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Flag of Honduras
Country overview
Honduras is the abbreviation of the Republic of Honduras, a country located in northern Central America, bordered by Nicaragua and El Salvador to the east, Guatemala to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Fonseca (Pacific Ocean) to the south.
The land area is 112,500 square kilometers, slightly smaller than the mainland Fujian Province, three-quarters of the country is mountainous and plateau, belongs to tropical climate and tropical rainforest climate, the average temperature is 23 degrees, the official language is Spanish, more than 95% of the people are Catholic. With a total population of 10.278 million, the main export products are coffee, bananas, tobacco, timber, palm oil, etc., and some silver and zinc minerals, with a total GDP of US$29.657 billion and a per capita GDP of US$2,831 in 2022.
Historical situation
Honduras was originally inhabited by Indians, and the western part of the country was one of the centers of Maya civilization from the 4th to the 7th centuries (equivalent to the eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty).
Columbus arrived in the Gulf Islands of Honduras in 1502, followed by Spanish invasion in 1524 and became a Spanish colony, and in 1539, present-day Honduras and Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and later the Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841) were Spanish colonies under the jurisdiction of the Guatemalan Governorate.
In 1821, during the Spanish Civil Revolution, Honduras declared its independence on September 15 of that year, was incorporated into the First Mexican Empire the following year, and in 1823 joined the United Province of Central America (Republic). Beginning in the 1840s, the British invaded eastern Honduras and the Baya Islands, built railroads, and granted large land concessions.
From 1821 to 1978, there were 139 coups in the country in 158 years, making it one of the most frequent coups in Latin America. In 1982, the country adopted a new constitution, ending successive military rule and beginning the process of democratization.
Former President Zelaya
The current president is Irris Xiomara Castro Samento, who took office on January 27, 2022, the country's first female president, born in 1959 and the wife of former President Zelaya. After a coup d'état in Honduras in 2009 and Zelaya went into exile, current President Castro organized a mass march in protest.
The first female president
Other features and events
Fish rain
Some parts of Honduras will fall "fish rain" from May to July, because the country faces the sea, part of the sea will form tornadoes, the wind is strong, will roll the fish in the sea to the sky, and with the change of wind direction and wind, the swept part will fall, forming a fish rain dominated by fish.
Legally selling daughters-in-law
A custom of "selling wives" in parts of Honduras can be strange to many. Folklore originating from the Mayan period, which continues to spread in some areas of northwestern Honduras, men can take their wives off and take them to the bazaar for auction or exchange with others, and the government can do nothing about this custom, in the modern civilized world, only the law can be issued that such trade can only be held in the prescribed bazaar, and the market can only be held every 3 months.
Football Wars
In the 1970 Mexico World Cup qualifiers, Honduras and neighboring El Salvador in the North American regional match needed to compete for a place in the World Cup finals through the competition, and everyone also knew that Latin America had a fanatical love for football, just like the classic saying "football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death", the media of both countries have not yet started to provide fanning propaganda, and fans have opened a war of words mode.
Because El Salvador's economy was on the verge of collapse at that time, the Honduran government on the other side launched a new round of reform movement, confiscating the land and property of many Salvadoran migrants, and the migrants who returned home were also pressure from the Saskatan government.
When El Salvador swallowed the defeat in the capital of Honduras in the first game, the fans in the stadium began to fight each other, and a female fan in Saskatchewan could not accept the result, raised a gun to commit suicide, tens of thousands of people sent themselves to be buried, President Hernandez also personally participated, media propaganda prompted more intense popular sentiment, the next two games were won by El Salvador, which aggravated the tragic situation of Salvadorans in Honduras, and many people were robbed and killed. This gave the Salvadoran government a reason to divert the contradiction, which was war.
The war lasted for five days, under the influence of the United States, the two sides used nearly 3,000 casualties, lost more than 50 million US dollars, closed borders, stopped trade, and interrupted flights for ten years as a result of signing a ceasefire, and the Central American common market was paralyzed and has not been restored.
Banana Republic
The banana republic mentioned here is not a clothing brand, but a political term, but the common feature is that it is all made by the United States.
It is mainly a pejorative term for a country whose economic system belongs to a single economy, has an undemocratic or unstable government, and is intervened by powerful foreign powers, usually referring to small countries near Central America and the Caribbean.
In order to meet the growing demand for bananas, the United Fruit Company of the United States has turned Honduras and neighboring countries into key acquisition areas by occupying access to the sea, railways, highways, etc., and also bundled bananas with the economy of Honduras, these controlled countries are called "banana republics", disobedient governments will be replaced, and the action of resistance will be extinguished by the United States with direct military intervention, which is the "banana war".
To mention more, in 2001, we were also imported a large number of bananas by American multinational fruit companies, in a vain attempt to seize the Hainan market through price offensive to control the Chinese market, but fortunately, the mainland people stabilized the market and were not defeated.
Stories from many years ago (online circulation)
Conclusion
The current president had already announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with China during the election campaign, and now the two sides have signed a joint communiqué.
To borrow the words of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The fact that 181 countries in the world have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the one-China principle fully proves that establishing diplomatic relations with China is a correct choice that conforms to the general trend of historical development and the trend of progress of the times. The Chinese side welcomes the positive statement made by the Honduran Government on developing relations with China and is willing to establish and develop bilateral relations with Honduras on the basis of equality and mutual respect. The United States should abandon the "Monroe Doctrine" mentality, earnestly respect the right of all countries to independently determine foreign policy, and stop interfering in relevant national sovereign affairs.
The world needs peace!
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