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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.

The fact that Central American smugglers are getting wealthy sneaking sack-loads of stimulants across borders in pick-up lorry convoys under the cover of night may not be shocking news.

The surprise is the sacks are frequently full of high quality coffee beans instead of raw cocaine.

Smuggling coffee from Honduras into Guatemala to profit from higher prices and tax breaks there has become a serious problem, say Honduran officials, although their neighbours play down the practice.

Higher premiums are paid for Guatemala’s famously tasty coffee on international markets, and changes to the tax regimes in both countries have heightened the smugglers’ appeal to less sought-after growers from Honduras.

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Honduras President Manuel Zelaya expressed Tuesday willingness to purchase fuel from Venezuela in order to face a potential domestic energy crisis. However, critics consider that the initiative could cause political troubles.

“I want to remove prejudices and blindness of some people who think that making deals with Venezuela will put us at a distance from traditional US friends,” the ruler said during a press conference upon returning on Monday night from the Vienna Summit.

“The country sovereignty is not on sale. Honduras is independent and dignified enough as to pursue agreements with other countries,” he added, as quoted by AP.

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A David-and-Goliath-style battle between Honduran villagers and an international conglomerate shows how the hunt for precious metal can threaten some of the world’s most vulnerable people and their environment. Andrew Buncombe reports from Palo Ralo

Despite his advancing years, Luis Arteaga remembers with a gleaming clarity the day he discovered gold in the hills above his village. He says he was led there by mysterious, hidden voices - spirit voices, he believes, of the indigenous Indians who also dug for the precious metal in the same hills long before the Spanish arrived.

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By Emely Perez
La Ceiba-Miami

My name is Emely, 22, currently living in the Sunshine State of Florida.
Having grown up in the beautiful port of La Ceiba, I feel a profound love, deep respect, and a sweet responsability towards the sacred land in which I proudly was born into.
Therefore, I would like to be part in helping people know and understand better about my country and its differents historical, social, and turistics affairs.
And, I would also like to inform in a more detailed way of what is happening with our fellow citizens in the U.S. and especially here in Florida.
To this connection, I would definetely call: ” A Window to the World”
Salud Compatriotas and Citizens of the world!

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