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Swan Islands, Honduras. The Swan Islands (Spanish: Islas Santanilla or Islas del Cisne, named Islas de las Pozas by Christopher Columbus in 1502) is a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately 153 km (95 mi) northeast of the eastern coast of Honduras, [1] with a combined land area of 3.1 km 2 (1.2 sq mi).
A clickable Euler diagram showing the relationships between various multinational organizations in the Americas v • d • e. The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Spanish: Organización de los Estados Americanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Americanos; French: Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote ...
Political parties. Foreign relations. Other countries. v. t. e. Honduras is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), the Central American Integration System (SICA), and the Central American Security Commission (CASQ). During 1995-96, Honduras, a founding member of the United ...
Ambassador of the United States to Honduras. Seal of the United States Department of State. Incumbent. Laura Farnsworth Dogu. since April 12, 2022. Nominator. The President of the United States. Appointer. The President.
The Greater Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Mayor de Centroamérica), later the United States of Central America (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Centroamérica), originally planned to be known as the Republic of Central America (Spanish: República de América Central), was a short-lived political union between El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, lasting from 1896 to 1898.
Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduran military base 5 mi (8.0 km) to the south of Comayagua in Honduras. It houses 1,200–1,500 U.S. troops and is also used by the Honduran Air Force academy. [2][3] The airbase became operational in 1940, changing the old location of the Honduras Air Force Academy in Toncontin, Tegucigalpa to Palmerola. [4]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Honduras, a republic located in Central America.The capital, Tegucigalpa, hosts 26 embassies. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras does not provide a listing of consulates general or honorary consulates located in the country, nor does it specify which countries accredit ambassadors from other countries.