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La Ceiba. / 15.77917°N 86.79306°W / 15.77917; -86.79306. La Ceiba ( Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈsejβa]) is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern ...
The Vaccaro Bros. fruit company was primarily run by Joseph, Luca, and Felix Vaccaro, the three oldest of the six children of Stefano Vaccaro (1831-1911) and Maria Vaccaro (née Pumilia, 1834-1890). Stefano Vaccaro was born on May 11, 1831, in Contessa Entellina, Italy. [citation needed] He was the second child of Giuseppe Vaccaro and Francesca ...
The early 20th century saw a major increase in Arab immigration to Honduras following crisis in the Ottoman Empire and World War I.In the early 20th century, Gonzalo "Chalo" Luque noted the names of many Palestinian-Arab heads-of-household in San Pedro Sula, and Mario Posas made a similar list for the developing banana plantations near La Ceiba.
Immigration to the Republic of Honduras is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been an important source of population growth and cultural change through the centuries throughout much of Honduran history. In the ten months to October 2022, about 120,000 migrants passed through Honduras, most of them being irregular.
Atlántida Department. / 15.64333°N 87.13167°W / 15.64333; -87.13167. Atlántida ( Spanish pronunciation: [aˈtlantiða]) is a department located on the north Caribbean shore of Honduras. The capital is the port city of La Ceiba . In the past few decades, tourism has become the most important legitimate economic source for the coastal ...
Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population to be around 1-2%. [2] [3] [4] They descended from: enslaved Africans by the Spanish, as well as those who were enslaved from the West Indies and identify as Creole peoples, and the Garifuna who descend from exiled zambo Maroons from Saint ...
Houston, Texas, U.S. Education. A.B, M.A. Alma mater. University of Michigan. Occupation (s) Banker, Economist. Paul Vinelli (November 7, 1922 – February 18, 1997) was an Italian-American-Honduran economist and banker. He was sent to Honduras in 1949 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advise the government on banking and tax legislation.
Honduras is divided into 18 departments (Spanish: departamentos).Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.The governor represents the executive branch in the region in addition to acting as intermediary between municipalities and various national authorities; resolves issues arising between municipalities; oversees the penitentiaries and prisons in ...