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Maya Selva
Maya Selva (born August 9, 1965) is a Honduran cigar maker and tobacco grower. Early life Maya Selva was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to a French mother and a Honduran father. She grew up in Tegucigalpa, but moved to France at age of sixteen to study. After graduating from high school, she trained to be an engineer in the École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information - School of Engineering (EISTI) and completed her education in the United States with a Master of Science degree. In 1991, she returned to Honduras, where she explored several career possibilities, and eventually those links to tobacco. Early career In 1993, Maya Selva met Nestor Plasencia, a renowned tobacco grower and cigar maker. After sharing with Plasencia her dream of introducing a high-quality premium Honduran cigar to the French market, she began learning the business, with him as her mentor, in his ''Tabacos de Oriente'' factory in Danli, Honduras. Maya spent more than a year learnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hondurans
Hondurans ( Spanish: ''Hondureñas'' or ''Hondureños'') are the citizens of Honduras. Most Hondurans live in Honduras, although there is also a significant Honduran diaspora, particularly in the United States, Spain, and many smaller communities in other countries around the world. Catracha or Catracho Latin Americans refer to a person from Honduras as a ' or '. The term was coined by Nicaraguans in the mid-19th century when Honduran General Florencio Xatruch returned from battle with his Honduran and Salvadoran soldiers after defeating American freebooters commanded by William Walker, whose purpose was to re-establish slavery and take over all of Central America. As the general and his soldiers returned, some Nicaraguans yelled out ', meaning "Here come Xatruch's boys!" However, Nicaraguans had so much trouble pronouncing the general's Catalan last name that they altered the phrase to ' and ultimately settled on ' or '. History Before the conquest, "Honduras was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela. Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the capital from Comayagua. The Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295. After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1841, Honduras became an individual sovereign nation with Comayagua as its capital. The capital was moved to Tegucigalpa in 1880. On January 30, 1937, Article 179 of the 1936 Honduran Constitution was changed under Decree 53 to establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CY Tech
CY Tech, formerly EISTI (''École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information''), is a French graduate engineering school created in 1983. It is located across three campuses (Cergy, Pau, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) and specialises in the fields of computer science, applied mathematics, biotechnology, chemistry and civil engineering. The college is a member of the University of Paris-Seine. History In 1983, the ''École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information'' (EISTI) was founded in Cergy. In 1989, EISTI was recognised by the State as a private higher-education establishment and created a charter: professionalism, openness, solidarity and ethics. In 1992, EISTI obtained accreditation from the ''Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur'' (CTI) to deliver the title of Master's degree. Five years later, it became a member of the Union of Independent Grandes Écoles (UGEI). Then, in 2002, it became a member of the ''Conférence des Grandes écoles'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestor Plasencia
Nestor Plasencia Sr. (born circa 1950) is a tobacco grower and cigar maker of Cuban descent whose factories in Honduras and Nicaragua produce over 30 million cigars a year. Contracting out the use of his factories to Rocky Patel and other leading brands, Plasencia remains one of the leading figures in the Central American cigar industry. Biography Early years Nestor Plasencia Sr. was born in about 1950 in Cuba to a tobacco growing family which emigrated after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. After the revolution The Plasencia family remained closely involved in the tobacco industry in Central America, with Nestor's uncle Herminio Plasencia continuing to be active in day-to-day operations in growing operations into the 1990s."A Cigar Giant in Central America: Nestor Plasencia's Cigar Making Operations Span Two Countries, 4,500 Employees and 33 Million Cigars a Year," ''Cigar Aficionado,'' vol. 4, no. 4 (Summer 1996), pp. 118-127. During the early 1980s, Plasencia lost his tobac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Congress Of Honduras
The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. Organization The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currently Luis Redondo. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation basis, by department, to serve four-year terms. Meeting place Congress meets in a purpose-built legislative palace ''(Palacio Legislativo)'' in the centre of Tegucigalpa. Of a modernist design, it is painted in an array of bright colours and rests on a series of concrete pillars that separate it from the ground. Directive 2022–2026 legislative period The current directive of the National Congress for the period 2022-2026: * Luis Redondo (President) ( PSH) * Hugo Noé Pino (1st Vice-President) ( LIBRE) * Edgardo Casaña (2nd Vice-President) ( LIBRE) * Rasel Tomé (3rd Vice-President) ( LIBRE) * Scherly Arriaga (4th Vice-President) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Businesspeople In The Tobacco Industry
A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital with a view to fueling economic development and growth. History Prehistoric period: Traders Since a "businessman" can mean anyone in industry or commerce, businesspeople have existed as long as industry and commerce have existed. "Commerce" can simply mean "trade", and trade has existed through all of recorded history. The first businesspeople in human history were traders or merchants. Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class Merchants emerged as a "class" in medieval Italy (compare, for example, the Vaishya, the traditional merchant caste in Indian society). Between 1300 and 1500, modern acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Honduran Businesspeople
Honduran may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Honduras * Hondurans, persons from Honduras or of Honduran descent * Honduran population, see Ethnicity in Honduras * Honduran Spanish Honduran Spanish is the Spanish language as spoken in the country of Honduras in Central America. The voseo is routinely used in Honduras. Phonology * Honduran Spanish, as a Central American Spanish, Central American variety, pronounces the fri ..., the language spoken in Honduras * Honduran cuisine * Honduran culture, see Culture of Honduras See also * List of Hondurans * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
