The Republic of Honduras is part of the seven-country Central American land bridge which connects North and South America. Honduras borders El Salvador on the southwest, Nicaragua on the southeast, and Guatemala on the northwest. It is the second largest country in the Central America with more than 43,000 square miles. Only sixteen degrees north of the equator Honduras’s temperatures are not as high as might be expected. The elevation from mountainous areas and coastal onshore winds provide cooler temperatures. Instead of temperature dictating seasons Honduras’s seasons are indicated by rainfall. The dry season is from January to May, and June to December is the wet season. Annual rainfall averages are 200 inches or more. Lowland Pacific states experience severe droughts.
Hondurans are known among themselves as catrachos and are very family oriented people. They mostly live in the western and central valleys and along La Costa Norte. The capital of Honduras is Tegucigaipa, the largest urban center. The official language of Honduras is Spanish. Yet there are certain dialects spoken by the Sumo, Payas, and Misquitos tribes. Languages such as Chinese, Arabic, and English are also spoken by immigrates settled there.
The economy of Honduras is suffering; it is known as the poorest country in Central America. The annual income is $400 U.S. dollars. This does not include that most foods are produced by farmers and eaten or used by family instantly. The large port of Puerto Cortes is the prime spot of import and export. Bananas are the greatest export, but things such as coffee, lumber, cattle, sugar cane, seafood, and tobacco also impact economies. 62% of Honduras’s agriculture is in labor force which pro...
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...an increase in tree cover due to coffee’s growth. This is currently standing at an eighty percent result. This can eventually destroy some of the beautiful forested areas of Honduras consuming it with coffee bean trees.
Honduras is known as a beautiful, beach destination. But it is also known for some pretty wacky facts. In Honduras there is a phenomenon of lluvia de peces or fish rain. Fish literally rain from the sky. In addition to celebrating Christmas where children receive gifts, they also receive gifts on September 10th a Honduran Holiday known as the day of the Honduran child. And though Honduras is known for its volcanic produced islands and land, there are no active volcanos in Honduras currently. Honduras seems amazing, and I can only hope to visit it someday. I hope to be able to experience its lands, culture, and agriculture first hand.
Panama is the southernmost country of Central America. It sits on the isthmus connecting north and South America. Panama remains bordered by Costa Rica to the west. Colombia is to the southeast. The Caribbean is to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Panama City is the capital of Panama. Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in 1821.Panama has the third largest economy in Central America and it is the fastest growing economy and the largest per capita consumer in Central America. In 2013, Panama ranked fourth in Latin American countries in terms of the Human Development Index, and is ranked 59th in the world. Studies in 2010 show that Panama remains as the second most competitive economy in Latin America. Panama’s jungle is home to an abundance of tropical plants, animals, and birds and some of them found nowhere else in the world.
Managua, with a population of 682,100, is the capital and commercial center. León is an important religious and cultural center. Granada is the terminus of the railway from the main port of entry, Corinto, on the Pacific coast. Spanish is the official language of Nicaragua. Nearly 90% of the Nicaraguan people are Roman Catholic; most of the remainder are Protestant.
The root cause of the conflicts that occurred before, during and after the civil war in El Salvador is the disparity between the rich and the poor. Built upon the backs of the colonial system introduced by the Spaniards during the colonial period, the hacienda system, sustaining unequal distribution of wealth and land, polarized the country. While the Spaniards acquired labor through the economienda system in which the Spanish crown gave a set number of natives to Spanish elites, the elites acquired land through haciendas. Attempting to exploit the production of cash crops and monopolize agriculture, the Spanish elites made haciendas, large landowning estates. (Kraft)
A memorable fact about Guatemala is that an earthquake hit Guatemala in 2012, the largest since 1976. It hit on November 7th, with a magnitude of 7.4. 150 people were seriously injured, and 23 missing.Government officials say the death toll will rise. Houses were destroyed, schools, roads, and government buildings were damaged. And a prison wall collapsed.98 inmates had to be transferred to a different jail. Definitely memorable.
Where is Honduras located? What are some main landforms? What food do Hondurans eat? What language do Hondurans speak? How did Honduras become Honduras? These are all questions you might have, and in this paper all will be answered. You will learn more about the geography, society, people, their lifestyles, and the history of Honduras.
Throughout human history, indigenous societies around the world have withered under the expansion of European societies. The “white man’s burden”, which asserted that the colonial powers of the world had the responsibility of bringing education and civilization to other races that were viewed as inferior, was a widely accepted concept in western thinking countries and qualified the removal of indigenous people from their homeland (Kent 2014). Overtime this has led to mass ethnocides, or destruction cultures, around the world (Kent 2014). Many irreplaceable cultures have been adversely
The challenge of Cuba’s developing economy is low productivity and labor force of the economy as a whole. The Miami Herald revealed that, “Granma and Yzquierdo indicated a list of reasons for Cuba’s economic inactivity, such as deferrals in projects to broken contracts and “the low productivity and deficiency of the workforce” along with the economic circumstances in Latin America in addition to the rest of the world”. Cuba’s GDP growth for first part of 2013 is assessed at 2.3 percent, compared to 2.1 percent similar time for 2012 Cuba practices a unique approach of calculating GDP that embellishes the number compared to other countries”. (Tamayo, 2013) Negative radical policies have remained in decline in its productivity of the developing economy, and the most significant challenge encountering established order is how to incentivize the market toward the increasing development in production and productivity. All goods and services make up an economy real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is produced from labor and capital resources. The determinants of economic development are the accessibility of economic resources (quality of labor and capital) and productivity factors (human capital and technology). Cuba can be managed by encouraging sustainable consumption and production, managing the natural resources for the benefit of ecological and social expansion. Provide some form of urgency towards human development, with the eradication of poverty as its crucial objective. Human development success depends on the extent by utilizing the opportunities created through globalization, diminishing its negative effects. In addition, Cuba can b...
The next part of Nicaragua’s society is the ethnic groups. About 76% of the population is mestizo, 10% European, 3% indigenous, and 11% Creole or African. The indigenous, Creole, and African populations are mostly dominate in the east. The mestizos and Europeans are mainly in the Pacific lowlands. Languages are also very important in the society. The official language is Spanish, which is spoken by almost everyone, in the Pacific lowlands. English is the dominate language in the Caribbean
El Salvador (The republic of The Savior) is known to be the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. San Salvador has been announced as the Capital City. It is considered to an important cultural and commercial center for the whole Central America. It borders with Guatemala, Honduras, The Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Fonseca. It’s the only country in this region not on the Caribbean Sea.
El Salvadorian culture is such a unique and amazing one. The name El Salvador means “The Savior” in Spanish. From language, to holidays celebrated, to typical foods, everything about El Salvador is different in its own way. El Salvador is known as the smallest Central American country. It’s considered to be so small that even the state of Massachusetts is larger. Although it may be one of the smallest country it has the fourth largest population in Central America with 6.345 million people living there as of 2016. The capital of El Salvador sounds very similar and is called “San Salvador”. The main language in El Salvador is Spanish, although like many other places there are different dialects in different parts of the country. El Salvador has 2 currencies. The first one is the El Salvador Collin and the other one is the US dollar. Although they still have the El Salvador Collin most people do not use it, and mainly use the US dollar. Some dishes that are very common are casamiento, which consists of a mixture of rice and beans, and pupusas, which consists of cheese, beans, or chicharron, and sal picon which consists of rice, beef, and cilantro. These dishes are commonly eaten throughout the year in this country because they are cheap, abundant, and just plain delicious.
Photos really don’t show how bad it is in a country, they only show the good side of things. Honduras is an exceedingly poor and dangerous country. When I was walking along the streets of Honduras, all I would see would be little kids with baskets or boxes of tortillas. They had to sell them for a little amount of money just so they can have better food, to get a new pair of shoes, or even just to help their parents with financial situations. Seeing these kids truly broke my heart. Asking the children what their
There can't possibly be anything more valuable other than freedom. For example, if you have ever traveled, perhaps to Roatan, Honduras, you will know what I am referring to. In Roatan, Honduras, most of the Hondurians are asking everyone they see for money, although, you are aware of the fact that they do want the money for a good cause, mainly food. You would probably think that the people from Roatan,Honduras would not show any respect, However, they usually responded with a “thank-you,” or “may god bless you.” The fact that the Hondurians are very polite, makes you feel safe, while visiting their wonderful island. I believe that it is some sort of freedom to avoid health risks, although people should see that as a bad type of freedom. Everyone,
The presence of the religion was minuscule during the nascent stages of the Latin America. The ships from the Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms often only two to three friars or priests. With the discovery of the indigenous populations in Latin America, that need for conversion rose since the souls of the indigenous needed saving. The Spanish kingdoms recognized the indigenous people as tabula rasas, blank slates. This perception of the indigenous was held to justify spreading Christianity. In Latin America, the colonizers and priests held on to their own agenda for the colonies. These agendas were not similar, and it contributes to understanding the motives and roles of the priests in the Latin American colonies. This is supported through multiple primary sources, as they help historians understand the role of religion in Brazil.
Peru is like no other in South America. It is the best known of all Pre-Columbian cultures and also known for the Inca civilization. Most of what we know about the Pre-Columbian culture has been discovered through archeological excavation. These findings can be examined first hand in many of Peru’s museums. There is much diversity within this country. You can expect dry cold weather as well as rainy, hot summer days and everything in between, not to mention, the breath taking views.
What is one of the biggest problems in Latin America today? Is it the slums that some people live in or the way poor people are treated? Both these ideas connect to Latin America’s largest problem today, the major income gap between the rich and the poor. When people think of Latin America in modern day some will think of the rich citizens who live prosperous lives, but many of them also think of the poor folk who live in slums such like the favelas of Rio. This might not seem like such a big issue to us, but for the people of Latin America this could not only affect their economy, but their politics as well.