Spanish Hondurans

This country has an important Spanish community that has spread throughout the national territory, this people are part of the white Honduran population.

From there, he forged his way deeper inland, attempting to pacify the indigenous population while simultaneously fighting against other Spaniards who contested his territory.

After being betrayed by Cristóbal of Olid,[5] Cortés decided to leave Mexico and take matters into his own hands, commanding an expedition that lasted nearly two years and ended in Trujillo, after surviving many dangers and hardships.

Before his return to Mexico in 1526, he installed Hernando of Saavedra as governor of Honduras, and left instructions to treat the indigenous population well.

[10] From the 17th century and further the Criollos, sons of Spaniards born in America, were mostly the middle-upperclass of Honduras during the era of the Viceroyalty of New Spain due the Imperial Spanish Caste system.

In the first years of Honduran independence, towards the end of the era of free trade between Latin America and Spain, a large proportion of the Spanish people arriving in Honduras were Catalans.

Spanish settlers typically came to start businesses in rural areas, cultivating crops such as coffee, bananas and sugar, which were exported to Spain and other European countries.

Such foreign investment in Honduras was a first step towards developing a more robust economy, through the exploitation of natural resources and the generation of wealth and employment, however conflict arose when indigenous chiefdoms seized farms and ranches.

In 1996 the Treaty of Double Nationality between the Spanish State and the Republic of Honduras took effect, which makes citizenship of the two countries compatible.

During the reconstruction work after Hurricane Mitch, a network of associations of Spaniards, NGOs, and branches of the Spanish embassy organised national-level distribution for Spain's emergency assistance.