Miguel Facussé Barjum

Miguel Facussé Barjum (2014)

Miguel Facussé Barjum (born August 14, 1924 in Tegucigalpa ; † June 22, 2015 there ) was a Honduran entrepreneur .

Life

Miguel Facussé Barjum was a brother of Margarita Facussé Barjum, the mother of Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé . He was married to the Costa Rican Vera Saénz de Facussé, with whom he had five children.

Facussé studied at the Universidad de Notre Dame de South Bend in Indiana . 1954 granted him the Inter-American Development Bank a loan of 375,000 US dollars .

In 1960 he founded the Corporación Dinant , in which he last held the majority of the shares. In 1974 he ran the soap factory Químicas Dinant , which became dominant through the Corporación Nacional de Inversiones (CONADI) as part of support programs for import substitution policy and state aid . In the late 1970s, he became a member of the Asociación para el Progreso de Honduras (APROH), an association made up of entrepreneurs and the military. He was president of the branded company Cressida , which he sold to Unilever in 2003 . Its consumer goods and palm-oil- fried side dish retailers have branches in Central America, Panama, and Mexico . His companies assemble more than 350 different articles.

With 17,000 hectares worth 34 million US dollars and around 7,000 employees, he owned the largest oil palm plantations in Central America . Following an aggressive corporate strategy, he planned to plant an additional 20,000 acres with oil palms for $ 200 million . Critics accused him of rewarding cooperation and pacifying the opposition with murder . In 2005, the yield from the oil palm corresponded to around 10 percent of the gross domestic product of Honduras.

Companies

Chemical industry: Químicas Magna, Químicas Láser
Banking: Cressida Industrial, Grupo Dinant , the former Corporación Cressida of which he was director.
Drinks and food: Alimentos Dixie, Frutas y vegetales Áltima
Export: Exportadora del Atlántico
Agrofuels: Dinapower
Retail: Xedex, Audaz and Ganex.

criticism

In Tocoa in Colón Department , candidate for mayor Carlos Alfonso Escaleras Mejía criticized Facussé's proposed oil palm plantation - he was offered three million lempiras . When he continued to criticize, he was shot. The judge Ana Pineda issued an arrest warrant for this homicide against Facussé in November 2000 , whereupon the case was removed from her.

Individual evidence

↑ Tracy Wilkinson: Miguel Facusse dies at 90; colorful, ruthless Honduran tycoon. In: Los Angeles Times . June 23, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015.
↑ In Honduras, Land Struggles Highlight Post-Coup Polarization . In: The New York Times , September 15, 2011, accessed June 25, 2015.
↑ Los dueños de América Central. In: El Periodico. April 17, 2006, archived from the original on January 7, 2013 ; Retrieved June 25, 2015 .
↑ Quienes quebraron conadi raices historicas de la fortuna de miguel facusse barjum. In: voselsoberano.com. June 11, 2011, archived from the original on November 14, 2011 ; Retrieved June 25, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Facussé Barjum, Miguel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Honduran entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	August 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tegucigalpa , Francisco Morazan Department , Honduras
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 2015
Place of death	Tegucigalpa , Francisco Morazan Department , Honduras

[1] Tracy Wilkinson: Miguel Facusse dies at 90; colorful, ruthless Honduran tycoon. In: Los Angeles Times . June 23, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015.

[2] In Honduras, Land Struggles Highlight Post-Coup Polarization . In: The New York Times , September 15, 2011, accessed June 25, 2015.

[3] Los dueños de América Central. In: El Periodico. April 17, 2006, archived from the original on January 7, 2013 ; Retrieved June 25, 2015 .

[4] Quienes quebraron conadi raices historicas de la fortuna de miguel facusse barjum. In: voselsoberano.com. June 11, 2011, archived from the original on November 14, 2011 ; Retrieved June 25, 2015 .