Edition XI January 2003
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Title Search Reveals that the Zúñigas do not own the Land in Dispute

Unregistered property in Honduras totals $12.900 billion

The boundaries of city land in Comayagüela have been clear since 1900

Siri Zúñiga could get 100 million lempiras due to the negligence of the City

A solution is proposed to the legal problems of tenancy in urban areas

Public Declaration from the Mayor's Office

The Community Responds to Mayor's Declaration

REVISTAZO Responds to Mayor's Declaration

 

 

The Vice President of Congress promises to support Public Social Registry Law·

The law, which would create a Public Social Registry adjoined to the Department of Government and Justice, was well- received by the congressman, who promised to personally deliver the document to the president of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and to begin the process of socialization so that it will be discussed and approved quickly in Congress.
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Tomas Reyes, president of the community council of Flor del Campo talks to a journalist after meeting with the Vice President of Congress.

Siri Zúñiga could recieve 100 million lempiras because
of Negligence in Handling Municipal Land

Oscar Siri Zúñiga

Mayor Miguel Pastor
  • The legalization of land is one of the main problems facing the capital
  • More than 50,000 families live on land in litigation
  • Legal acrobatics: a tool to prolong a resolution
  • Residents fear reprisals from the supposed owners
  • Neighborhood leaders petition for an immediate solution
  • The mayor ignores the city's interest and responsibility

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Everything is expensive for the poor,
Residents have paid up to three times for their land

In the San Buenaventura neighborhood there is a small house built of wooden planks. Bushes and flowers decorate the front but inside there is only a wooden table, three chairs and two small armchairs covered with a sheet. Paula Corrales lives here, a humble women of 59 years of age who has paid three times for her property.

Corrales bought it the first time more than 15 years ago from an individual, but when legal problems began to arise over the land, she decided to pay the monthly payments the city demanded.

Eleven years passed and Corrales, who raised 9 children, received a notice that a stranger claimed to have bought the property twice. Mr. Luis Beltrán brought the police against Corrales with the intention of evicting her, with the evidence of a title granted by the Zúñigas. In other words, they had sold him land she had paid for years earlier....

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Doña Paula corrales