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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

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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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Roatan Private Seller
Brand new Luxury 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condominium, 3rd floor, Ocean view. all new S/S GE kitchen appliances.
Condo resides in resort community w/spa, fitness centre, saunas, 4 pools, a beautiful lagoon, and elevators.
Please view website: www.roatancondo.com/pineapple.htm
e-mail:itoihonduras@hotmail.com
Much cheaper than list price!

For Sale in Trujillo
Discover Honduras Best Kept Secret on the Caribbean Coast of Honduras in Trujillo, First Capital of Central America.
Beach front lots from $18,000 an up
Mountain side ocean view lots from $25,000 up
Homes from $65,000 up
You can make your dream come true!!
www.hondurasislandsandbeaches.com
E-mail: belindahonduras@yahoo.com

House in Catacamas
Our benevolent organization is offering for sale a building near the   commercial district of Catacamas, Olancho, ½ block off the main  road  through the city. This property was originally designed and  used as a  medical clinic, and most recently as an orphanage. There  are 14 rooms  in the 7,680 sq foot structure, which includes two  kitchens, plus 5  bathrooms with showers. The property is walled and  amenities include 2  pilas, attached garage, and water well. All  city services are  available. The property has been appraised at  $102,416.25 US dollars.  Asking $81,000.00. Terms are negotiable. 
Contact Les Johnson at 504-799-4579 office; Les@porlosninos.org; or 
Terry Rikard at 662-324-8472 (US)

Beautiful House for Sale
in the Best Town of Tegucigalpa

Located in Col. Lomas del Guijarro, excellent location. Six bedrooms, studio, living room dining room,  big kitchen, terrace, garage for four cars, one apartment with living room, kitchen, dining room, ceramic floors in the entire house, it has everything you want!!! Perfect for a bed and breakfast or any business. 
If you are interested contact me to: hontweekadmon@multidata.hn
andrea_gutierrez@hotmail.co
Phone(504) 232-2300.

Extraordinary!
Land acquisition opportunity on the island of Roatan. ±10 acre waterfront parcel in Port Royal, road access, excellent views, developer´s dream. Principals only, for more information please contact: Daniel "DOC" O´Connor .
doconnor@pluribushn.com
u.s. toll free 1.888.417.2660
in honduras 504.236.9200
cell Honduras 504.9946.5220

Restaurant/Bar For sale
For sale by not being able to attend. Located in Col. San Carlos, good location. Perfect for a lounge, wine bar or piano bar. Everything included. Price: $17,000 (negotiable).  If you are interested call: (504) 221-0684 or
989-27866. E-mail: matthieumarcellier@yahoo.fr

REAL ESTATE

For Sale
Lots from $20-$30 thousand dollars. Beach front, located in the tourist community of Balfate, 40 minutes from La Ceiba.

1 lot of 3000 meters, in Rio Maria, it has a country house, 20 meters from the beach.  Price: $60,000.00

2 lots in Rio Maria, for $35,000.00 each one, 20 meters from the beach. 

2 acres, three beachfront houses in la Ceiba, Price: $165,000.00 

Beachfront house in El Porvenir, 10 min. from la Ceiba, price $75,000.00, furnished.

1 lot of 66 feet, beachfront x 180 feet long, price $160,000.00, in El Porvenir, 10 min. from La Ceiba.

Property of 25 meters, beachfront x 50 meters long, house of three bedrooms in La Encenada, Tela. Price $135,000.00.

51 acres in Rio Maria beautiful view of the ocean, price: $120,000.00 

57 acres in Armenia, at the back of El Goloson Airport.  Mahogany cultivated oranges, lichas and many fruit tress. Price: $125,000.00

79 acres in Sambo Creek, spectacular view of the beach, natural swimming pools, light, and potable water, house. Price: $280,000.00

Callo, located in Dixon Cove, between Coxen Hole and French Harbor Roatan, Bay Islands, with an extension of 12 acres.

3 acres with access to the beach in Calabash Bigth, Roatan, Bay Islands. Price $50,000 each acre.

20 acres of beachfront in Crawfish Rock, Roatan, Bay Islands. Price $60,000.00 per acre.

Lots in El Porvenir, beachfront. 
Big Properties of beach or mountain in Tela, La Ceiba, Balfate, Colon, Trujillo. and properties for palm growing..

Contact us!!!!
bienesraiceshl@yahoo.com
(504) 9998-8497, José Vallecillo

Roatan Realty  
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. 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.
Asking Price- $2,250,000
e-mail: info@roatanrealty.com

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) 9990-7183 E-mail: honduhome@gmail.com

Infinity Bay Spa & Beach Resort
For $10,000 down*
An investment that is os good….
You may never want to sell.
For as little as $205,000.00
They are not making any more beachfront property like this.
*(Realtors Please Call Infinity Office for Details)
For investment Information,
call (504) 403-9077/78/79,
U.S. phone 541-359-1229
or e-mail us at info@infinitybay.com

Inversiones Etica
Telephones: (504)221-1307,
221-1904, 9931-2845

A new Way of Living
Horizonte Condos.

Excellent view and location, combined with the independence and commodity of a residence. Forget about shares water tanks, or shared payments for public services.  You won’t have to waste your time running up and down stairs or getting into elevators to get into your condo. Located in excellent areas:

  • Horizonte Condos located in la Cumbre Residencial, next to Lomas del Guijarro, beautiful view of the city and El Cristo del Picacho, six spacious condos starting from $141,800, parking space for two to five vehicles each one.

  •  Horizonte Mayab Condos located in Lomas del Mayab, beautiful view of the Basílica de Suyapa.

Parrot Tree Plantation
Century 21 / J. Edwards Real Estate
Roatan’s Most prestigious Resort Community!
Starting from $259,900 & up.
1-4 bedroom Units
Beachfront Condos
Marina Villas
Retail Space
Home Sites
200 Acre Gated Community
5 Acre Private Lagoon
Full Service Marina
Day Spa & Retreat
Coffee Shop
JEdwards@Century21Roatan.com
Telephones: Hond: 504-3320-7177
US: 713-491-4540 
www.ParrotTreePlantation.com
www.Century21Roatan.com
Parrot Tree Plantation and it’s offices are located mid-island on the south shore.

RENTALS

Hotel Playa Bonita
Tela, Honduras

Small, comfortable, charming…
Visit our site: www.hotelplayabonitatela.com, or call to: (504)448
3450, (504) 9909 3766, e-mail: aragonlopez@hotmail.com

Apartment for rent
Good Location in Col. La Reforma, close to the US Embassy. Apartment has two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, storage room, service bedroom (bathroom included), interior patio, telephone line
Price: $375.00.
If you are interested please contact:
patricia_valle@hotmail.com,
or call Tel: (504) 236-5526 at night.

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) 3358-5432, 232-4594, or e-mail: froyochoa@yahoo.com

Leslie’s Place
BED & BREAKFAST INN + INTERNET
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

Colonia Palmira, Distrito Hotelero, Frente a Plaza San Martín, Residencia 452
PBX: (504) 220-7494, 220-5325,  FAX (504) 220-7492
E -mail: services@dormir.com 
http//:www.dormir.com

La Casa de Don Santiago
Long & Short Term Vacation Rental

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: casacafe@hondutel.hn, casadecafe@mayanet.hn 

For rent in Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa, Loma Linda Norte, 360 top view, brand new, fully furnished condo apartments. 3 bedrooms, 3 ½  baths, Pool, Jacuzzi,
Gym, Steam bath, Sauna, Fire, Intruder Alarm and Emergency Generator . Phone, CATV and internet ready. 24 hours armed security. Owner living on premises, optional minisplit A/C in all rooms
E-mail: elipse@amnettgu.com
Ph: (504) 239-6442.
Cell: (504)9987-2014

Humuya Inn
Guest Rooms and Apartments
For both short and extended stays at affordable prices.  All of our rooms include air conditioning, wireless internet, cable television, direct dial telephones, daily maid service.  Large family room and full service kitchen 24-7 security.  Please see our website to fully appreciate our establishment at www.humuyainn.com

American owned and managed.

Information:
(504) 239-8962, 235-7276
Fax:239-5099 or Info@humuyainn.com
Tegucigalpa

For rent in Roatan
2 bedroom apartment (semi-furnished) located at Fort Saphery Hotel and Restaurant in West End-Roatan.  Complex is located on the beach and is available on April 15, 2007 for occupancy.  Price: $650.00 per month (water and light included) Call Olin at Phones: (504) 445-4213, 445-0256, for additional information.

For those looking for authenticity

A COLONIAL TOUCH
8 full extra all equiped rooms, refined colonial style, ntercontinental and french breakfast. Flowered patio
Spanish,English, French speaking

HOTEL  GRAN  CENTRAL
Tela center, Honduras
Reservation :(504)4481099.
grancentral@hot|mail.com
www.hotelgrancentral.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.
Ph: (504) 448-0342/415-3105
resort@hondshores.com  http://www.hondshores.com

SERVICES

Mail boxes ETC
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 5,500 MBE Stores in 42 Countries
 Low Start Up Costs
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VEGAS ELECTRIC
Dedicated to quality
Committed to service
 Since 1987* Licensed Electrical Contracting Services

* Fans, Lighting & Electrical Supplies
* Electrical Design & Installation
* Telecommunications & Security Systems
* Marine Electrical Materials
* Stainless Steel Bolts & Screws

Dixon’s Cove, Roatan
Ph 445-1309, 445-1244,
445-1987, 445-1334
Fax. 445-1073
http://www.vegaselectric.info
vegas@globalnet.hn

Design, Supervision, and Construction
Are you planning to build a house on the beach, country field or in the city, or an apartment for rent, mall.  Contact us:  Phone: (504) 966-8455. Arq. Elia sor Phone:(504) 942-9934,
ask for Mrs. Luz CAH/0432
20 years of experience

Central America Spanish School
A school with unique teaching techniques!
Our programs:
*Intensive Spanish Language program in:
*La Ceiba*Utila Bay Island.
*Eco-Spanish, Biological and Scientific Program.
*In Cayos Cochinos marine protected area.
*Ecological Intensive Spanish Language Program.
*In the National Park Pico Bonito.
*Mayan and Beach Intensive Language Program.
*Available in La Ceiba, Utila and Copan Ruinas.
*Transfer Credit available from US Universities. Call (504) 440-1707,
e-mail: info@ca-spanish.com
www.ca-spanish.com

Wash & Wet
Chat while you do your laundry
Open from Monday through Friday , from  8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Saturdays trough Sunday, from 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., 
We are located in Col. Palmira 1era calle, Ave. Panama, Tegucigalpa
Phone:265-2037. 
Come and visit us!!

SM Company
Honduras This Week Searching for the best profiles? Searching for the best job? Don’t search for more, just visit: SM Company, Honduras and Latin America.
www.smcompany.net, www.honduempleos.com, info@honduempleos.com
We guarantee the best.
Ph. (504) 221-0874, 553-3386.


Utila-Roatan-Guanaja
Scuba Diving Classes
Start in Tegus and enjoy the Bay Islands!
Contact us:
(504) 239-8837/9985-7299
scubahonduras.net
scubahonduras@hotmail.com


OTHERS

Siberian Huskies for Sale
Blue eyed, two females and one male. Price: Lps. 5,000.00, Call (504) 9987-2616 from 9:00 am to 10 pm.

In search of Bilingual Teachers
Teachers needed for math, science and English courses, for elementary and high school.  School is located in a small town, 3 hours from Tegucigalpa.  Good salary. Teachers interested please contact us to: hqschooljob@yahoo.com
or call: (504) 9883-1932.

Help wanted
CONCIERGE/SALES AGENT for new home development at Pico Bonito Lodge, La Ceiba, Honduras. Must speak excellent English and have proven sales experience.  Salary + commission.  Please send resume to info@wildernessclubs.com and reference Honduras Week Job AD please.

Sales person wanted
Professional salesperson wanted to represent new English radio station heard across The Bay Islands and Northern Honduras. Must have sales background and contacts with advertising agencies. Generous commissions. Your own schedule. Able to speak English a plus. Go to roatanbruce.com, call 9903-7228 or email roatanbruce@yahoo.com
for more information.



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The Conflict Continues...

Nicole Kling
Honduras This Week


Archive/Honduras This Week
Gas Station in Tegucigalpa

Honduras This Week National NewsSince the beginning of this year disputes about gasoline have blossomed. The fuel bid process that should have been signed in January by the government and Conoco Phillips, never was and so the conflict continues.Full Article


US Ambassador to United Nations World Food Program visits Honduras

Álvaro Morales Molina
Honduras This Week


Courtesy American Embassy
Ambassador Gaddy Vásquez

Honduras This Week National NewsGaddi H.Vásquez the U.S Ambassador to Rome and the office of United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) visited Tegucigalpa for five days during this week; the purpose of the visit was to in person know the humanitarian assistance and feed projects that are beneficiating in a sustainable way several communities in need of the Honduran territory with the back up of the U.S. government. Full Article


Cefas prisoners united for women’s rights

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week


Alex Jones /Honduras This Week
Inmates in Work

Honduras This Week National NewsMarcela* jokes about her business in Colombia and Amsterdam. Yet she does not appear the average convict. Instead, she stands in front of a crowd and speaks eloquently of the need to defend women’s rights. She does not wear the black and white uniform that one imagines on a prisoner. She wears the pink t shirt of Honduran ‘Center for Women’s Studies’, marking her a member of the Center’s campaign for gender equality. Full Article


The Great Final of the Honduran
Football League
San Pedro Sula party with football rhythm

Heribaldo Laínez
Special for Honduras This Week


Archive/Honduras This Week
Maratón Soccer Team

Honduras This Week National NewsSan Pedro Sula is playing host to a great Honduran soccer event, two of the most beloved soccer teams in Honduras Maratón which is after their sixth championship title and the Real España which is after their ninth, square off in order to win the Honduran soccer championship. This is the 50th championship the National League has celebrated, Maratón and Real España is eager to make history .Full Article


The Honduran Dream

Irene Solaz Velázquez
Honduras This Week

Honduras This Week National NewsThe Honduran Dream, a creative competition between twelve San Pedro Sula schools, will show Hondurans that they can find job opportunities in their own country.Full Article



Without equality there is no democracy

Nicole Kling
Honduras This Week

Honduras This Week National NewsThe human being is a free creature.
All human beings are equally worthy. Different human beings have different possibilities to live their lives as they want to. How can that be? Full Article


Lost over La Mosquitia
Continuation of Aviation Tales
Part II

Eduardo Lewis
Special for Honduras This Week


Captain Levister and his planes

Honduras This Week National News During the short time that I was employed by Mario Valenzuela, he sent me on a few flights in the Piper Tri-Pacer, some of them to his Mahogany Ply-wood factory, which was located on Puerto Castilla. I also remember flying to Puerto Cortes. Full Article



UNAH: Looking into the eye of the storm

Aida Sabonge Jackson
Special for Honduras This Week

Honduras This Week National NewsSome of us has worked in the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) much longer than a great part of our readers have walked on Honduran soil. We were here when the first Revolutionary Front painted the walls of the buildings in red and black, and we were here when the red turned to yellow and the lines of paint were more conventional and professional, certainly designed by the new authorities at the United Democratic Front. Full Article


Manuel Castillo, the man who sings to Honduras

Álvaro Morales Molina
Honduras This Week



Honduras This Week National NewsBorn in Jesús de Otoro, a sleepy little town in the department of Intibuca, located in the center of the country, His parents could not have imagined that their child would become a great composer who would greatly love his country, Honduras. Full Article


Honduras This Week National News

ALBA Solidifies an Expansive Regional Relevance

James W. Bodden
Honduras This Week


Courtesy google.com
Presidents Castro and Chávez

The leftist Latin American bloc, ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas), concluded a landmark summit in the Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto, where its members crafted new institutional foundations and political-diplomatic structures to strengthen their alliance, ideologically positioning themselves as a counterweight to the neoliberal, U.S. backed, model. Full Article


Free Trade Agreement-Honduras, El Salvador and Taiwan

Irene Solaz Velázquez
Honduras This Week

San Salvador- The Free Trade Agreement was signed between El Salvador, Honduras, and Taiwan in the Presidential House of San Salvador. The ministers of economy who signed the agreement were Yolanda de Gavidia, from El Salvador; Miriam Elizabeth Azcona, from Honduras; and Chen Ruey-long, from Taiwan. Elías Antonio Saca, the President of El Salvador, and Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran Presidents, assisted the event as Honor Witnesses. Full Article


News by word of mouse

Richard M. Noir
Special for Honduras This Week

If you find yourself curious about some country to the extent that you would like to be able to read today’s news from it, there is a helping hand, or at least a helping mouse. “Not another one of these internet sites to negotiate,” you mutter. But no – it doesn’t send you off into a web maze. Full Article


EDITORIAL

Transition and Change

Honduras This Week - Opinions and EditorialsChanges occur by the continuous antagonism between the obsolete to the current, right from wrong, between the absurd and the rational. The urgent need to introduce structural changes to the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) by the National Congress with the approval of a new institutional law for the National University. Full Editorial



BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW

Honduran Business and Economics

Roatan Bruce
The Census - The Building Block of a Free Tourism Zone

Travel & Tourism in HondurasBeing just days away from the official start of the Free Zone on May 28th, how will the lives of the everyday person on the Bay Islands be effected? You can be assured that in the coming weeks, I will have many Free Zone experts on the radio to expand on the changes that are going to take place. This week, I spoke to the President of Canaturh Bay Islands (the Tourism Chamber), Romeo Silvestri, a contributor to the writing of the new Free Zone ( ZOLITUR, the acronym in Spanish). By Bruce Starr


SUFFICIENT SCOLDING

Travel & Tourism in HondurasAgain letters from the readers reminding us that the entire world does not revolve strictly around Roatan and Copan. But, we explain, All About Roatan is the heading on our column and Copan Up-Date on Howard’s fine articles. So, what to do? Perhaps sprinkle a little mainland information, a little Guanaja gossip and some National news from time to time. By Don Pearly


Windows of Memory

Irene Solaz Velázquez
Honduras This Week

Honduran CultureOn May 14, a theatrical play was performed in Tegucigalpa, and it reminded its citizens of their past, inspiring them into both laughter and sadness. On Monday, May 14, the theatrical play Ventanas de la memoria (Windows of Memory) performed in the Museo para la Identidad Nacional (MIN) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Many citizens viewed the performance while experiencing laughter, curiosity, and astonishment. Full Article


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Honduran Culture
XX SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL AT THE AUDIOVISUAL MONTH
May 23 -29. Inauguration May 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Multicines Plaza Miraflores. Sponsored by the Embassy of Spain. Spanish films will be exhibited.Full Calendar



 
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