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 Honduras Plane Crash Kills 4 

TACA jet overshot the runway and crashed into city street

Associated Press Associated Press 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 to be one of the world's most dangerous approaches, has now been closed to large jets. More »

More about:  plane crash • airplane • Airbus • aviation • Central America • Honduras

Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

But Central American stores may ruin them first, critics say

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times 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(Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports.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 have kicked in more than $2 million to help. More »

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

Before It Was Chocolate,
It Was Beer

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

Reuters Reuters 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 sweet pulp surrounding the seeds, according to Reuters. More »

More about:  beer • chocolate • Central America • Aztecs

As Felix Fizzles, Another Round of Floods Likely

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

BBC BBC 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 saying it could rain for 18 hours and we're preparing for the worst." More »

More about:  Mexico • hurricane • Guatemala • Nicaragua • Hurricane Felix • Central America • Honduras • Hurricane Henriette

Felix Reaches Category 5

Storm Heads for Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 3, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Felix grew into a Category 5—the most dangerous—storm last night, packing winds of 127 mph as it roared west across the southern Caribbean, heading for Central America. Felix is predicted to brush the Honduras coastline tomorrow, and hit Belize on Wednesday, the AP reports. More »

More about:  global warming • weather • hurricane • storm • Caribbean • Aruba • Hurricane Dean • Hurricane Felix • Central America • Honduras • Belize

Huge Earthquake
Rattles Peru

Tsunami warning after 7.9 hits off coast; at least 15 dead

CNN CNN Aug 15, 07 8:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A massive earthquake shook central Peru tonight, raising fears of a tsunami along the Pacific coast of Central and South America. The quake hit about 90 miles southeast of the capital of Lima, but witnesses felt it deep into the hinterlands. The country has been put on alert for deadly waves, as have several nearby countries and Hawaii. More »

More about:  earthquake • Hawaii • Peru • aftershock • tsunami • South America • Central America • Lima

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