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Honduras Overview

Honduras is located in Central America and borders Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Before Honduras became independent in 1821, the country was a Spanish colony. Capital: Tegucigalpa Biggest city: Tegucigalpa State: republic Language: Spanish Religion: catholicism Surface: 112,090 km Population: 8.6 million (2013) Population density: 70 inhabitants per km² Expectancy: 70 years Illiteracy: 20% Currency: […]

Honduras Arts and Literature

Honduras Arts and Literature

Literature, drama and theater Juan Ramón Molina, one of the great poets of Spanish American modernism came from Honduras and among those he influenced, especially noticeable Froylán Turcios. A renewal of poetry, under the influence of the Chileans Huidobro and Neruda and the Peruvian Vallejo, has happened later, with Oscar Acosta as the prime example. […]