Honduras News - Daily News about Honduras

President Manuel Zelaya has announced that our country is already a member of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our America (ALBA), in spite of the questioning from the different sectors of society about the president’s intention of incorporating Honduras to ALBA.

“Since we are already subscribers of Petrocaribe and we have been observing members of the ALBA, on this day the political decision of the government in search of solution alternatives to the historic problems of the country is to join the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our America”

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The honduran Nacional Police will look for a way to expel or to put delinquents behind bars by creating “Police Districts” which will have 200 police agents, special crimes and traffic accidents investigation units.

The police have identified 20 sites in the capital of Honduras with dense population and consequently dangerous where delinquents from other places and persons who only come to damage the city hang out, for this reason the National Police plans to create equal numbers of Police districts to cover these areas and protect the population.

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Representatives of Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan-led oil consortium that offers preferential financial terms on crude oil to signatory nations, will discuss in Honduras the possible uses of USD 450 million they will receive every year to revitalize their production systems, the Venezuelan official news agency Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias said.

Agriculture ministers from the nations benefiting from the agreement will attend a meeting that will take place next week in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. Petrocaribe’s member nations receive over 20,000 tons of crude oil per day, thanks to the agreement.

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Wigan Athletic have signed Honduran International defender Maynor Figueroa on a season-long loan from Deportivo Olimpia.

25-year-old Figueroa was on loan at the Latics for the latter part of last season, but only made one start for Wigan against Manchester United, where he hugely impressed Wigan manager Steve Bruce, while keeping Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo quiet.

It was thought that Bruce would make the Honduran left-back a permanent signing at the JJB Stadium, but instead the Latics have opted for another loan deal.

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