honduras timeline

  • honduras gains independence

    honduras gains independence
    honduras gained independence from spain, but becomes part of the first mexican empire.
  • honduras become fully independent

  • war with El Salvador

    war with El Salvador
    mainly just issues between honduras and el salvador with immigration The war began on 14 July 1969, when el salvador's military launched an attack against Honduras. aka the football war due to rioting at a fifa world cup qualifier
  • Roberto Suazo Cordova becomes president

    his term was from 1982 - 1986 when he was elected he promised to carry out an ambitious program of economic and social development in Honduras in order get rid of the country's recession. apart of liberal party
  • Jose Azcona del Hoyo elected president

    Jose Azcona del Hoyo elected president
    presidency term lasted from 1986 to 1990 another libiral party canidate he had good success as a president also had some fuel supply problems while he was in office.
  • hurrican mitch

    hurrican mitch
    the crazy huricane was a category 5 hurrican and lasted from the 22nd of october to the 9th of november with winds up to 180 mph
    and formed in the western carribean sea
  • honduras nicaruaguan war ends

    honduras nicaruaguan war  ends
    both agree to halt ground troop deployments and pull out naval forces from the Caribbean sea pending resolution of a border dispute.
  • send trooops to iraq

    send trooops to iraq
    sent troops to iraq from honduras making Honduras the first Central American country to authorise a deployment.
  • free trade agreement

    free trade agreement
    Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua all agree to a free trade agreement with the united states
  • San Pedro Sula

    prison fire at the San Pedro Sula prison kills over 100 inmate smost of the inmates killed were gang members