Nicaragua students clash with police over oil costs
Apr 25, 2005
Thousands of Nicaraguan students clashed with police on Monday when they protested transportation and food costs

Ex-gang members find jobs in region scarcer than ever
Apr 25, 2005
Having survived years of bloodshed and jail, Miguel Barahona and other former gang members now hope that honest work will set them free.

Belize vanishes from telecommunications topography
Apr 24, 2005
The little-reported civil disturbances in one of the world's smallest English-speaking countries, Central America's Belize, resulted in the nearly complete

Belize PM blames Opposition for civil unrest
Apr 23, 2005
Prime Minister Said Musa of Belize on Thursday accused the Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) of having a lead role in the current

American shot dead in Honduras
Apr 22, 2005
A US citizen and a Honduran were shot dead by gunmen in police uniforms at a gymnasium in Honduras' northern city of San Pedro

U.S. warns its citizens in Nicaragua
Apr 22, 2005
The State Department Thursday urged US citizens to register with the US Embassy in Nicaragua following unrest in the country.

Army on Belize's streets after riots, one dead
Apr 22, 2005
Army troops and police patrolled the streets of Belize's main city on Friday after one person died during anti-government

El Salvador labor issues a snag in U.S. trade treaty
Apr 21, 2005
Looking to resurrect their wages and this sad port town's happier days, Gregorio Elias Vanegas and 40 other dockworkers tried

Honduran banana workers sue multinationals over dangerous pesticide use
Apr 19, 2005
Similar legal actions have been raised in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The most vociferous campaigns have

Benefactor To Pay for Funeral of Girl Killed in Bus Crash
Apr 19, 2005
The family is making funeral arrangements. A spokesman for Arlington County schools says tradition would be that Gomez is buried in her native El Salvador.