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Home of the Mayan indian civilization from the 1st Century A.D.,
Columbus visited this country in 1502. Honduras became
independent from Spain in 1821 and from the Federation of Central
America in 1838. From 1963 to 1975, General Oswaldo Lopez
Arellano ruled as President by virtue of one election and two
coups. In 1975, the army took control of the government and
resumed land distribution, raised minimum wages and started a
massive education program. In 1982 an elected civilian
government took control. The United States provides military and
economic aid to Honduras, mainly to prevent the shipment of arms
from Nicaragua to El Salvador. In 1986 over $100 million dollars
was provided from the United States to strengthen Honduras
against boarder skirmishes from Nicaragua. @