Honduras - a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan cultureMoranzanist Patriotic Front - a terrorist group of radical leftists fromed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs OAS, Organization of American States - an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation Central America - the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia Honduran - a native or inhabitant of Honduras |