cuban refugee

cuban refugee

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February 18th 2006
After we dropped team 2 off at the airport we stopped for lunch in San Pedro Sula at a Pizza Hut. Afterwards Jose and I were waiting for Elmer at the bus and we met this man who told us amazing stories about his struggles in Cuba and his escape. He had just landed in Honduras after spending nearly two weeks on the ocean in a handmade raft with twelve other men. One of the men didn't make it thr ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Honduras

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Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a ha... ... read more