About

Honduras Weekly is a privately owned, independent Honduran newspaper without government connections (national or foreign) and soley responsible to its readers. It is updated daily in English, with an emphasis on those stories we sense have the greatest overall impact on Honduras each week. The newspaper's website receives more than 10 million viewer hits per month. If you have any questions or comments, please write to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Editorial Policy
The editorial vision of Honduras Weekly is to promote a thoughtful, civil, intelligent, and balanced exchange about news, events, and people in Honduras, as well as other themes. The idea is to be receptive and respectful of everyone's point of view. Our underlying assumption is that truth is not usually absolute... that each of us possesses our own truths, based on our own unique backgrounds, experiences, and intellect. And that thus we are naturally bound to have our own interpretations of things that happen or that are said. We believe that our differences are to be celebrated, not feared. In the end, we can always agree to disagree. In the interim, we just think it's a good thing to listen to as many human beings as happen to come our way, and encourage a conversation... for the sake of the conversation.

Advertising
Honduras Weekly is proud to be an official co-sponsor of the 13th annual Conference on Honduras planned for October 18-20, 2012 in the town of Copán Ruinas. As part of our contribution, we will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of advertising on our site to conference organizer projecthonduras.com to help offset the costs of staging the event. We are now offering discounted rates for banner ads on our opening page. Full-size ads (with hyperlinks) on the right-hand column are available for US$1,000 (Gold Ad), US$750 (Silver Ad), and US$500 (Bronze Ad) per year. Small ads at the bottom of the page are priced at US$100 annually. For information regarding design and payment options, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Production Team
Stanley Marrder|Houston Owner and Publisher
Nicole Muñoz|Tegucigalpa Bureau Chief
Marco Cáceres|Washington, DC Editor
Johny Amador|Tegucigalpa Technical Support
Ilse Fortin|Tegucigalpa Administrative Support
Juan Carlos Hernández|Tegucigalpa Technical Research

Writers
Jorge Agurcia Fasquelle|Tegucigalpa
Guillermo Anderson|La Ceiba
Tanya Clementson|Copán Ruinas
Alejandra Elvir|Tegucigalpa
Rodger Harrison|Copán Ruinas
César Indiano|Tegucigalpa
León Leiva Gallardo|Tegucigalpa
Blair Quinius|Copán Ruinas
Bryan Rodezno|Tegucigalpa
Michael Solis|El Progreso
Guillermo Yuscarán|Santa Lucia
Doña Bárbara|At-Large

Guest Contributors
Gabriela Acosta | José Agüero | Gisela Aguiriano | Héctor Luis Alamo, Jr. | Wallace Alcorn | Silas Allen | Aida Alvarenga | Elizabeth Amonette | Kay Anderson | Marina Antúnez | Ardegas | Anita Balakrishnan | Melissa Beale | Buddy Bell | Reno Berkeley | Gail Bernhoft | John Black | Loz Blain | Marcus J. Borg | James Bosworth | Jeff Brammer | Christopher Brauchli | Jerry Brewer | Sibylla Brodzinsky | Mylene Bruneau | Benedicte Bull | Bryan Butler | Laura Carlsen | Ted Galen Carpenter | Steve Carr | Bruce Carter | Alan Cassidy | Ivan Castano Freeman | Mark Caudill | George Chapman | Sarah Childress | Joan Chrissos | Alexandra Cockar | David Coehrs | Trevor Cohen | Beatty Collins | Patrick Corcoran | Manuel Corrales | Natalia Cote-Muñoz | Steve Craig | Amy Crossette | John Crowley | Denise Crute | Flavia Cueva | Holle Cuje | Thalif Deen | Zachary Deibel | Lorraine Devon Wilke | Christopher Diaz | Alexandra Dieckmann | John Donaghy | Angeli Duffin | Daniel Dyer | Silvia Elias | Fidencio Enriquez | Ulf Erlingsson | Karol Escalante | Glen Evans | Tatiana Faramarzi | Trish Flanagan | Diana Gibson de Flores | Lizzy Flores | Denise Fonseca | Rachel Forseth | Gemma Fottles | Edward Fox | Carol Frey | J. B. Friedman | Porfirio Fuentes | Jorge Gallardo Rius | Robert Gandy | Ally Garcia | Karen Garloch | Alex Gibson | Steven Goff | Don Godo | Jean Guerrero | Marcos González | Phyllis Gordon | Todd Gordon | Ronan Graham | Wendy Green | W. E. Gutman | Linda Habenstreit | Joseph Halm | Pam Harrison | Rodger Harrison | Robin Hauenstein | Allison Havens | Brittney Haynes | Jim Hazelwood | Alcides Hernández | Jorge Hernández Alcerro | Denia Hernández | J. C. Hernández | Elizabeth Marie Himchak | Ryan Hinson | Arondo Holmes | Michael Holtzman | Aaron Hsu | Olga Imbaquingo | Jessica Isla | Scott Iwasaki | Drew Jackson | Paul Jeffrey | Jon Johnson | Jo Kadlecek | Chuck Kaufman | Alanna Klapp | Jeremy Kryt | Dawn Kurry | La Gringa | Juan Carlos Hidalgo | Kimberly Hooper | Eve Horowitz | Andrew Kennis | Emma Kneebone | Jim Kouri | Sara J. Laing | William Landon | Tania Lara | León Leiva Gallardo | Joel Leyden | John Lindsay-Poland | Ibis Liulla | Christopher Looft | Norma Love | Alejandro Ludeña | Laurinda Luffman | Debbie Lybrand | Anna Mahjar-Barducci | Alexander Main | Steve Malone | Andrea Mares | Moises Martínez | Lauren Mathae | Bruce McFadden | Brian McLaren | Sharon McLennan | Kyla McClure | Matthew McGovern | Jeremy McDermott | Karben Selim Mejía | Brittny Mejia | Thelma Mejia | Chris Metinko | Carl Meyer | Austen Milan | Gayle Milla | Michael Miller | Frederick Mills | Viktor Montoya | Jen Moore | Susan Morse | James Mulder | Gustavo Murillo | José Reyes Murillo | Sherri Muzher | Andrew Myer | Ralph Nader | Susannah Nesmith | Kevin Northcraft | Shannon O'Neil | Andrew O'Reilly | Phillip Ohnemus | Lauren Paverman | Gustavo Palencia | Bobbie Randall | Elyssa Pachico | Eloy Page | Karin Palmquist | Lauren Paverman | Don Pearly | George Pfautsch | Kimberley Player | Chris Poliquin | Thomas Poteet | Christopher Preble | Molly Priesmeyer | Roberto Quesada | Geoffrey Ramsey | Dan Riffle | Chris Rizer | John Roach | Alison Roh Park | Tom Roberts | Carol Robidoux | Paul Romer | Teresa Isabel Romero | David Rosen | Howard Rosenzweig | Genevieve Ross | Grahame Russell | Chad Ryerson | Margee Salgado | Alex Sánchez | Octavio Sánchez | Roger Sanchez-O'Neill | Alexander Sanné | Leander Schaerlaeckens | R. H. Sheldon | Michael Shifter | Candiss Shumate| Maria Amalia Sierra | Dan Simpson | David Sirota | Matthew Sly | Phillip Smith | Rikke Søndergaard | Kelly St. Onge | Karl Stanley | Katie Steefel | Hannah Stone | Phillip Smith | Al Steele | Jeff Stratton | Roman Suver | Janice Sweitzer | Christina Taylor | Guy Taylor | Brian Thompson | Lemi Tilahun | Mark C. Toner | Ken Trainor | Deepak Tripathi | Ben Udy | Robert Valencia | Danilo Valladares | Ivonne van Leest | Ramón Villeda Bermúdez | Rachel Vincent | Allan Wall | Tim Wall | Lesley Waters | Jeffery R. Webber | Brendan Wedley | Patty Wetli | Daniel Whalen | Elizabeth Whitman | Upshur Whittock | Mary L. Williams | Darrell Wood | Robert Works | Sarah Worthman | Steve Yancy