Heavy Fire heard on Honduran island as Military aircraft circle

UTILA September 9, 2009 At 12:50am local time this reporter was woken by heavy gunfire coming from the direction of the secluded airport area on the small island of Utila located within The Bay Islands of...

Honduran President denies Resignation. Chavez "We Will Mobilize"

The President of Honduras is reported to have left the Country along with his most loyal aides amid confusion. Local TV and news services have not been broadcasting and internet connections not operating. ...

El Temblor

It is the third morning after the earthquake and we are still experiencing aftershocks!  Here's what happened on Utila three nights ago:   It’s 2:24am.  We're on the third floor of a wooden...

7.3 Earthquake Rocks Honduras. Eleven more Quakes since Big One

Utila 01:20 June 9th 2009 The earthquakes are continuing almost daily. The latest was late last night when a strong 5.7 Mag earthquake shook homes and created worry. The epicenter of the quake was just...

HSBC Bank Shutters Branches as Global Recession Intensifies

Sunday May 17th 2009 UTILA HSBC Bank is closing branches in Honduras only two years after taking over Banco Grupo Ahorro Hondureño in 2007. Once thought to be most powerful bank in the world The Hong Kong...

Venezuelan Narco Plane Crashes on Utila. Another 1500 Kilos down

May 10th 2009 UTILA Again, Utila has come to the center on the War on Drugs with another Venezuelan aircraft busted with 1500 kilos of cocaine, but this time there was a different ending. Starting...

War on Drugs... War on Peace

After many months of late night landing on the airport, in late January, the small Caribbean Island Utila (a former British Colony) woke up to an incredible scene. Honduran Naval vessels...

A appeal to the Canadian prime minister and US presidant Obama

The U.S. terror war as seen through the eyes of a prisoner When we first began corresponding with Khalid Awan in 2007, we had no idea why he was serving time in U.S. federal prison. We soon discovered Awan was one of the first of thousands of Muslims taken prisoner in the...

1500 Kilos of cocaine, Venezuelan plane busted on Utila

January 28th 2009 UTILA. Local residents of the small Caribbean Island of Utila woke up to a surprise that to them, was not all that surprising. Over the last months it had been strongly rumored that Utila...

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