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February 2026

There has always been good, locally raised food on Roatan. As far back as 500 years ago, Paya Indians living on the island supplied food staples to the Spanish in Trujillo on a regular basis. The same Paya Indians provided supplies to English and Dutch

The glories of ancient Rome, its culture, its law, its arts, its territorial and administrative organization, its ability to unite and pacify peoples in the practice of virtues – even if not yet enlightened and vivified by Grace – were destined to find their fulfillment

The Bay Islands are popularly — and mistakenly — associated only with Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja. I say mistakenly because the Wyke-Cruz Treaty of 1859 refers to “the islands of Ruatan, Guanaca, Elena, Utile, Barbarete and Morat.” The most remote and indeed the most isolated

Some of the most interesting stories about Roatan can be found below the water’s surface. One of them is about El Águila, “The Eagle,” a 230-foot cargo boat resting off the shores of the island near Sandy Bay. The boat’s final voyage took place in

The story of an unlikely journey of a U.S. military sword to French Cay begins in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Many civilians, as well as Confederate soldiers, disagreed with the result of the war and left the United States at its conclusion.

Roatan Municipal has installed 400 CCTV cameras to monitor infrastructure, with the goal of reducing vehicle infractions and crime—or at least making islanders feel safer. Only time will tell how this 24/7 surveillance system will truly affect life on the island.

A culture dies without someone recording its origins, synthesizing and extracting its essence. That is certainly the risk Roatan is facing. As the majority of Roatanians rely on oral history about their ancestors, events, and the context of the place they call home, that reliance

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