The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

      Constitution:

       11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995

      Legal system:

       rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of

       English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning

       Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system;

       accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Ricardo (Joest) MADURO (since 27 January

       2002); First Vice President Vicente WILLIAMS Agasse (since 27

       January 2002); Second Vice President Armida Villela Maria DE LOPEZ

       Contreras (since 27 January 2002); Third Vice President Alberto DIAZ

       Lobo (since 27 January 2002); note - the president is both the chief

       of state and head of government

       head of government: President Ricardo (Joest) MADURO (since 27

       January 2002); First Vice President Vicente WILLIAMS Agasse (since

       27 January 2002); Second Vice President Armida Villela Maria DE

       LOPEZ Contreras (since 27 January 2002); Third Vice President

       Alberto DIAZ Lobo (since 27 January 2002); note - the president is

       both the chief of state and head of government

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term;

       election last held 25 November 2001 (next to be held 27 November

       2005)

       election results: Ricardo (Joest) MADURO (PN) elected president -

       52.2%, Raphael PINEDA Ponce (PL) 44.3%, others 3.5%

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats;

       members are elected proportionally to the number of votes their

       party's presidential candidate receives to serve four-year terms)

       elections: last held 25 November 2001 (next to be held 27 November

       2005)

       election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -

       PN 61, PL 55, PUD 5, PDC 4, PINU-SD 3

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are

       elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Juan Ramon VELAZQUEZ Nassar];

       Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Matias FUNES]; Liberal Party or

       PL [Roberto MICHELETTI Bain]; National Innovation and Unity

       Party-Social Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban F. VALLADARES];

       National Party of Honduras or PN [Jose Celin DISCUA Elvir]; United

       Confederation of Honduran Workers or CUTH

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH;

       Confederation of Honduran Workers or CTH; Coordinating Committee of

       Popular Organizations or CCOP; General Workers Confederation or CGT;

       Honduran Council of Private Enterprise or COHEP; National

       Association of Honduran Campesinos or ANACH; National Union of

       Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP; United Federation of Honduran

       Workers or FUTH

      International organization participation:

       ABEDA, BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU,

       ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO

       (subscriber), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS,

       OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,

       WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mario Miguel CANAHUATI honorary consulate(s): Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Jacksonville consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco FAX: [1] (202) 966–9751 telephone: [1] (202) 966–7702 chancery: Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Larry Leon PALMER embassy: Avenida La Paz, Apartado Postal No. 3453, Tegucigalpa mailing address: American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa telephone: [504] 238–5114, 236–9320 FAX: [504] 236–9037

      Flag description:

       three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with

       five blue, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in

       the white band; the stars represent the members of the former

       Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador,

       Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El

       Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words

       REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white

       band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a

       triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and

       AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band

      Economy Honduras

      Economy - overview:

       Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere

       with an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and massive

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