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1 in 5 People Lives in Poverty

IN one year, Costa Rica’s poverty rate jumpedfrom the lowest it has been in more than a decade,to the highest it has been in...

Ex-President Refuses to Return

EX-PRESIDENT José María Figueres (1994-1998)announced Wednesday he would not return to Costa Ricafrom Switzerland to explain his alleged connection to oneof the corruption scandals...

U.S. Firm Heads Search For Missing Tourists

GRANADA, Nicaragua – A privatecrisis-management firm of former U.S.Military Special-Operations commandoshas been called into Ometepe Island tohelp lead a group of 150 rescue workersand...

Ave Maria College Gains Accreditation

GRANADA, Nicaragua – Ave MariaCollege of the Americas, the only U.S.four-year college in Central America,announced it has been awarded fullaccreditation status by the Board...

Cane Fire Claims Lives of 14 Children in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – HonduranPresident Ricardo Maduro on Wednesdaymet with and consoled the families of 14youth – 12 of whom were minors – wholost their...

Common Regional Fishing Law Proposed

SAN SALVADOR – CentralAmerican environmentalists and governmentrepresentatives are showing supportthis week for El Salvador’s proposal todevelop a common Central AmericanMaritime Law to protect the...

More Central Americans Apprehended in Mexico

MONTERREY, Mexico (EFE) – Thenumber of Central Americans capturedwhile trying to cross the border fromMexico into the United States hasincreased 50% this year compared...

Controversy Erupts over Flores for OAS Candidate

SAN SALVADOR (AFP) – TheSalvadoran Congress this week gave itsbacking to former Salvadoran PresidentFrancisco Flores (1999-2004) in his bidfor the post of Secretary General...

Guatemalan Union Leader Killed

GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) – Oneof Guatemala’s top union leaders wasrobbed and fatally injured in a northerncapital neighborhood last the weekend,after having received death threats...

Honduran Congressman Punished for Spousal Abuse

TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – AHonduran lawmaker has been sentencedto community service – including streetcleaning – in the capital city ofTegucigalpa, for allegedly abusing hisformer wife...

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