Nationalization
Declared independence from Spain in
1821 Mexican empire took over.
In the decades of 1840 and 1850 Honduras
participated in several failed attempts to
restore Central American unity such as the
Confederation of Central America
Comayagua was the capital of Honduras
until 1880, when it was transferred to
Tegucigalpa
Expansion
Mines where created as they expanded.
More and More people came from Mexico
and spain.
In the 1800’s banana traders in the U.S.A
found interest in Honduras's banana
import. Now world’s leading export.
An interoceanic railroad was attempted to
be built until ran out of money after facing
expense issues.
Modern History
“The soccer war,” as they called it was a war
over a soccer match between El Salvador
and Honduras.
Honduras had economic problems and
owed millions and millions of dollars before
hurricane Mitch. After the hurricane the
got millions of donated money which got
them out of debt.
The Cold War was a battle between the
bordering states of Honduras. The U.S
built an aircraft base in central Honduras
which lead to peace in central America.
Biblyography
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