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NEWS ABOUT: Central America

Central America stories: 22 news summaries

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 Honduras Unity Deal Fails 

Plan to reinstate Zelaya falls apart as deadline passes

Nov 6, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The US-brokered deal to end the political standoff in Honduras has collapsed, says ousted president Manuel Zelaya, although the interim president installed after Zelaya's ouster doesn't agree even on that. "The accord is dead," Zelaya said from the Brazilian Embassy, where he has been holed up since slipping... More »

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military coup • Central America • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

Abused Wife Wins
Political Asylum in US

Decision sets precedent for women fleeing domestic abuse

Oct 30, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has recommended that a Guatemalan woman who came to America fleeing horrific domestic abuse be granted political asylum. Rody Alvarado Peña's case has been in the courts since 1995 and lawyers say the decision will finally clarify the rules on whether abused women in foreign countries... More »

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domestic violence • asylum • Central America • Guatemala • domestic abuse • political asylum • women's issues

Cocaine Sub Nabbed
Off Guatemala

US Navy helps make biggest drug bust in Guatemalan history

Oct 23, 09 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Navy and Guatemalan forces have seized a makeshift submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine. Three Colombians and a Mexican crewman were arrested on board. The haul is the biggest drug bust ever made in Guatemala, which has become a major transit point for drug traffickers seeking to secure... More »

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cocaine • drug trafficking • submarine • Central America • Guatemala • drug traffickers

 Coup Leaders Crack 
 Down in Honduras 

Regime curtails freedoms as Zelaya remains holed up

Sep 28, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The interim government in Honduras moved to prevent protests late last night, outlawing public assemblies and giving the army broad new arrest powers. Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up for a week in Tegucigalpa's Brazilian embassy alongside about 65 family members, has called on his supporters to take to... More »

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • embassy • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Zelaya Returns to Honduras 

Ousted leader announces return on TV, but interim government denies it

Sep 21, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya is back in Honduras, the ousted president told a Honduran TV station today, prompting thousands of his supporters to gather outside the UN building in the capital to celebrate. “I am here for the restoration of democracy, to call for dialogue,” Zelaya declared. The US State... More »

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United Nations • State Department • Nicaragua • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

(Newser) - Talks to end the political crisis in Honduras collapsed last night, raising the prospect of violence in the Central American nation if ousted president Manuel Zelaya fulfills his promise to return with or without a deal. Pro-Zelaya protesters are marching in the capital today after the interim government rejected a... More »

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Central America • negotiations • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(Newser) - Honduras' dicey political situation could come to a head this weekend. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya tells Bloomberg he will return to the country in the next few days, and he expects US support when he does. “Their words are strong,” he said. “We’re going to see... More »

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president • Central America • Honduras • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti • Jim DeMint


 Pentagon Cuts Ties 
 With Honduras 

Central American nation isolated as OAS sets ultimatum

Jul 2, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - As thousands of Hondurans protested yesterday in dueling rallies backing both ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the military-backed government that came to power last weekend, the Central American nation grows further isolated, reports the AP. The Pentagon yesterday suspended joint US-Honduran military operations and the World Bank said it was... More »

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military coup • Central America • Honduras • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Honduras Plunges Into Crisis 

Leftist prez clashes with army over referendum on term limits

Jun 26, 09 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - An escalating political crisis in Honduras is threatening to turn violent, the Wall Street Journal reports. President Manuel Zelaya fired the nation's army chief after he refused to allow the military to distribute ballots for a referendum on changing the constitution to let the leftist leader serve a second term.... More »

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Central America • Honduras • referendum • term limits • Manuel Zelaya

Mexico Kidnappers Snatched 10K US-Bound Migrants

Human rights commission estimates 10K migrants seized over 6 months

Jun 16, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs preying on Central American migrants headed for the US kidnapped almost 10,000 people between September 2008 and February 2009, according to a new report from Mexico's national human rights commission. The average ransom paid was $2,500, according to the report, which said Mexican authorities participated in... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • kidnapping • Central America • kidnapper • migrants

El Salvador's 1st Leftist President Sworn In

Vows to transform nation, praises Obama in inaugural speech

Jun 2, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former TV journalist representing a party founded by Marxist guerrillas has been sworn in as El Salvador's first leftist president. Mauricio Funes, who ran on a center-left, pro-America platform, called Barack Obama an inspiration in his inauguration speech and singled out Hillary Clinton, who attended the ceremony, as "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Latin America • Central America • El Salvador • Mauricio Funes

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5 Dead in Honduras Quake; Toll Expected to Rise

Tsunami warning has been called off

May 28, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five deaths have been confirmed after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Honduras and Guatemala early today. Four victims were children between 3 and 15, crushed under their collapsed home, Reuters reports. "There will be many more dead," said a Honduran official. Buildings in both Central American states... More »

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death • Belize • Central America • Guatemala • Honduras • earthquake • disaster

 7.1 Quake Strikes Off Honduras 



Tsunami watch in effect for 3 Central American countries

May 28, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful earthquake struck early this morning about 40 miles northeast of an island off the coast of Honduras, Reuters reports. No injuries have been reported, but the 7.1 magnitude quake triggered a tsunami watch for Honduras, Belize and Guatemala. The quake's epicenter is nearest to Roatan, an island... More »

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tsunami • Central America • Honduras • quake • earthquake

(Newser) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says the US should extend its zeal for bailouts south of the border, the Miami Herald reports. Ortega says Central America is reeling from the downturn as US manufacturing and textile plants shut down or downsize. It’s only fair, then, that the US offer a... More »

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Joe Biden • Nicaragua • Daniel Ortega • Central America • bailout • Obama administration • President Obama

 Jewel of Maya Art 
 Unearthed in Guatemala 

Rare panels found in jungle city depict ancient legend of creation

Mar 12, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Archaeologists reclaiming the Mayans' biggest city from the Guatemalan jungle have uncovered the oldest known depiction of the ancient civilization's creation myth, reports Reuters. The carvings depict the heroic twins of Maya legend emerging from the underworld surrounded by cosmic monsters. They appear on a pair of 26-foot-long panels at... More »

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archaeology • art • Central America • Mayan • Guatemala • ruins • archaeologist • Maya • El Mirador

 Coffee Nations Eye 
 Shares in Starbucks 

Colombia may buy stock, at bargain prices, in first quarter of 2009

Dec 23, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The world’s coffee growing nations may swoop in to grab cheap Starbucks shares as the ailing company shutters stores and battles declining demand for premium beverages, Reuters reports. Colombia—the third-largest producer—could buy more control over the supply chain by nabbing “an important share” of the Seattle... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • Brazil • Colombia • shares • Central America • fair trade • coffee grower

 Honduras Plane Crash Kills 4 

TACA jet overshot the runway and crashed into city street

May 31, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A passenger plane overshot a runway and crashed into a busy street in the Honduran capital yesterday, reports the AP, killing the pilot, two passengers, and a taxi driver. Some 65 others were injured. The Miami-bound Airbus ran out of runway in wet conditions. Tegucigalpa's main airport, considered by pilots... More »

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Airbus • plane crash • aviation • Central America • Honduras • airplane

Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

But Central American stores may ruin them first, critics say

Mar 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands of small farmers are financially at risk, unable to grow produce that fits the US giant's supply chain—so Wal-Mart, Washington, and a Portland, Ore., relief group... More »

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agriculture • retail • Mexico • Central America • Guatemala • farmer • Wal-Mart • food industry

Before It Was Chocolate,
It Was Beer

Sweet treat traced to celebratory Honduran brew 3,100 years ago

Nov 13, 07 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Chocolate had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as a sweet treat but as a celebratory beer-like beverage, reported scientists yesterday after analyzing residues from ancient pottery vessels. The earliest beverages made from cacao—the source of chocolate—likely were produced by fermenting the... More »

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beer • chocolate • Central America • Aztecs • Ceremonial beverages

As Felix Fizzles, Another Round of Floods Likely

Nicaragua, Honduras at risk from rain-laden remnants of hurricane

Sep 5, 07 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy rain from what's left of Hurricane Felix continues to fall in Honduras and Nicaragua, the BBC reports, and residents are struggling to prepare for "life-threatening" flash floods and mudslides. "Here it rains for two hours and the city floods," said the mayor of Tegucigalpa. "They're... More »

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Mexico • Nicaragua • Central America • hurricane • Guatemala • Hurricane Felix • Honduras • Hurricane Henriette

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