San Juancito At first I was confused driving out of the serpentine mountains and hillsides on which Tegucigalpa is perched, but then I realized that we were on the same highway we had traveled a year ago to Valle de los Angeles, a small, pretty colonial spot specializing in pupusas and tourists. We took a left, …
Category: ACORN International
Fire in the Mercado, Usury at Los Bancos
Tegucigalpa Within minutes of hitting central Tegucigalpa we were on our way to a series of markets directly across the picturesque but fetid river running alongside the capitol not far from the original palace. ACORN Honduras in Tegucigalpa had been working with stall vendors over the last month who had asked for help after a sudden …
Liberia, Fusion, Comcast, Cox, and Times-Warner
Philadelphia The uncharacteristic Spring heat wave was broken by some rain making a predawn walk to Clark Park both invigorating and something of a relief. After a couple of hours of conversation “catch-up” with Craig Robbins of ACTION United, we met with George Kieh to make plans to build an organization for Liberians in both Monrovia, …