The Cuyamel River flows past the city of
Cuyamel,
Honduras and into an off branch of the
Motagua River
The Motagua River () is a river in Guatemala. It rises in the western highlands of Guatemala where it is also called Río Grande, and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The final few kilometres of the river form part of the ...
that marks the boundary between Honduras and
Guatemala. American businessman
Sam Zemurray
Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president o ...
purchased his first banana plantation along this river and named his company
Cuyamel Fruit Company
Cuyamel Fruit Company, formerly the Hubbard-Zemurray Steam Ship Company, was an American agricultural corporation operating in Honduras from 1911 until 1929, before being purchased by the United Fruit Company. The company was founded in the 1890s ...
after it. A proposed dam on the river was approved by the
Honduran National Congress in 2014, but has run into local opposition and has not yet been built.
[https://business-humanrights.org/en/honduras-new-report-documents-negative-social-environmental-impacts-of-hydroelectric-project-cuyamel-ii, Honduras: New report documents negative social & environmental impacts of hydroelectric project Cuyamel II]
References
External links
Rivers of Honduras
Geography of Mesoamerica
International rivers of North America
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