Sunday, February 17, 2013

Passing the hat - or plastic bottle - to raise ransom money

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I wrote this almost two weeks ago, but hesitated in posting. I’m a visitor in Honduras, and reluctant to appear judgmental about my hosts...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

When home is the most dangerous place for women

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Honduras, like most of Latin America, has a problem with domestic violence. I’ve been working through a research report, trying to do a S...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

Maybe it's time to stop waiting for a miracle

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It’s the festival of Our Lady of Suyapa in Honduras, a celebration of a tiny carved image of Mary, the mother of Jesus, that’s venerated he...
Monday, January 28, 2013

'In many ways, the state is no longer functioning'

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I'm still trying to figure out how things work, or don't work, in Honduras by reading the newspapers. It's baffling. (Maybe it ...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

MLAs' expense allowance lets almost one-in-four buy second homes in the capital

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MLAs’ living expense benefits are likely too rich when 18 of them have been able to buy second homes in the capital. It’s reasonable to c...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Murder in the city, daily life and tourism

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Honduras took another hit this week when a British tourist was shot and killed in San Pedro Sula, the biggest city.  The headlines in the...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Liberals suffer big self-inflicted damage in three ridings: What's gone wrong?

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The Liberals’ fumbling in three potential swing ridings is baffling. They’re spending big money on political advisors and campaign staff (s...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Another bizarre and alarming twist in the auditor general scandal

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The Times Colonist has a damaging story and column on the decision not to reappoint John Doyle as auditor general. Rob Shaw and Les Ley...
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Monday, January 07, 2013

The land where fireworks are king

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I’ve lived in places where they set off fireworks to celebrate different cultural events, but Hondurans are the most enthusiastic. Firew...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Honduran economy depends on migrants' transfers to families

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A couple of stories in the newspapers this week suggest the best way North Americans could help Honduras is to let a few more people head n...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A country where kids can't do math has a grim future

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Honduras is in a constitutional crisis this week, as politicians take on the Supreme Court. Important issues, to be sure. But there’s ...
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Friday, December 07, 2012

Great news - 4,500 people are going to lose their jobs

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My grandfather - my mother's dad - was proud of his 40-year pin from General Electric. There were a few years when he didn’t work,...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Details of MacIntyre firing shows premier's office plays rough

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They play rough in the premier’s office. At least that’s the way it looks from a series of emails following Sara MacIntyre’s firing as comm...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

Clark's new staff, and the hiring freeze that wasn't

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When Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced a hiring freeze in September, because the government's budget projections were faulty and ...
Saturday, December 01, 2012

Heading to the hills and a model finca

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Margarita and family drying coffee in the new secadora We headed up into the hills this week, to beautiful, rainy forests and a family ...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The life and times of a reluctant volunteer, by the numbers

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A day in the fast-paced life of an international development quasi-volunteer, by the numbers. 6:30 - The time in the morning I boarded th...
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