Honduras
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 haven for anti-Sandinista
contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to
Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country
was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600
people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then,
the economy has slowly rebounded.
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