What is the first thing you think of when you hear Honduras? I can't exactly tell you what everyone thinks.
Some might think Bay Islands, or nice tourist areas, the Mayan ruins even great coffee exporting, etc. Others think of poverty, hunger, violence, natural phenomenons and so on.
It's good to hear beautiful things about my country, after all I am Honduran, but we have to face the fact that as the united people we should be, we have to focus on what we can do about the negative side or situation that Honduran people live on a daily basis.
If you check the newspapers you see various victims of deadly attacks. A woman murdered here, some men killed overthere, children were shot, etc. These headlines are no longer a shock to the Honduran citizens and the only thing that people say is " gracias a Dios que no estuve ahi," or "otro mas." Some say that it is very sad, and so might you, but that is as far as it goes. Who's going to do anything baout it? Not me or you, and it's not because we don't want to (I'm sure noone enjoys seeing people get murdered) it's because we can't. If the authorities or even the president don't do anything, should we just stand watching with our arms crossed waiting for some delincuent to do the same thing to a loved one or worse to me or you?
We are not the power rangers or batman in order to stop these violent acts, therefore my suggestions are the following:
First of all pray as much as you can, live life to the fullest and the one that I think will make the biggest difference, people should be united, instead of separating ourselves form others and only watch out for our own backs, we should always be together. If we support each other, our voices will grow strong and will be heard, who knows, we might actually make a difference. Think about your slef and oyur fellow man because you never know when a tragedy can occur to you!

This article is dedicated to my little cousins and a friend (Kelvin 15, Mirian 17 and dennis 42) who were killed or even worse murdered in a drive by on August of the year 2008. I love you guys and to me you will live on forever. RIP