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Honduran Politics and Culture

Some articles on water privatization and globalization:

Honduran resistance to water privatization continues

In Honduras, the defense of water is a patriotic duty

The Struggle for Latin America's Water

Latin American Movements in the Context of Globalization

Current Information:

Learn some Honduran historical background and current political, economic, social, and environmental issues through...

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Very Comprehensive, albeit a bit outdated:

If you have more specific interests, check the on-line version of a various Honduras studies in a compilation of...

sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.

Republic of Honduras:

For information on the law and constitution of the Republic of Honduras, as well as a wealth of information on Honduran economic policy, trade, and human rights published by a variety of sources (from the US Library of Congress, Dept. of State, CIA, Amnesty International, World Food Programme), check the...

Basic Spanish Lessons

With a Tompkins County Library Card, you can use the Rosetta Stone Online Language Learning Center for free! To obtain a free library card, stop by the public library on Green Street downtown (near a TCAT stop) and bring a piece of mail with you as proof of your residence in Ithaca.

With Rosetta Stone, you can learn Spanish as well as 29 other languages from Arabic to Welsh. Note: the application requires Adobe Shockwave, which you can download for free here. (It's all free!)

No time to go downtown for the library card?

Start with these seven basic Spanish lessons (as downloadable pdf files, all about 20 K) created by a former AguaClara project team member, Perla Lastra, to start with some essential vocabulary for a trip to Honduras:

Intro -- Communicating with Hondurans (website)

Lesson 1 -- Numbers, Pronunciation, Vocab

Lesson 2 -- Articles, Water Vocab, Verbs, Colors, Numbers

Lesson 3 -- Questions, Verbs, Vocab, Adjectives

Lesson 4 -- Days, Months, Traveler's Nouns, Currency, Vocab

Lesson 5 -- Irregular Verbs, Traveler's Nouns, Time, Seasons

Lesson 6 -- Body Parts, Table Manners, Family, Animals, Pronouns

Lesson 7 -- Clothing, Weather, Physical Expressions, Idioms