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Freedom of the Press

So while what I’m sure Fox has dubbed “War on Free of Speech” in Venezuela rages on, a similar “Attack on the Press” is going in Honduras. Honduran President Manuel (Mel) Zelaya is currently putting himself on air on every

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Carnaval, La Ceiba

Saturday was the La Ceiba Carnaval, the 35th one, evidently. We got a decent balcony view at a language school along the parade route, mostly out of the sun, and full of expats having a good time. Sadly, there were

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

España wins

Went to a great game last night, and España managed to pull off a 3-1 victory. The stadium was waay too full, but hey.. more fun, right? As long as you don’t want to sit down… Afterwards, there is a

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Amazing Honduran Television Pt. 2

Very poor green screens An entire segment where all the B roll had a posterization effect applied A cell phone video of some guy performing cunnilingus, supposedly in a university cafeteria- during the news. This was a news item. The

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Slash and Burn Gave me a Cold

I’m a city slicker, I’ll admit. I’ve lived most of my life in the inner city. But I know a bit about agriculture from working at a farmer’s market, selling the occasional wheelbarrow of cantelope or fresh corn to neighbors,

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

España!!!

Ahh… I absolutely love soccer games where fans are in to it. Tonight was the first game of the finals between Marathon (boo) and Real España (yeah!!!). They’re both from San Pedro Sula, where I’m living, so that’s pretty crazy…

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Amazing Honduran Television

Things I have seen live on Honduran Television: An extremely dirty lens Very poorly white balanced cameras An anchor receiving a call on a cell phone from the head of the Supreme Court, and conducting a quick interview before filling

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

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