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The media
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There are six daily
newspapers
in Honduras, though all are owned by politicians, so don't expect dynamic investigative reporting - the Honduran papers overwhelmingly favour the opinions of their proprietors.
El PeriA?dico, La Tribuna
(owned by President Flores) and
El Heraldo
are published in Tegucigalpa,
La Prensa, El Tiempo
and
El Nuevo DAa
in San Pedro Sula. Of these,
El Tiempo
is the most liberal, and has been regularly critical in the past of the activities of government and the armed forces.
La Tribuna
is also fairly moderate in its political stance;
El Heraldo
and
La Prensa
- which has the highest circulation at around 42,000 - are both conservative but with good international coverage. Though all the print media impose a certain level of self-censorship, particularly when reporting the actions of the armed forces and government, reporting standards are steadily improving.
There are two excellent English-language publications. The weekly Honduras This Week newspaper has in-depth coverage of Honduran events, as well as tourist and business information and a superb Web site ( www.marrder.com/htw ). It's available from English-language bookshops in the capital and in the big hotels in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, CopA?n, La Ceiba and RoatA?n. Honduras Tips ( www.hondurastips.honduras.com ) is a very informative free magazine , geared to tourists, with useful hotel, restaurant, bar and nightlife listings, transport information (including pretty accurate nationwide bus timetables) and some features. You'll find it in many hotels and guesthouses.
Honduras's airwaves are filled with over 150
radio stations
, most in private ownership, which broadcast to some 3.5 million listeners weekly; Radio Honduras is the government-owned station. All the six terrestrial
television
networks are in private hands, with around one-third of households owning sets; there are also numerous cable networks broadcasting films, news and light entertainment from Latin America and the US. Programmes on US channels are usually in English with Spanish subtitles. Other useful information
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