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Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.
An emergency decree that prohibited large street protests and limited other civil liberties following the return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will be repealed within 24 hours, the country's interim leader said Monday.
A former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who fled after he was charged with killing his wife and a day laborer has been caught in Central America.
The mother of a Delaware optometrist who fled to Central America in a motor home with his three young daughters has pleaded guilty to endangering the girls' welfare.
A Delaware optometrist who fled to Central America in a motor home with his three young daughters has pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping and bank fraud charges.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that scheduled elections in neighboring Honduras will not be valid if ousted President Manuel Zelaya is not reinstated before the Nov. 29 vote.
Central America's development bank says it is freezing credits to Honduras following the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
A young U.S. lineup easily beat up on Grenada in the Americans' opener at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
A tall, wealthy rancher with a black mustache and a white Stetson, Manuel Zelaya spent the last three years turning the political system on its head. At public events, he hurled insults at the rich and powerful, sometimes reinforcing his points by breaking into song.
A judge has denied bail for a former Los Angeles gang member turned anti-gang activist who is accused of still participating in a notorious prison gang.
A powerful earthquake toppled dozens of homes in Honduras and Belize early Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring 40 as terrified residents spilled from their homes across much of Central America.
Zoos in the U.S., Panama and Mexico are deploying researchers in Central America to develop new ways to fight a fungus blamed for wiping out dozens of frog and amphibian species as part of a project announced Monday.
European countries have been using antiviral drugs much more aggressively than the United States and Mexico to combat swine flu — a difference in strategy that could have a big impact as the virus that is already linked to 63 deaths spreads around the planet.
Caribbean leaders said they have asked the U.S. to expand a $1.4 billion program to help Mexico and Central America fight drug trafficking and organized crime to include aid for their island nations.
Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "strengthens our hand" by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, not a lecturer, of democracy.
Mexican drug cartels are creeping south into Central America, U.S. drug enforcement officials said Wednesday, as the Obama administration put new pressure on drug kingpins ahead of the president's trip to Mexico City. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said there are growing signs that stepped-up law enforcement efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border are driving the cartels south toward Central America.
Vice President Joe Biden on Monday told Central American leaders pushing the United States to slow its record pace of deportations to be patient since it will not change in the short-term amid the U.S. economic downturn.
The only two Central American countries that don't recognize Cuba's government say they plan to re-establish diplomatic ties with the communist nation.
Eloy O. Aguilar, an award-winning Associated Press bureau chief who mentored a generation of journalists in Mexico and Central America as he covered civil wars, disasters and political upheaval, collapsed and died Friday. He was 72.
Central American leaders are pledging to create a joint credit fund and promote fiscal stability to cope with the effects of the world financial meltdown.
In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S. State Department says the money will pay for:
Officials say at least 29 people are dead and 14 others are missing because of heavy rains in Honduras.
It was to be the trip of a lifetime — a full year in Central America and Ecuador — and Britt Leis and his fiancée, Lia Koehn, had sold their belongings to finance it. It ended less than two months after it began in a vicious and unprovoked attack on an Ecuadorian beach that left Leis near death from 18 stab wounds.
Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted a submarine-like vessel carrying 7 tons of cocaine off Central America's coast.
Works and Days: All Falling Down . . .Obama and CarterObama and Carter: The same storm clouds pile up on the horizon of foreign policy. One can get away with Carterism for a year or two.
Divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala lakeScuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
Kinder, Gentler Spider Eats Veggies, Cares for KidsEach of the world's 40,000 spider species survives by hunting and killing — except, that is, for Bagheera kiplingi, the world's first vegetarian arachnid.
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapseHidden in the hilly jungle, the ancient site of Kiuic (KIE-yuk) was one of dozens of ancient Maya centers abandoned in the Puuc region of Mexico's Yucatan about 10 centuries ago. The latest discoveries from the site may capture the moment of departure.
Honduras' interim president: US revoked my visas Washington on Friday revoked the diplomatic and tourist visas for 14 Supreme Court judges, the armed forces chief, the foreign relations secretary and Honduras' attorney general, presidential spokeswoman Marcia de Villeda said Saturday. U.S.
Diesel Tree May Become Future Fuel SourceThe trunk of the copaiba tree produces a resin that is used for medicine, but Dr. Chhandak Basu, assistant biological professor at the University of Northern Colorado, said the plant has some serious potential as a biofuel.
Defying U.S., Honduras won't let Zelaya return as president. By Tyler Bridges. Tuesday, 09.08.09CARACAS, Venezuela -- Honduras' de facto government remains dead-set against the return of Manuel Zelaya as the country's president, defying the Obama administration and disregarding the U.S. sanctions imposed last week against the poor Central American nation.
Nicaragua Literacy Goals Met Using Cuban Method; Illiteracy Drops from 21% to Less Than 4%After an intense two-year literacy campaign, Nicaragua has managed to reduce the number of people who cannot read and write to below four percent of the adult population, from nearly 21 percent.
U.S. moves toward formal cutoff of aid to HondurasU.S. State Department staff have recommended that the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya be declared a "military coup," a U.S. official said on Thursday, a step that could cut off tens of millions of dollars in U.S. funding to the impoverished Central American nation.
Post-coup limbo weighs on Honduran economy, tradeBlockades on highways moving cargo, daily curfews, disruption at borders and fewer tourists are part of the new economic reality in Honduras after the president was toppled in a coup last month.
Jury rules in favor of hospital that deported injured Guatemalan A jury ruled in favor of a hospital that deported an injured immigrant back to his native Guatemala. Sould he have been sent back? Or should US taxpayers unnecessarily shoulder the burden?
What next for Honduras 4 weeks after coup?Four weeks after the military overthrew and expelled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Central America's worst political crisis in 20 years looks as intractable as ever.
Honduras: "They knew and they helped a little"The White House knew for months that a coup was being prepared in Honduras, even though now State Department spokespersons feign a surprised innocence. The U.S.
No Going Back - Why the coup in Honduras won't-and shouldn't-succeedHonduras has suffered a coup d'état at the hands of congressional leaders and the commanding officers of the armed forces. Provided that the United States stands firmly with its partners in Latin America, this revolt against the constitutional order will certainly fall apart.
Our Man in Honduras"If you want to understand who the real power behind the [Honduran] coup is" says Robert White, president of the Washington-based Center for International Policy, during a recent interview, "you need to find out who's paying Lanny Davis."
EU suspends aid budgeted for HondurasPressure for a resolution to a political standoff in Honduras has increased after the breakdown of talks between the two sides over the weekend.
Transport Workers to Boycott Honduran ShipsThe International Transport Workers Federation called for a worldwide boycott of Honduran-flag merchant ships to protest the military coup in the Central American nation.
Chavez urges Obama to withdraw 'gringo' troops from Honduras. 13:47 July 13, 2009MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called on the United States to withdraw its "gringo" troops from its airbase in Honduras to protest the recent coup in the Central American state.
Honduran Rivals See U.S. Intervention as Key to Ending CrisisWhen President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica set out to find a negotiated solution to the Honduran political crisis, he hailed it as an opportunity for Central Americans to show they could resolve their own problems, and he established some simple ground rules.
Costa Rica is world's greenest, happiest countryCosta Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens.
Hondouras and Chavez: What you should know, what the centralized media is not telling you. By Toby Westerman. Tuesday, June 30, 2009 The "coup" in the Central American nation of Honduras is the first major blow to the Marxist expansion sponsored by Hugo Chavez, but the American people are to a great extent being kept in the dark by the centralized news media.
Honduras is in shambles at the moment and nobody in the mainstream media, the State Department any international organizations seems to be able to get it right.
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies - NYTimes.comA good article that links past US involvement in Central America and shows why it is coming back to haunt us
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. PoliciesPresident Obama on Monday strongly condemned the ouster of Honduras's president as an illegal coup that set a "terrible precedent" for the region, as the country's new government defied international calls to return the toppled president to power and clashed with thousan …
Protesters demand return of ousted Honduran president Manuel ZelayaProtesters in Honduras yesterday put up roadblocks in the capital, Tegucigalpa, as they demanded the return of the president, Manuel Zelaya, hours after he was ousted in a military coup.
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