Roatan & Bay Islands Interviews
 

Politics

In Negroponte's Footsteps?

Charles A. Ford began his duties as US Ambassador to Honduras in November, 2005. He joined the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1982 after working for eight years in the private sector and has extensive experience in Latin America..... /April 2006/

Lobo's Way to the Top

An interview with Honduras' presidential candidate- Pepe Lobo
On February 20, National Congress president Porfirio Lobo Sosa defeated Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor with 69.1 per cent of the vote to become the National Party (PN) nominee. Manuel Zelaya, former minister of the Honduran Social Investment Fund won the Liberal Party (PL) nomination, beating businessman Jaime Rosenthal with 55.3 per cent of all cast ballots...... /November 2005/

Mayor of all Trades

Alton Cooper, 35, is not a typical Bay Islands Mayor. Not just because he wears cowboy boots and drives an off-road motorcycle to work. He is articulate, charismatic and accessible. He has overseen some of the more rapid developments Utila has ever seen..... /March 2005/

Mr. Tatum

Mayor Eddie Tatum, 37, was born and educated on Guanaja. Before being elected to his first public office as Guanaja's Mayor, Tatum has worked managing his family's dry-dock and freight service businesses. He is married and has two children..... /January 2005/

Ministiring Tourism

Thierry De Pierrefeu Midence, 45, was born in Tegucigalpa and studied in France, earning a Master's degree in Finance. Upon returning to Honduras, he joined Grupo Midence, a holding company involved in several Central American countries..... /December 2004/
 

Business

The Architect of change

Italo G. Tugliani Salazar, 59, is the chief architect of the ZOLITUR (Zona Libre Touristica del Departamanto de las Islas de la Bahia) law. Born in El Progreso, Tugliani moved to Roatan in 1976 to work as a lawyer for the island's first dive resort- Anthony's Key Resort..... /December 2006/

Protecting The Islands

Dr. Jose Guillermo Flores Rodas, 59, holds a degree in BS in Forestry, MA and PhD in Natural Resources Economics from University of Washington in Seattle. In 1975 he was one of the founding members of the National School of Forest Science in Siguatepece. He was the head of the Honduran Corporation of Forest Development (COHDEFOR) between 1979 and 1981..... /October 2004/

Barely Enough Power

Roatan's Energy Crisis
Bay Islands Voice talked to RECO's general manager, Ing. Leonardo Casco about this summer's energy problems..... /September 2004/

Adventures in Unpredictabilty

It was an opportunity to be a part of a boy's camp in Tobago that opened Lloyd Davidson's horizons toward the sea and the Caribbean. He became fascinated with the sea, marine life and diving. ..... /April 2004/
 

Personalities

Circumnavigating Roatan

In early August Dr. Kevin Cleaver and his stepson Matthew Hernandez, 19, undertook a three day voyage of circumnavigating Roatan on a 16 foot Hobie Cat catamaran..... /October 2006/