total) PNH 55, PLH 77, PINU-SD 2
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justica)
Political parties and leaders:
Liberal Party (PLH), Rafael PINEDA Ponce, president; National Party
(PN) has two factions: Movimiento Nacional de Reivindication
Callejista (Monarca), Rafael Leonardo CALLEJAS, and Oswaldista,
Oswaldo RAMOS Soto, presidential candidate; National Innovation and
Unity Party (PINU), Olban VALLADARES, president; Christian Democratic
Party (PDCH), Efrain DIAZ Arrivillaga, president
Other political or pressure groups:
National Association of Honduran Campesinos (ANACH); Honduran Council
of Private Enterprise (COHEP); Confederation of Honduran Workers
(CTH); National Union of Campesinos (UNC); General Workers
Confederation (CGT); United Federation of Honduran Workers (FUTH);
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH);
Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations (CCOP)
Member of:
BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES,
LAIA (observer), LORCS, MINURSO, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Rene Arturo BENDANA
chancery:
3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:
(202) 966-7702, 2604, 5008, 4596
FAX:
(202) 966-9751
consulate(s) general:
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San
Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)
consulate(s):
Boston, Detroit, and Jacksonville
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission:
Ambassador William PRYCE
embassy:
Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa
mailing address:
American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa
telephone:
[504] 32-3120
FAX:
[504] 32-0027
Flag:
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