TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) –Congressional chief and presidentialhopeful Porfirio Lobo said Honduranswill hold a referendum on whether toreinstate the death penalty in thisCentral American country plagued...
RABINAL, Guatemala – Dancersshade their eyes from the early morninglight reflecting brilliantly off the whitewalls of the town’s church in this aridregion of central...
GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) –Guatemala last weekend proposed the creationof a joint-Central American policeforce to combat transnational crime in theregion, according to a Guatemalan policesource.Guatemala’s...
FOR the first time in history, thecountry’s 20 female legislators are tryingto unite across party lines and take overleadership in the Legislative Assembly,but their...
WHEN the nonprofit Foundation forZoos (FUNDAZOO) signed a contract tooperate the country’s two zoos in 1994,hopes were high the organization wouldbring improved conditions to...
POLICE confiscated 17,818 illegalfirearms throughout the country between2001 and 2004, an average of 12 guns perday, the daily Al Día reported.Approximately three .38-caliberrevolvers and...
THE turmoil that has shaken up CostaRica’s political system in recent monthsand years, producing myriad political partiesthat offer a sharp contrast to the country’straditional...
