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| Posted On: | 30-Jan-2007 | | From: | "Angel Castillo" [a_castillo.....net]
| | Subject: | Re: [travel-to-honduras] El Capitalino asks, do you do Satellite Phones ?
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I know only little about that. I know that both men had filed a warning with the Human Rights group here that they felt their life was in danger. Days later they were killed by unknown individuals, who could have been wearing police-like clothing. I know some time(days) later the president flew to the general area to present a plan of action to protect the natural reserves there and even stayed overnight. I know the president has taken a strong position over the protection of all natural reserves.
I do NOT know what type of investigation has been done into the killing of these men, but i'm sure under the pressure of the media one must be taking place. I do not know what type of new enforcement or new regulations are been taken over the logging activities in Olancho. These events have drawn the anger from the general population and local environmental and HR groups. Logging companies have a lot at stake here so it's not out of realm of possibilities that this could happen if they felt in danger.
Honduras does want to develop a tourist industry, and also wants to develop a sustainable logging industry that takes renewable resources and makes good use of land that could not be used for anything else. It is a difficult balance to achieve. There's also interest and concern about several hidroelectric power plant proyects in that area, one side wanting to reduce the amount of electricity required from fuel-burning plants and replacing or complementing it with cheap power from water resources, and the other one concerned about the impact to the environment that such proyects would have in the local area where the construction and artificial lakes finally take place. Again, difficult decisions to balance local impacts with country-wide benefits.
Saludos,
Angel "El Capitalino"
Tegucigalpa/Comayaguela, Honduras
----- Original Message -----
From: Sabine Rey
To: travel-to-honduras.....com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: RE: [travel-to-honduras] El Capitalino asks, do you do Satellite Phones ?
Hi Angel,
I would be curious about that as well. I also have another question on which
you might have a better perspective than one might gain from here. There has
been news coming out of Honduras that on December 20th two men were picked
up by police and killed in Olancho. Very disturbing. The two men were
concerned about the logging in the area, which has negatively impacted the
water supply. From what I have been reading, Olancho has been seriously
deforested and erosion and sedimentation are a real problem. These
environmental impacts will also create problems for the tourism industry,
which I thought Honduras wants to develop. How can something like this
happen?
Thanks,
Sabine
>From: "Angel Castillo"
>Reply-To: travel-to-honduras.....com
>To:
>Subject: [travel-to-honduras] El Capitalino asks, do you do Satellite
>Phones ?
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:06:38 -0600
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>I know some of you either live or work in far out places in Honduras. Have
>any of you used satellite phones ? I've seen them on a TV series on the
>History Channel called "The Boat" and the doctor trying to use one in the
>middle of the ocean was having trouble at first and had to try several
>times to get thru and be heard and hear clearly. I thought it was more like
>a cellphone hassle-less type of call, except you had to stay outdoors, that
>part I knew. What is your experience with them ?
>
>Saludos,
>
>Angel "El Capitalino"
>Tegucigalpa/Comayaguela, Honduras
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