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 As
an effort to recognize those persons and institutions that
are involved in the tourism industry and whose actions are
significant enough to provide a boost to the fledging tourism
sector in Honduras, the Ministry of Tourism has created the
Copan Prize.
The first version of the prize was
given during the 3rd National Tourism Congress, that took
place in Tegucigalpa last 2nd and 3rd of November, by Mrs.
Ana Abarca, Minister of tourism. The five finalist were chosen
amongst the jury, conformed by 3 members of the private sector
and 3 members of the public sector, where all issued a public
recognition and a diploma during a special event on November
2nd.(more)
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The third national tourism congress,
held in Tegucigalpa from the 2nd to the 3rd of November was
a complete success. The event, which aimed to bring the private
and public tourism sectors in Honduras managed to bring together
a big group from both sides. One of the main goals was to
create a vision that would serve as a guideline that could
lead the industry as a whole for the next 25 years.
President Flores himself inaugurated
the event, and inhis opening speech stated that he was impressed
by the participation of the private sector. HE also made allusion
to the local advertising campaign the Insitute of Tourism
is conducting and whose theme is "El Turismo, una Empresa
de Todos" (Tourism is our Enterprise) (more)
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In an effort to solve the political crisis affecting
the country as a result of the questioning of the citizenship
of presidential candidate Ricardo Maduro, President Carlos
Flores brokered an agreement last Friday between both mayor
political parties as well as the distant third political,
the PINU.
As you may recall, the National Electoral
Committee refused to accept the registry of National Party
leader Ricardo Maduro as a pre-candidate for the presidential
seat for the up coming primaries to be held in early December.
The action took place after the liberal party leaders formally
requested that Maduro's candidacy be considered illegal because
of his citizenship. Although Ricardo Maduro was born in Panama,
son of a Panamanian entrepreneur and a Guatemalan born mother,
Ricardo Maduro requested his Honduran citizenship in the late
1980's alleging that his mother, daughter of a Honduran citizen
and at that moment, already a Honduran citizen legally registered
as such at the time. (more)
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