw Mtn Tropical Bird Park,  5 minutes to center of village, casacafe@hondutel.hn , casadecafe@mayanet.hn

Advance Rent a Car
La Ceiba:441-2929
San Pedro Sula: 552-2295
Tegucigalpa: 235-9531
info@advancerentacar.com
www.advancerentacar.com

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New law to protect consumers

Alex Jones
Honduras This Week

Supermarket
Supermarket advertising, and other methods employed by providers will be regulated by the new protecting consumers.

Honduras This Week National NewsA new bill has been sent for discussion in congress regarding protections to be given to consumers in Honduras. According to Fredis Cerrato, the vice minister for internal commerce, the proposed law “harvests experiences from more advanced countries and will establish consumer protection as a citizen’s right.”. By Alex Jones


Association of airlines seeks reform of Tegucigalpa airport

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week

Toncontin
Courtesy of Interairports
A control tower at the Toncontin airport.

Honduras This Week National NewsMore often than not the landing into Toncontin airport, Tegucigalpa, ends in applause. Natives and tourists are united in their relief to reach safety, following a series of sharp swerves against the mountain side and a touch down in close proximity to make shift housing on one of the shortest runways in the world. The pilots who make the landing are skilled. Still, the problems that the airlines face in Honduras are such that Honduran Association of Airlines is seeking reform.By Louise Wallace


Nicaraguan missiles here to stay

James Bodden
Honduras This Week

F5 Fighter
Courtesy of the Honduran Air Force
The strongest aircraft of the Honduran fleet is the F5 fighter.

Honduras This Week National NewsThe Surface to Air Missile SA-7 carries an explosive warhead that can speed up to Mach 1.4, with a kill-zone range calculated between 15 and 1500 meters in altitude. This same weapon has become entangled in an international armament dispute involving Nicaragua, Honduras, and the United States, when President Daniel Ortega reneged on a unilateral plan to disarm Nicaragua’s missile stockpiles.By James Bodden


Anniversary celebrations for Friends United

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week

School Children
Louise Wallace/Honduras This Week
School children who performed at the celebration demonstrate creative teaching techniques.

Honduras This Week National NewsOn Wednesday the 7th of March 2007, the 20th anniversary of US NGO Friends United was celebrated at the Inter Continental Hotel with a demonstration of traditional Honduran dancing and a dramatic presentation by local school children from La Escuela José Ipuilio de Falle in Tegucigalpa. The fiesta on the patio, which drew crowds of passing hotel guests, was a chance for both Honduran and US volunteers to reflect on the charity’s achievements thus far, whose objective is summarized by its slick motto: ‘to teach teachers to teach.’By Louise Wallace


Profile
William Lewis:
A particular gringo in Honduras

Alex Jones
Honduras This Week

William Lewis
Alex Jones/Honduras This Week
Guillermo Yuscaran, author of ‘Gringos in Honduras’, outside his house in Santa Lucia.

Honduras This Week National NewsI arrive in a quaint and pretty little pueblo just outside Tegus, named Santa Lucia, to interview the author of ‘Gringos in Honduras’. However when I get there I realize I have no idea where the guy lives. Over the phone he had told me how he was quite well known in the area, so I should just ask for directions. Oh well, I think, let’s try it. “¿Sabe dónde vive un autor gringo?” I ask the first person I come across. “Ah, el pintor Yuscaran…si, arriba y a la izquierda.” It seems he was right. He is quite well known here, and consequently I can make it to the interview. By Alex Jones


week review

Honduras This Week National News


EDITORIAL

Caricatura

Protecting us

The authorities have
emphasized that
the new law won’t
regulate prices, but it
will ensure that the
consumer is respected
when acquiring any
products or services

Honduras This Week - Opinions and EditorialsIn the early 1980s, a Mexican spoke at a course in Technical Normalization arranged by the Ministry of Economy. He demonstrated the importance of normalization and quality control when protecting the consumer and striving to make a country more competitive. Full Editoria



BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW

Honduran Business and Economics


Roatan Bruce
Interviews

Islanders Seeing Clearly Now!

Roatan Children
Bruce Starr
Roatan children were provided with eye glasses.

Travel & Tourism in HondurasI was asked by the former Governor of the Bay Islands, Jack Clinton Everett, to announce the arrival of a Lions Club Medical Eye Brigade to the island on my radio show. It sounded like a good idea and I was glad to let people know they were here. Doctors came to give eye tests and eye glasses to anyone who needed it. The next day, I went to the downtown Roatan Hospital where it was all taking place and found an exceptional group of 24 people from Muskegon, Michigan hard at work on a program that will help islanders have better vision. They were there from March 5th until the 8th, from 8 am to 5 pm. I spoke to some of the volunteers.By Bruce Starr


Roatan

JUST HEARSAY, BUT RELIABLE HEARSAY

Travel & Tourism in HondurasWhen we asked the ship’s crew as to why their giant cruise ship docked here unexpectedly on a Sunday, we were told they re-routed their people to Roatan because on their last visit to Puerto Rico a small tour bus full of ship passengers was stopped on an isolated road by a lone bandito. Then it seems, as the people were being herded of the bus, an ex United States Marine overpowered the would-be crook and “broke his little neck.” Everyone finished their day tour and left the country. Now there are concerns by that government so the cruise line sent the next voyage to Roatan where there are no problems of that nature. Hurray. By Don Pearly


Copan Update

Travel & Tourism in HondurasReading the national daily papers in Honduras on a regular basis is one great way to get a feel for what’s going on in front of and behind the scenes. All too often, of course, the news tend to focus on gloom and doom with a healthy dose of crime stories and full color pictures of homicide victims splashed right on front. By Howard Rosenzwieg


Book

Gringos in Honduras
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Patrick Ahern
Honduras This Week

book

Honduran CultureThis short and very readable book written by Guillermo Yuscarán gives us the stories of seven persons from the U.S. and their impact, for better or for worse, on Honduras. The good news is that only two could be classified ugly and four as very good. Only six you say? The famous short story writer, O. Henry, was in Trujillo less than a year in the late 19th century hiding from U.S. bank examiners and his actual impact on Honduras was indifferent. His novel “Cabbages and Kings” doesn’t even put Honduras on the map as he calls the country “Anchuria” and Trujillo “Coralito.” Check it out in my review of his novel in Honduras This Week back on November 13, 2006. By Patrick Ahern


leeward

Robin
Courtesy of the University of Liverpool
Website www.liv.ac.uk
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was a mariner.

Honduran CultureSeven years before my birthday, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the tallest mountain on the planet. In 1967, Francis Chichester sailed alone around the world. In 1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin reached Earth’s moon. By Jorge Agurcia Fasquelle


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

Honduran Culture
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.
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