It was quite a party for the new office in Coral Gables, Florida, a wealthy and genteel town of 43,000 where the median home sells for $710,000 and the average household income is above $50,000.
Contrast this with Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, with a per-capita income of $2900 – and a capital, Tegucigalpa, where environmentalists and town planners have yet to make much of a mark since Hurricane Mitch struck in 1998 – and the surreal aspect of Ficohsa’s overseas venture becomes apparent.
