Academia Hondureña de la Lengua

[2] The Academia Hondureña de la Lengua has been recognized for its dynamism in the face of difficult circumstances,[3] including the destruction of the organization's building and its treasured library during Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

As the organization's president at the time, Óscar Acosta, wrote, "I proposed printing Quixote in a dignified format and in a wallet-friendly edition accessible to all, including those in Latin American nations with devalued currencies, an idea that was approved by unanimous consent.

[6] In 1957, with the signing of the Treaty of Cultural Exchange between Spain and Honduras, both governments swore to "offer each other support ... especially to their respective Academies of Language."

And since 1960, with the ratification in Colombia of the Multilateral Convention on the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the organization has the full backing of the Honduran government, as the convention states: "Each of the signatory governments swears to lend moral and economic support to its respective national Academy of the Spanish Language.

To achieve the organization's mission of defending and enriching the Spanish language, they wrote, "the free circulation and expression of ideas is essential.