<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Honduras</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/centralamerica/honduras?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><description>Honduras</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar  Rodriguez Maradiaga, Honduras]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57842-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57842-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, archbishop of  Tegucigalpa, is a linguist, scientist and musician  --  and a widely respected moderate cardinal in a region known for producing radical priests.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CORRECTIONS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55220-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55220-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Shopper column in the April 14 Style section incorrectly said that Sam and Bellie chalkrolls can be purchased at Piccolo Piggies in the District. They are for sale at Full of Beans in Northwest Washington, Cosmo Tots in Arlington and Samandbellie.com.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Papers Show Negroponte's Contra Role]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44944-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44944-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As John D. Negroponte prepares for his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday for the new intelligence director post, previously secret documents shed light on the most controversial episode in his career.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negroponte's Time in Honduras at Issue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52001-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52001-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It has been two decades since John D. Negroponte left his post as ambassador to Honduras, but the nominee to become the United States' first intelligence czar is still being hounded by human rights activists.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48716-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48716-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Honduran Gang Leader Wanted In Bus Attack Being Held in Texas <br>    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras --  A Honduran official said Wednesday that one of the country's most notorious gang leaders, wanted in the killing of 28 people in a bus attack in December, had been captured in Texas.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38569-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38569-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Sharon Says Trade-Offs Will Be Painful to Make <br>    CAIRO --  In his first interview with an Arab newspaper since taking office, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he understood the costs of war and was willing to make painful concessions for peace -- though not at the price of his country's security.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Taps Negroponte For Intelligence Post]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31826-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31826-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush today nominated veteran diplomat John D. Negroponte to the new post of national intelligence chief, picking the former ambassador to Iraq and the United Nations to oversee 15 intelligence agencies.]]></description><author> William Branigin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two More Suspects Arrested in Honduras Bus Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26002-2004Dec25.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26002-2004Dec25.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec. 25 -- Authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of two additional suspects in an attack on a bus that killed 28 passengers and wounded 14, while thousands of soldiers searched for other gunmen and families buried the victims.]]></description><author> Freddy Cuevas</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Harsh Price to Pay for a Dream]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38095-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38095-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Coerced into sex by smugglers, border officials, street gang members and others who control the underground route to the United States, many female migrants are paying an especially harsh price for a chance to land a job in the north, according to government and church officials.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banking on Openness and Proximity to U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55498-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55498-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Danubia Rodriguez walked away from her rural Honduran village six years ago to accept a textile factory job, it demonstrated the implicit bargain Honduran officials struck in hopes of improving the lot of their country, one of the poorest in the hemisphere.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[About This Report]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55495-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55495-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Staff writer Paul Blustein wrote and reported from Honduras and Washington. Staff writer Peter S. Goodman wrote and reported from Sri Lanka, Cambodia and China.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrants' Protected Status Extended]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security Monday announced an 18-month extension for Hondurans and Nicaraguans who were granted temporary U.S. residence after a devastating hurricane in their homelands.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From War-Torn to Wonderland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42639-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42639-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Honduras and other Central American countries once embroiled in war have become hot markets for affordable beachfront property.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Live and Dive In Honduras]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45659-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45659-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shortly into our first dive off the Honduran island of Utila, the American dive master, Tex, signaled us to come close. Earlier, on the boat, Tex had been  the epitome of cool, cupping his weathered hands to deftly light cigarettes as the wind whipped his wild, sun-bleached hair. Now I could see the excitement in his eyes as he waved us in his direction. What could have gotten him so agitated? I wondered, as my dive buddy, Patty, and I finned to his side.]]></description><author> Carol Clark</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Risky Route to Freedom]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53106-2004Jul15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53106-2004Jul15.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To avoid getting caught in the heavily patrolled waters off Florida, many Cubans are pointing their rafts toward Honduras.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38013-2004May18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38013-2004May18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Nigerian President Acts To Curb Religious Violence <br>    ABUJA, Nigeria --  Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the violence-torn central state of Plateau, saying recent killings there threatened to plunge the country into crisis.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire in Honduran Prison Kills 103]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34589-2004May17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34589-2004May17.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An early morning fire at an overcrowded prison in northern Honduras on Monday consumed a cellblock housing gang members, killing 103, many as they slept, and injuring 25 others.]]></description><author> Freddy Cuevas</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 Nations Chosen for New Aid Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7073-2004May6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7073-2004May6.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration chose the first group of countries that will be eligible to receive U.S. aid under a new program that is aimed at improving development assistance and making it more effective.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Profile]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25450-2004Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25450-2004Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> John D. Negroponte</em><br>   Title:  U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gilded Honors for Iraq's Top Brass]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13495-2004Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13495-2004Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/honduras</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 8:03:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It looks  as though the Coalition Provisional Authority really is going to go out of business pretty soon. The CPA earlier this month asked manufacturers to bid on a contract to produce 47,500 medals to be shipped to Baghdad and distributed as a "fond farewell" of sorts.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item></channel></rss>