<P> The government operates both the electrical grid, Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE) and the land - line telephone service, Hondutel . ENEE receives heavy subsidies to counter its chronic financial problems, but Hondutel is no longer a monopoly . The telecommunication sector was opened to private investment on 25 December 2005, as required under CAFTA . The price of petroleum is regulated, and the Congress often ratifies temporary price regulation for basic commodities . </P> <P> Gold, silver, lead and zinc are mined . </P> <P> In 2005 Honduras signed CAFTA, a free trade agreement with the United States . In December 2005, Puerto Cortes, the primary seaport of Honduras, was included in the U.S. Container Security Initiative . </P> <P> In 2006 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Energy announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI), which built upon existing port security measures . SFI gave the U.S. government enhanced authority, allowing it to scan containers from overseas for nuclear and radiological materials in order to improve the risk assessment of individual US - bound containers . The initial phase of Secure Freight involved deploying of nuclear detection and other devices to six foreign ports: </P>

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