DENVER, Colorado (EFE) –Ambassadors to the United States fromthree Central American countries and theDominican Republic met with local officialsand a group of business executivesin...
VICE-MINISTER of Finance JoséArmando Fallas has resigned from hispost, citing problems with FinanceMinister Federico Carrillo, the daily LaNación reported.Fallas, the vice-minister in charge ofrevenue,...
DURING the 20th Ordinary CouncilSession of Labor Ministers of CentralAmerica and the Dominican Republic inSan José last week, President Abel Pachecocalled for globalization with...
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala’sMaya community can now, for the firsttime, access automated bank tellermachines and word-processing computerprograms in their native Quiche language.The project, organized...
SAN SALVADOR (EFE) – PresidentElías “Tony” Saca this week launched amassive new anti-poverty program aimedat benefiting 100,000 families in the ruralnorth of the country.The...
TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – Honduransopposed to the U.S.-Central AmericanFree-Trade Agreement (CAFTA) thisweek began the first of a series of protestsagainst the trade pact, following theHonduran...
This usually peaceful, tourist-filled town turned into the site of one of the most tragic hostage situations in the country’s recent history this week,...
GROWING up in rural, southeasternLong Island in the late 1960s, BarbaraBurckhardt says she developed an earlyappreciation for fresh, seasonal produceand the bounty of fish...
THE town of Puerto Viejo deTalamanca, on the southern Caribbeancoast, is in the process of naming itscultural house after Jamaican MarcusGarvey (1887-1940), founder of...
