Word: honduran
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...weeks after Zelaya’s arrest, the Honduran national team defeated Costa Rica 4-0 in a qualifying match for the World Cup, seemingly positioning the nation for its second-ever appearance in the World Cup finals...
...qualifying region’s top scorer, served as a fulcrum for the nation’s renewed sense of unity. Pavón is of Garifuna descent, an ethnic mix of Carib, Arawak, and West African peoples that has been marginalized and discriminated against in Honduran society...
...Pavón] lead the team to victory and [for the country] to identify him as Honduran has served the positive function of getting the rest of Honduras to recognize the valuable aspect that is our Garifuna community,” Pastor says...
Guevara, captain of the current Honduran team, is one of the highest-paid players in United States Major League Soccer. Villegas said that he believes the Honduran team will continue to perform well internationally and that many players from the team will be selected to play in European soccer clubs after the World...
...Pastor also warns that sporting success should not be the only measure of Honduran progress, and he notes that the international community will only respect the nation when it is able to surmount its broader difficulties...