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The National Association of Petroleum Product Distributors (Ahdippe) reaffirmed before the government that they are not willing to close gas stations during night hours, because this measure would force them to eliminate several employments.

The Zelaya administration proposes the closing of gas stations at night as a measure to save on fuel, after the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) suspended the “Hoy no circula” measure that was also meant for the same purpose.

Apparently the Executive authority will have to look for another alternative at least that is what Ahdippe suggests.

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Members of the Honduran Attorneys Association are on a hunger strike to protest corruption that involves the ruling class of this Central American nation.

The indefinite hunger strike began in protest of a decision by the General Attorney Leonidas Rosa Bautista of firing or transferring or arbitrarily rotating attorneys prepared to try officials involved in 16 cases.

Representatives of the Committee of Relatives of Detained Disappeared of in Honduras called on the national and international community for solidarity in support of the attorneys on the hunger strike.

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An American tourism council, an Australian NGO, a spa company and a community conservation project in Honduras were this week announced as the winners of this year’s Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

Blackstone River Valley in Rhode Island, a place once known for its polluted rivers, high unemployment and disenfranchised local communities, but now rehabilitated thanks to the work of its tourism council, won the Destination Award.

Ecotourism Australia, which has built a broad-based conservation programme across the continent over two decades, won the Conservation Award.

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The Hirshhorn’s recent advertising campaign hails what I’ve been preaching all year: “Art Surrounds You.” A bus rolled by the other day with a billboard plastered to its side, proclaiming these words next to a cartoon depiction of a spiked dog collar.

At least I’m on the right track, I thought. The Hirshhorn certainly understands art and its contemporary implications, down to the bare bones of nature and the simplicity of spatial interaction.

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