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Author: Ben Anson

Ben Anson 

Questioning Honduras

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Ben Anson 0 Comments

I was standing quite recently under the shower when I gasped slightly and realized that “Honduras was beginning to bore me.”

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Terribly Upset for Honduras

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Ben Anson 4 Comments

ETA derailed the Caribbean sector of Honduras last week. Scores lost everything: Houses gone. Many dead or missing. Now here comes Iota…

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The Absence of Wildlife

October 26, 2020October 28, 2020 Ben Anson 2 Comments

Everywhere you go in Copan town you will come across references to the great Jaguars, the highly respected felines of the ancient Maya.

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The Honduras Over Here and The One Over There

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Ben Anson 6 Comments

Ben Anson moved from the Caribbean coast of Honduras to the mountainous highlands of Copan. He explains why, and tells his initial insights.

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The Worst That I’ve Seen It

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Ben Anson 19 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, Honduras is in such a state that I am for the first time – rather worried about my situation here.

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A Day in the Hood

July 2, 2020 Ben Anson 1 Comment

It had been an invitation that one had been ‘putting off’. Being British, I suffer from our peculiar, innate fear of offending.

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Time to Value our Black Brothers and Sisters

June 13, 2020 Ben Anson 2 Comments

I find great inspiration and solace in the poetical bars of Tupac Shakur, the exploits of Zulu tribesmen, Haitian independence fighters and the Black Panthers.

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

May 28, 2020 Ben Anson 0 Comments

From his balcony my neighbor said: “I got some good news bro! We’re going to go and speak to that lady about getting your work permit”.

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The Toddler Living in a Trap House

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Ben Anson 0 Comments

A ‘trap house’, is a term coined by the millennial generation, which simply refers to a place in which illegal narcotics arrive and are sold from.

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Shamefully Dishonest Portrayal of Honduras by British Media

April 8, 2020 Ben Anson 31 Comments

I am frequently contacted by fellow Brits whom I’ve been acquainted with as they perhaps see me as some sort of ‘go to person’ on anything Honduras related.

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