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The Republic of China government has donated more than US$370,000 to Honduras to help fund water supply projects in the Central American country’s rural areas, according to a report issued Saturday by Honduras-based Radio America.

Accepting the money a day earlier, Honduran International Cooperation Minster Karen Zelaya also appealed to government and non- government organizations worldwide to sponsor projects promoting health and wellbeing for the Honduran people.

The fund is to be used for improving water supplies and sanitation systems in impoverished provinces and several immigrant reception centers in the country.

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Mexico has begun negotiations with several Central American countries to merge its three individual Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with them into a single one, Mexican Economy Minister Eduardo Sojo said Friday.

Mexico will promote regional integration with Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which is expected to facilitate trade by harmonizing rules and different procedures, and also reduce operation costs, said Sojo.

Mexico signed FTAs with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Northern Triangle nations (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) in 1995, 1998 and 2001 respectively .

Speaking at a business forum titled “Opportunities for Investment and Challenges to Competitiveness in the Mesoamerican Region” Sojo said such integration will help these nations withstand the growing competence of other regions.

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At 2:00 a.m. this morning, over three thousand natives, armed with sticks and stones arrived at the archaeological park of Copan Ruins to take over it and stop the entrance of national and foreign tourist as a pressure measurement for the government to fulfill a series of necessities they have been facing for several years now.
The government has to resolve in a short term the purchase of over 4,000 acres of land for 103 million lempiras as well as other demands from the Mayan Chorti indigenous population.

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Honduran authorities are working on a plan by Honduran President Manuel Zelaya for public primary schools to have Internet access.

Representatives of the Honduran Enterprise of Telecommunications (HONDUTEL) and the Honduran Science and Technology Council (COHCIT) are working together to foster and apply Zelaya´s proposal, which was a part of his electoral campaign.

The manager of HONDUTEL Jorge Rosa, explained that in the plan that is part of the project “Aprende” led by COHCIT, there is also a participation by the Ministry of Education and the National Commission of Telecommunications.

In the 17,500 educational centers, of which 30 percent are private schools, most with internet available.

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