Category: Central America
August 7, 2012 > Staff
Tropical Storm Ernesto Heads For Central America, Mexico
Top Story — A tropical storm warning has been issued for Honduras and Nicaragua and a hurricane warning has been issued for parts of Mexico and Belize as Tropical Storm Ernesto makes […] Read More >
August 6, 2012 > Staff
Erick Barrondo Becomes Guatemala’s First Olympic Medalist
Top Story — Erick Barrondo on Saturday became Guatemala’s first-ever Olympic medalist by winning a silver medal in the 20-km race walk in London. Barrondo finished 11 seconds behind the first-place finisher from […] Read More >
July 13, 2012 > Staff
Stranded Central American Migrants Await Aid in Mexico
Top Story — Several thousand Central American migrants stranded in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico for nearly a month are now receiving humanitarian aid from the governments of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Approximately 3,500 […] Read More >
July 3, 2012 > Staff
50 People Injured In Guatemalan Student Protests
Top Story — At least fifty people, including students, journalists, and Guatemala’s ministers of education and the interior, were injured in a Guatemala City park as students protested education reforms on Monday. […] Read More >
June 19, 2012 > James Rodriguez
Guatemala: Exhumation Inside Cobán’s Garrison
COBAN, GUATEMALA — On February 27th, 2012, The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) began an exhumation inside the former Military Garrison of Cobán, one of Guatemala’s largest cities. Three months […] Read More >
June 15, 2012 > Staff
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Guatemalans Infected In U.S. Experiments
Top Story— U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted a motion by the U.S. federal government to dismiss a lawsuit by Guatemalan victims infected with STDs while U.S. researchers tested the effects of […] Read More >
May 18, 2012 > Staff
Honduras: Conflicting Accounts Of Fatal DEA Operation
Top Story — As protesters on the Miskito Coast of Honduras riot in the streets, U.S. officials are saying that agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration did not fire their weapons during […] Read More >
May 17, 2012 > Staff
Kidnapped Honduran Radio Journalist Found Murdered
Top Story — Honduran police have arrested a suspect in the murder of kidnapped RHN radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro, whose body was discovered in Tegucigalpa late Tuesday. Villatoro, a prominent Honduran journalist and […] Read More >
May 10, 2012 > Staff
Honduras: Second Journalist Kidnapped in One Week
Top Story — Honduran radio journalist Angel Alfredo Villatoro was kidnapped Wednesday just a few days after authorities discovered the body of another journalist, Erick Martínez, on the side of a […] Read More >
May 3, 2012 > Staff
Guatemala Declares State Of Siege After Riot
Top Story — The Guatemalan government sent troops to the province of Huehuetenango after declaring a state of siege when 200 people took over an army outpost on the border with Mexico. The […] Read More >