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IDD is available. Country code: 504.
Roaming agreements with international mobile phone companies exist.
Internet cafes exist in major towns.
Media freedom in Honduras is restricted by punitive defamation laws, which also require journalists to reveal sources in certain cases. Journalists tend to exercise self-censorship in order to avoid offending the political or economic interests of media owners, and there have also been cases of journalists accepting bribes from officials who wish to influence coverage.
Press: Daily newspapers are in Spanish, and include El Heraldo (website: www.elheraldo.hn), La Prensa (website: www.laprensahn.com), El Tiempo (website: www.tiempo.hn) and La Tribuna (website: http://tribuna.prohospedaje.com). The weekly Honduras This Week (website: www.marrder.com) is published in English.
TV: Televicentro operates Telesistema Hondureno, Canal 5 El Lider and Telecadena 7 y 4. Other networks are: CBC Canal 6, Vica TV and SOTEL Canal 11.
Radio: Radio America and Radio HRN.
Airmail to Western Europe takes between four and seven days. Post office hours: Mon-Sat 0800-1200 and 1400-1800.




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