The National Autonomous University of Honduras requires the acquisition of balanced feed for animal production and mineral supplement provisions for the Centro Universitario Regional del Litoral Atlantico.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN No.10-2021-SEAF-UNAH:
"Tegucigalpa will purchase balanced animal feed and mineral supplement supplies.
The concentrate for cattle and sheep requires the following specifications:
The Congress has approved in a first debate a new law on the management of water resources, after having declared a law unconstitutional in 2014 following its approval that same year.
One of the main differences of this new bill with the one from 2014 is the elimination of the articles that refer to hydrological unit councils, whose original purpose was to supervise the application of the law.
A proposal has been made to create "intermediate cities" in nine areas of the country, in order to bring remote rural areas closer to urban areas where productive development has historically been focused.
From a statement issued by Fundesa:
The proposal to be presented this year in ENADE 2016 has 3 components and is called Strategy 911: Promoting 9 territories identified as Intermediate Cities, promoting the development of 11 production clusters with an impact on job creation and addressing the 11 bottlenecks preventing growth of these sectors.All of this comes under the initiative "Let's Improve Guate" which seeks to reduce poverty through the generation of productive employment for the more than 150,000 young people who join the workforce every year.
Endemic problems with the water supply are being compounded by the effect of El Niño, and short-term measures are being tried while the root of the problem is left unaddressed.
EDITORIAL
The editorial in Nacion.com is clear: "... The problem is a shortage of water. It's time to talk about a crisis, without any exaggeration." If meteorologists are not wrong in predicting the lack of rain, four major areas in the Greater Metropolitan area (GAM) "...
"It is unacceptable that in a country with enviable economic growth and being the fifth country in the world with the most rainfall" there is no secured access to clean water for its inhabitants.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP):
PROVIDING THE COUNTRY WITH DRINKING WATER REQUIRES SPECIAL EFFORT
The conceptual advantage that is raising the country above its Central American neighbors is demonstrated by the implementation of the project for Line 3 of the Panama Metro between Albrook and Ciudad del Futuro.
EDITORIAL
The presentation of the environmental impact study for Line 3 of the Panama Metro, funded by the International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and prepared by URS HOLDINGS is a clear sign of the will of Panamanians to continue strengthening the foundations of economic and social development through the construction of communication routes, which is in keeping with what is clearly taught by the history of mankind: communication generates progress.
Naive or something else... ? The European Union will be paying for a local consultant to diagnose the economy of Central American countries, identify potential risks and determinants of development in the region, and propose actions in this regard, in a timeframe of only 55 days.
The required procurement is part of the Regional Project for Support of Central American Economic Integration and Implementation of the Association Agreement (PRAIAA), which is the entity responsible for the hire and the one with the required funds.
In Costa Rica the high electricity rates are driving out foreign investment while indigenous opposition impedes progress of the construction of a 650 MW hydroelectric power plant.
It is time that the region starts to balance conservation policies with the needs of development so as to allow an escape from poverty for those who are currently held down by it and who at the same time are holding the rest of society hostage.
Productivity, an indicator of the relative capacity of wealth creation, has been stagnant in the region for thirty years.
Manuel Hinds' analysis in an article published in Elsalvador.com, notes that "... Latin America has two problems with productivity. One is that it is low compared to developed countries. The other is that, with the modest exception of Chile, it has not been increasing over the past thirty years.
Rulers should be aware that a very large percentage of their people do not satisfy their hunger eating sovereignty but by eating rice and beans.
It seems that the current interest of the elected president of Costa Rica is to maintain the highest possible tension with Nicaragua.
Editorial
Undoubtedly, any gesture of rapprochement with the government of President Ortega will entail political costs for Luis Guillermo Solís, the next president of Costa Rica. But it is clear that this - the beginning of his term - was the best time to make that gesture, promoting a release of tension over the border dispute in the Caribbean area.
The only routes to success that exist, "whether they are right wing or left wing, are those requiring structural reforms to boost value, and prudence in the administration of the State".
"In Latin America, ... not all countries take advantage of the bonanza in the same way ... [the bonanza] in prices of raw materials, low interest rates, easy access to the international financial markets and in receiving FDI are abundant ...
Imposing limits on the use of mobile internet services in an open market is as logical as imposing limits on the number of miles a car owner can drive.
Editorial
In Costa Rica the state run telecom company is seeking to impose limitations on users of mobile internet services.
The opening of the telecommunications market in Costa Rica culminated in a legislative context aimed at protecting competition in terms of the Instituto Costarricense de Telecomunicaciones (ICE), which up until then had had a monopoly on the provision of communications services.
Current policies against global warming are generating higher energy costs hurting the poorest in particular.
An article by Bjørn Lomborg, published in Nacion.com, notes that "Energy generation using solar and wind power received $6o billion in grants in 2012 alone. This means that the world spent $60 billion more on energy than was necessary. And as the climate benefit achieved amounted to a mere $1.4 billion, this means basically that $58.6 billion of the subsidies was wasted. In addition, a further $19 billion in subsidies was spent on biofuels which basically provide no climate benefit. All that money could have been used to improve health care, hire more teachers, make better roads or reduce taxes. "
Inflamed with imperialist verve when with his peers in his own backyard, Daniel Ortega has in the U.S. a major economic partner and a firm ally in security.
An article in Elnuevodiario.com.ni notes that President Daniel Ortega went in a week from asserting "... the government of Panama to be a 'spokesman for interests of the empire', referring to the United States and regarding its position on the situation of violence in Venezuela" to deporting " ... the Cuban American Ana Sol Alliegro, wanted by the FBI for illegal campaign donations, among other crimes. "
A road connecting Bluefields in the east to the Pacific will be the main factor for development in the area.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) will invest $20 million on building an 80-kilometer track that will connect the Nicaraguan Caribbean with the Pacific, while it obtains financing for the construction of a paved road.
"... The track will be another step closer to having for the first time a connection from the Caribbean to the Pacific, and thus wiil reduce the cost of transportation from Bluefields to the Pacific and back," said Pablo Fernando Martinez, chief of the MTI to Laprensa.com.ni .
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