Puerto Cortés
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Geography
It is on the Caribbean SeaCaribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
coast, north of San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
and east of Omoa
Omoa
Omoa is a town and a municipality in the Department of Cortés of the Central American country of Honduras. Omoa is located on a small bay of the same name 18 km. west of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea coast.- Geography :...
, at 15.85° N, 87.94° W. It has a natural bay.
It is Honduras's main sea port and it is considered the most important seaport in Central America.http://www.azcentral.com/lavoz/spanish/latin-america/articles/latin-america_190549.html As of 2008, Puerto Cortés has a population of some 165,000.
History
Hernán CortésHernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
founded the town of La Natividad in 1524, roughly where Puerto Cortés is today, and populated it with about 20 Spaniards who had been previously been living in Nito
Nito
Nito was a trading post of the Maya civilization in Mesoamerica. The site was located at the mouth of the Dulce River, where the river empties into the Gulf of Honduras. The modern Guatemala city of San Gil de Buena Vista in Izabal Department now occupies the area.The Maya created a network of...
and Naco
Naco
Naco may refer to:* Naco , a pejorative slang term in Mexican Spanish* NaCo., a Mexican clothing company, the name of which is based on the previous slang term* Naco, Arizona, USA, a small town in southeastern Arizona...
. The name Puerto de Caballos (Port of horses) is because when Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
arrived on Honduras' coast from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and started unloading horses and cargo from the ships, several horses were drowned. By 1533, a local native leader, called Çiçumba (or Çoçumba, or Socremba, or Joamba ... we don't really know since the Spanish recorded so many variants of his name) had destroyed the town, reportedly taking a woman from Sevilla, Spain captive. After Çiçumba's defeat in 1536 by Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernan Cortes...
, a new town, Puerto de Caballos was founded on the southern shore of the body of water known as the Laguna de Alvarado.
English privateeers attacked Puerto Caballos as they did other places along the Honduran coast, in 1592, Christopher Newport briefly occupied the town. Because it was vulnerable to pirates until the building of the Spanish fort at Omoa
Omoa
Omoa is a town and a municipality in the Department of Cortés of the Central American country of Honduras. Omoa is located on a small bay of the same name 18 km. west of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea coast.- Geography :...
in the 18th century, it had few permanent residents in the 16th and 17th centuries. People preferred to come out to the coast from San Pedro when a ship came into port. In 1869 Puerto Caballos changed its name to Puerto Cortés in honour of Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
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Bananas, Railroads and Development in the twentieth century
The proposal to construct an "Inter-oceanic Railway" (Ferrocarril Interoceánico) in 1850, a product of the demand for transport from the Atlantic to the Pacific occasioned by the US Gold Rush, took shape in 1853 when work commenced to anchor the railroad at Puerto Cortés. The rail line went slowly with many problems. In 1876 President Marco Aurelio SotoMarco Aurelio Soto
Marco Aurelio Soto was President of Honduras from 27 August 1876 until 19 October 1883. he was known as a liberal. He was a reforming President and had a great impact on the Honduras of his time, including the establishment of the Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras in 1880.-Biography:Dr. Marco...
nationalized the Trans-Oceanic Railroad, which only reached to San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
In any case, once the Panama Canal was completed in 1903, the larger plan of crossing Central American was abandoned. While the projected cross American link did not happen, the railroad opened up extensive lands that were ideally suited for the growing of tropical fruit, especially bananas, in the hinterland of Puerto Cortés. As a result the region became an early center for banana growing and export, and the port was one of the leading port for the export of bananas
Banana production in Honduras
Banana production in Honduras plays an important role in the Economy of Honduras. In 1992, the revenue generated from banana sales that year accounted to US$287 million and along with the coffee industry accounted for some 50% of exports. Honduras produced 861,000 tons of bananas in 1999...
as well, as the production of that fruit took off in the early twentieth century.
The early banana export industry came to be dominated foreigners, among the first foreigner to obtain a government concession was William Frederick Streich of Philadelpia in 1902. His concession was in the vicinity of Omoa and both banks of the Cuyamel River. However, in 1910 Samuel Zemurray's Cuyamel Fruit Company
Cuyamel Fruit Company
Cuyamel Fruit was a Honduran fruit company founded by Samuel Zemurray in 1910, to export fruit inland from Puerto Cortés, Honduras. Zemurray started as a banana retailer in Mobile, Alabama and moved to Honduras in order to participate in growing and exporting fruit...
, purchased these 5,000 acres, but soon branched out, both with more land and with political and tax concessions, especially after Zemurray installed Manuel Bonilla
Manuel Bonilla
General Manuel Bonilla Chirinos was President of Honduras from 13 April 1903 to 25 February 1907, and again from 1 February 1912 till 21 March 1913....
in office as president using mercenaries hired in the area and abroad. In addition to awarding Cuyamel additional land, Bonilla also waived the company's tax obligations. Cuyamel had built port facilities at Omoa
Omoa
Omoa is a town and a municipality in the Department of Cortés of the Central American country of Honduras. Omoa is located on a small bay of the same name 18 km. west of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea coast.- Geography :...
, but also began using the facilities at Puerto Cortés and soon came to dominate them to the point that local shippers had to ask Cuyamel's permission to use the port. In 1918, Cuyamel constructed a railroad spur into Puerto Cortés, and in 1920 he obtained effective control over the National Railroad, and from this and a network of clandestine railroads the company effectively controlled all transport to the port. When Zemurray sold Cuyamel Fruit to United Fruit
United Fruit Company
It had a deep and long-lasting impact on the economic and political development of several Latin American countries. Critics often accused it of exploitative neocolonialism and described it as the archetypal example of the influence of a multinational corporation on the internal politics of the...
in 1929, the giant company had great influence in Puerto Cortés and in Honduras as a whole.
The city
Puerto Cortés is home of a football team known as Club Deportivo PlatenseClub Deportivo Platense
Club Deportivo Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960.-History:According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor...
, which in 1966 won its first Honduran National Football Champion. In 2001 the team won its second national championship.
In September 2001, the Bridge La Laguna (The lagoon) was rebuilt and inaugurated, the old bridge (a 50 years old structure) was badly damaged in 1998 by Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane and the most destructive of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph . The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. Along with Hurricane Georges, Mitch...
and was demolished. A concrete wall that surrounds and protects a portion of the coastline in the bay area, was built close to the north end of Bridge La Laguna, this wall is known as El Malecón, the Spanish word for 'jetty' or 'pier'.
The first four-lane highway in Honduras was inaugurated in 1996, connecting Puerto Cortés and the city of San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
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The seaport
In 1966 the Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority) http://www.enp.hn was created. A Free Trade Zone was created in 1976.Among all worldwide seaports that export containers with goods with destination to U.S.A., Puerto Cortés is the 36th in terms of volume.
Because of its proximity to U.S. seaports in the Gulf of Mexico and on the East Coast and its outstanding seaport infrastructure, Puerto Cortés was included in the U.S. Container Security Initiative
Container Security Initiative
The Container Security Initiative was launched in 2002 by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection , an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. Its purpose was to increase security for container cargo shipped to the United States...
(CSI), the first such port in Central America. In December
December 2005
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2005 the U.S. government signed an agreement with Honduras's government and opened a U.S. Customs Office in Puerto Cortés http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/cargo_security/csi/ports_in_csi.xml. Under this agreement, all containers exported from Puerto Cortés that are destined for any U.S. seaport are checked by U.S. Customs officials in Honduras.
On December 7, 2006 the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
) announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative, an unprecedented effort to build upon existing port security measures by enhancing the US federal government’s ability to scan containers for nuclear and radiological materials overseas and to better assess the risk of inbound containers. The initial phase of Secure Freight involves the deployment of a combination of existing technology and proven nuclear detection devices to six foreign ports: Port Qasim in Pakistan; Puerto Cortés in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
; Southampton in the United Kingdom; Port Salalah in Oman; Port of Singapore; and the Gamman Terminal at Port Busan in Korea. Beginning in early 2007, containers from these ports will be scanned for radiation and information risk factors before they are allowed to depart for the United States. http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1165520867989.shtm
On March 2007, under the Megaport initiative, 3 RPMs (Radiation Portal Monitors) were already installed in Puerto Cortés by U.S. DOE
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
in order to inspect all containers with destination to USA, checking for possible dangerous radioactive threats. On April 2, 2007 the RPMs became operative http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1176319613900.shtm.
Notable people and natives of Puerto Cortés
- Edgar AlvarezEdgar ÁlvarezEdgard Anthony Álvarez Reyes is a Honduran footballer. He currently plays for Palermo. He can play anywhere on the right flank.-Career:...
– Famous football player, now playing in Italy. - Felipe Rodríguez Plata (deceased) – Former Director of Honduras Customs Administration.
- Guillermo Peña Zelaya (deceased) – MDMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, former Congressman (1986–1990), former Mayor of Puerto Cortés. - Guillermo Ramón Miranda Talbot – former Puerto Cortés Port Superintendent and former Assistant of the General Manager of Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority).
- Guillermo Rene Soriano – Doctor in TheologyTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
, PreacherPreacherPreacher is a term for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies. A preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined...
and Supervisor of Missionaries in the U.S.A. - Julio César "Rambo" De LeonJulio César de LeónJulio César de León Dailey is a Honduran footballer who plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan in the Chinese Super League. He is known for being a free-kick specialist and he is an important key for the Honduras National Football Team.-Early career:...
– Famous football player, now playing in ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. - Luis Cosenza Jiménez – Former Congressman and Ministry of the Presidency (Jan. 2002-Jun. 2005) and former representative of Central America in the Inter-American Development BankInter-American Development BankThe Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean...
(Jul. 2005-Jun. 2006) and current representative of Honduras in the World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. - Mario Alberto Prieto Rodríguez – Former General Manager of Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority) and Current President of Liga Nacional de Futbol (Honduras Professional Football Association).
- Mario Enrique Prieto Alvarado – Former Congressman and Secretary of Honduras National Congress (1982–1985), former member of Honduras 1980–81 National Assembly which approved the 1982 Honduras Constitution. Father of Mario Alberto Prieto Rodríguez.
- Mario Sierra – Businessman and President of Club Deportivo PlatenseClub Deportivo PlatenseClub Deportivo Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960.-History:According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor...
and current member of the Board of Directors of Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority). - Roberto Valenzuela Simons – Former Mayor of Puerto Cortés, former General Manager of Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority), he went into exileExileExile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
to Mexico during military governments. - Rodrigo Wong Arévalo – Journalist, Anchor of TV News Program: "Abriendo Brecha" and News Magazines: "Hablemos Claro", "As Deportiva","Cromos","Hablemos Claro Financiera"and"Come to Honduras".Also the CEO of "Television Educativa Nacional, TEN Canal 10."
- Selim Canahuati – Former President of Liga Nacional de Futbol (Honduras Professional Football Association), former member of the Board of Directors of Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras National Port Authority).
- Vilma Cecilia Morales Montalván – Former President of HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
Supreme Court of Justice (Jan. 2002 – Jan. 2009, current president of CNBS – Comisión Nacional de Banca y Seguros (National Banking and Insurance Commission). - William Chong Wong – Former Director of Internal Revenue Service (1990–92), Subsecretary of Treasury (1993), Subsecretary of Finance and Budget (Feb. 2002-Sep. 2004), Secretary of Finance (Oct. 2004 – Jan 2006), Secretary of Finance (Jan 2010–present).
- Juan Ramon Rivera Zelaya – Pastor at Central Baptist Church (Iglesia Bautista Central) in Tegucigalpa since 1989.
- Benjamin Vindel Alvarado – Founder of softball and baseball in Puerto Cortés, famous communist. Good friend of Roberto Valenzuela Simons, who was also a famous communist.
- Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance...
- African American writer, scholar and political activist resided at the Hotel Cosenza from May, 1947 to February, 1948 while writing her book Seraph on the Suwanee.
Elected Mayors of Puerto Cortés
In 1982 a new constitution was approved, before that year mayors were designated "by finger" by TegucigalpaTegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
top government officials.
- 1982–1983: Roy Reyes Orellana (Partido Liberal)
- 1984–1985: Mario Sabillón (Partido Liberal)
- 1986–1990: Romulo Montoya (Partido Liberal)
- 1990–1991: Rolando Méndez (Partido Nacional).
- 1992: Rolando Orellana Cruz (Partido Nacional).
- 1992–1993: Alvaro Zacarías Mena (Partido Nacional).
- 1994–1997: Marlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara Orellana is a Liberal Party politician from Honduras. He was Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya...
(Partido Liberal) - 1998–2001: Marlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara Orellana is a Liberal Party politician from Honduras. He was Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya...
(Partido Liberal) (Reelected) - 2002–2005: Marlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara Orellana is a Liberal Party politician from Honduras. He was Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya...
(Partido Liberal) )Reelected) - 2006–2009: Alan Ramos (Partido LiberalPartido LiberalPartido Liberal may refer to:* Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party...
) - 2010–2014: Allan Ramos (Partido LiberalPartido LiberalPartido Liberal may refer to:* Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party * Liberal Party...
) (Reelected)
Facts
- There is (initially was an only-girls) elementary school named República de MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
in honour of that country. On June 29, 2005 when Vicente FoxVicente FoxVicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
President of MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
visited Puerto Cortés and knew about the existence of this school, he donated a computerized display board with all the software, accessories and training to be used in this school. A donation from the Mexican Presidency . At about the same time, the school also went co-ed. - There is an elementary school named República de ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
in honour of that country. - There is an elementary school named Saint Martin de Porres in honour of this SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
from PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
- There is a private Catholic high school named Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sagrado Corazón de Jesús).
- There is a high school academy named Saint John BoscoJohn BoscoJohn Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods...
(San Juan Bosco) in honour of this SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
. - There is a bilingual school (elementary school, junior high and high school) named Saint John the Baptist in honour of this ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
. - There is a high school named after former US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This school was initially a semi private school (part of the tuition was paid by the government and another part by the parents) In 1978 students took the main streets leading out of Puerto CortesPuerto Cortés-Geography:It is on the Caribbean Sea coast, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, at 15.85° N, 87.94° W. It has a natural bay.It is Honduras's main sea port and it is considered the most important seaport in Central America...
and demanded for a tuition free education. This action paralized the Honduran economy and the Army was ordered to intervene with force. The Army succeeded and reopened the streets but the students also succeeded with their cause. FDR became a public school. - There is a beach known as La Coca Cola (coke) in honour of the world famous drink. La Embotelladora La Coca Cola were situated on this beach therefore it was named Las playas de la Coca Cola once employed many workers whose meals depended of this job.
- In the decade of 1930s a small whale was captured in the bay of Puerto Cortés, this was a very rare situation, since whales are not normally found in the Caribbean SeaCaribbean SeaThe Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. - In 1963 the USS Hornet aircraft carrier arrived to Puerto Cortés.
- There is football stadium known as Estadio ExcelsiorEstadio ExcelsiorEstadio Excelsior is a multi-purpose stadium in Puerto Cortés, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Platense. The stadium holds 10,000 people. This stadium was rebuilt during Marlon Lara administration as Mayor of Puerto Cortés-External links:*...
(the home of Club Deportivo Platense). In 1965 an Argentine professional football club Chacarita JuniorsChacarita JuniorsClub Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...
(then in Argentine first division) played here defeating PlatenseClub Deportivo PlatenseClub Deportivo Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960.-History:According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor...
(2–1). - Since 1986, the Municipality of Puerto Cortés receives four percent (4%) of all revenues(income) received by Honduras Custom office in Puerto Cortés and four percent (4%) of all revenues received by Empresa Nacional Portuaria (Honduras Port Authority) in the Seaport. This fee is known as El Cuatro por Ciento (The Four Percent). The same percentage (4%) is also received by four other municipalities where Empresa Nacional Portuaria operates (La CeibaLa CeibaLa Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...
, Trujillo, RoatanRoatánRoatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan...
and San Lorenzo), this percentage is applied to all revenues received by the Honduras Custom Off
Medical Services
- Puerto Cortés offers a variety in medical healthcare services, including public and private clinics and hospitals, also clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
Private and Public Hospitals
- Centro Medico Litoral Atlántico
- Policlinica Porteña
- CEMECO
- CEDEM
- Centro Medico Handal
- Hospital IHSS (Public)
- Hospital y Clinica SITRAENP
- Hospital del Area (Public)
Clinical Laboratories
- Laboratorio Medico Molina
- Laboratorio Tovar
- Laboratorio Mendoza Villatoro
- Laboratorio Garcia
Pharmacies
- Farmacia Espíritu Santo
- Farmacia Vaver
- Farmacia Siman
- Farmacia Puerto Cortés
- Farmacia Santa Lucia
- Farmacia Central
- Farmacia vi-ana
- Farmacia Geminis
- Farmacia Juan Lindo
- Farmacia del Ahorro
- Farmacia del Puerto