Government1 (Honduras)
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     Member of:
         BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO,
         IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, OAS, OPANAL,
         PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Jorge Ramon HERNANDEZ Alcerro; Chancery at 3007 Tilden Street NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 966-7702; there are Honduran
         Consulates General in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York,
         and San Francisco, and Consulates in Baton Rouge, Boston, Detroit, Houston,
         and Jacksonville
       US:
         Ambassador S. Crescencio ARCOS; Embassy at Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa
         (mailing address is APO AA 34022); telephone [504] 32-3120
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with five blue
         five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the
         stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central
         America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua;
         similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled
         by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the
         white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle
         encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on
         the bottom, centered in the white band