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February 13, 2012
Central American illness baffles scientists – killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 – Many of the victims were manual laborers or worked in sugar cane fields
from dailymail.co.uk :: Tagged Central America, El Salvador, Nicaragua
February 5, 2012
Chipilín – an herb that is used and found mostly in southern Mexico, in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco and Oaxaca, and parts of Central America.
from patismexicantable.com :: Tagged Central America, Chiapas, Mexico, Oaxaca, Tabasco
January 30, 2012
Campaign Launched for Central Americans with Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.
from salem-news.com :: Tagged Central America
January 23, 2012
americasmexico.blogspot: Human Rights Violations: Two Nobel Peace Prize winners participate in campaign against femicides in Mexico and Central America
from americasmexico.blogspot.com :: Tagged Central America, human rights, Mexico
January 18, 2012
artdaily: Smithsonian Latino Center Hosts Symposium on Central American Ceramics – Aug. 4 – 5, 2012
from artdaily.org :: Tagged Central America, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Latino Center
January 11, 2012
laht: Mexico Implements Peru and Central America Free Trade Pacts
from laht.com :: Tagged Central America, Mexico, Peru, trade
January 3, 2012
insightcrime: Costa Rica Tops List of Money Laundering in Central America
from insightcrime.org :: Tagged Central America, Costa Rica, crime
laht: A total of 46,716 Central Americans were deported from Mexico between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, 2011
from laht.com :: Tagged Central America, deport, Mexico
December 22, 2011
nytimes: Peace Corps to Scale Back in Central America because of the increasing drug and organized-crime violence in Central America
from nytimes.com :: Tagged Central America, crime, Guatemala, Honduras, violence
November 2, 2011
A caravan made up of more than 30 mothers of missing Central American migrants is making its way across Mexico, calling for the creation of a system for finding the missing.
from laht.com :: Tagged Central America, children, Mexico
October 21, 2011
Massive floods sweep El Salvador – At least 100 killed and about 50,000 rendered homeless as floods ravage countries in Central America.
from english.aljazeera.net :: Tagged Central America, El Salvador, Homeless
May 23, 2011
Misguided U.S. drug policies afflict Mexico, Central America – The war on drugs in Mexico, partially funded by hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. government assistance, has not only failed to curb the trade but intensified horrific violence, corruption and human rights abuses, writes Neal Peirce.
from seattletimes.nwsource.com :: Tagged Central America, corruption, Mexico, violence
April 12, 2011
Pentagon: Central America ‘deadliest’ non-war zone in the world – Thousands die each year in a struggle between the US ‘War on Drugs’ and the drug cartels, who are financed and armed by American narcotics consumers, Pentagon officials testified last week.
from csmonitor.com :: Tagged cartels, Central America, drug war
March 24, 2011
Drug Wars Push Deeper Into Central America – the aggressive crackdowns on
criminal organizations in Mexico and Colombia, coupled with strides in
limiting smuggling across the Caribbean, has increasingly brought the
powerful syndicates to countries like Honduras.
from nytimes.com :: Tagged Central America, Colombia, drug war, Honduras, Mexico
March 22, 2011
In Central America, Barack Obama’s worries closer to home
from miamiherald.com :: Tagged Barack Obama, Central America
January 12, 2011
Between 2000 & 2009, the size of the Central American immigrant population doubled or more in 18 states
from migrationinformation.org :: Tagged Central America, demographics, population, statistic
Over half of all Central American born resided in California, Texas, and Florida.
from migrationinformation.org :: Tagged Central America, demographics, statistic
Two-thirds of Central American immigrants were from El Salvador and Guatemala.
from migrationinformation.org :: Tagged Central America, demographics, El Salvador, Guatemala, migrant, statistic
Migration Information Source: Central American Immigrants in the United States – 2.9 million
from migrationinformation.org :: Tagged Central America, demographics, population
December 13, 2010
Some six million pilgrims from all corners of Mexico and other countries in Central America on Sunday celebrated the traditional “mañanitas” (birthday) of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an event considered to be the largest Catholic celebration of its kind in the Americas.
from laht.com :: Tagged catholic, Central America, Mexico, Virgin of Guadalupe
December 9, 2010
Central America is Present: The Mesoamerican Climate Justice Campaign Makes its Way to Cancun
from upsidedownworld.org :: Tagged Cancun, Central America
November 10, 2010
60,000+ Central & South Americans went missing between 1998 & 2008 in Mexico on their journey to the US
from ipsnews.net :: Tagged Central America, Mexico, migrant, R.I.P., South America
Having suffered the devastation of extreme weather phenomena in recent years, such as hurricanes Mitch, Stan and Agatha, the countries of Central America will head to the next global climate summit with an emphasis on their vulnerability and demand access to better conditions for dealing with climate disasters.
from ipsnews.net :: Tagged Central America
November 8, 2010
Mothers of Central American migrants missing in Mexico have staged a protest at Mexico’s Congress to demand information on their loved ones.
from miamiherald.com :: Tagged Central America, latina, Mexico, protest
October 25, 2010
Widening trade dispute pits Central America, Dominican Republic
from dominicantoday.com :: Tagged Central America, Dominican Republic, trade
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