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Ubi nunc (lit. ' where now ') is a common variant. [1] Sometimes interpreted to indicate nostalgia, the ubi sunt motif is a meditation on mortality and life's transience. Ubi sunt is a phrase which was originally derived from a passage in the Book of Baruch (3:16–19) in the Vulgate Latin Bible beginning Ubi sunt principes gentium?
In October 2020, migrant caravans from Honduras were either intercepted by Guatemalan Army officers and deported back to Honduras upon reaching the border crossings, or evaded border restrictions and reached Guatemala City, with intent to continue their journey to Mexico. The Mexican military and border police have repeatedly warned that no ...
Provincial Vocabulary of Honduras." [ 1 ] It contains mostly the words and expressions in “La botica del pueblo,” a book by Francisco Cruz Castro . In the 22nd edition of the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy , published in 2001, the Academia Hondureña de la Lengua contributed 1,950 words.
Mayan God Chaac in Copan sculpture museum. The Maya religion was the ancient one. It was practiced a lot in the timeline of the 4th and 7th century, AD. It was practiced in some parts of Central and South America, and it was based on polytheistic beliefs and had to do with a big number of rituals with occasional animals and maybe even human sacrifices.
In 1544, the Spanish established the Audiencia de los Confines in Gracias a Dios (now Gracias, in Lempira Department, and not to be confused with the cape of the same name). [20] They selected this location in western Honduras for its central location in Central America; it was a centre for mining with a high indigenous population.
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 ...
Christopher Columbus gave Honduras its name, meaning "depths". European contacts with the indigenous population of Honduras began with the final voyage of Christopher Columbus. In 1502 Columbus sailed past the Islas de la Bahía (Bay Islands) and shortly thereafter reached the mainland of Central America.
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.