developing

First civilian government in over a century elected but military remains influential.

President Ramone Morales is deposed in coup. Colonel Osvaldo Lopez Arellano heads first of string of military regimes in power until 1981.

President Ramone Morales is deposed in coup. Colonel Osvaldo Lopez Arellano heads first of string of military regimes in power until 1981.

Football War with El Salvador; 4,000 die in 100-hour conflict.

Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras.

Their birth and death rates are stable.

They use a disproportionate amount of the world's resources, such as oil.

They have more women working, particularly in high-ranking executive positions.

They are highly industrialized.

They have higher levels of debt. Nations with developing economies cannot obtain the kind of seemingly bottomless financing that more developed nations can.