Word: honduran
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...Sports have been always been a gateway of building identity, a collective identity,” Pastor says. “Hondurans have a very grievous problem derived from socioeconomic and political circumstances. It is a problem with their self-esteem; with the idea of who they are and what it means to be Honduran...
Pastor says he believes that the recent success of the Honduran soccer team has helped to unify the nation and temporarily mitigate underlying social tensions. But he also worries that politicians may exploit and manipulate the team for their own ends...
...United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) estimated that 22 percent of the Honduran population lived in extreme poverty, earning less than $1.25 a day. The World Bank, which ranked Honduras as the third poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, estimated in 2007 that over 59 percent of the population lives below the poverty line...
Jaime Villegas, captain of the 1982 Honduran soccer team that qualified for the World Cup, says he saw firsthand how his exploits on the field became a panacea for the country...
...Many kids at that time, especially those who liked football, looked on us as role models and continued their passion [in the sport],” said Villegas in a telephone interview conducted in Spanish with The Crimson. Villegas currently serves as the sporting director of a first division Honduran soccer club...