Feature: The "banana republic" strikes back -- A history of Honduras' struggle against U.S. encroachment

TEGUCIGALPA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- In the city of La Lima in Honduras, there is a reception facility for repatriated immigrants. Almost every day, this place receives over a hundred deported Hondurans from the United States.

Escalating illegal immigration has become one of the focal topics in this year's U.S. presidential election. American politicians have accused Honduras and other Central American countries of b