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The Honduran Government today called for a U.S.-Honduran “Emergency Task Force” to resolve a “growing crisis” that threatens to undermine the Honduran agricultural sector. The proposal was in response to an “import alert” issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that some cantaloupes from Honduras may be associated with recent cases of Salmonella in the United States.

At this point, however, it does not appear that the FDA has conclusively determined where the problem may have originated along the supply chain. The agency therefore called for detaining or destroying all cantaloupes imported from a single Honduran supplier. The broad-based nature of the alert has prompted international reaction and resulted in a potentially crippling strain on the Honduran national economy.

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Colombia and Honduras, two of South Florida’s most popular national teams, expect to attract a capacity crowd when they play a soccer friendly at Lockhart Stadium on Wednesday night.

Honduran coach Reinaldo Rueda will have most of the team’s top players, including striker David Suazo, who has scored 103 goals in the past nine seasons for Italian Serie A clubs Internazionale and Cagliari.

Wilson Palacios and Maynor Figueroa, who both play for Wigan of the English Premier League, also are expected to compete in Wednesday’s match. The midfielder and defender arrived during Honduras’ scrimmage against the United Soccer League’s Montreal Impact on Monday in Sunrise.

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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya showed Tuesday he can attack a cantaloupe and U.S. government claims in a single motion.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya wants to assure the world there is no problem with his country’s fruit.

“It’s not in our fruit,” he said about last week’s report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that some Honduran cantaloupes may be contaminated with salmonella. “It’s not true what they are saying. Logically, we believe it is an error.”

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At least 26 people died in Honduras on Tuesday when a bus ran off a road and plunged over 1,600 feet (500 metres) into a ravine, rescuers said.

The accident happened between San Isidro and Jesus de Otoro, 93 miles (150 km) west of the capital, Tegucigalpa.

“There are 26 dead so far. … Twenty-three died at the site and three others in hospital,” fireman Carlos Cordero told Reuters.

Four children were among the dead and 16 survivors were under medical observation, he said.

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