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Obama urges new tack for Central America's drug war
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Obama capped a three-day visit to Latin America on Saturday by urging the region's leaders to fight the drug war not with more guns or military aid but with greater investment in infrastructure, education and energy....
Tags: El Salvador, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Guatemala, Woodrow Wilson, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Obama, Central American presidents face a difficult agenda
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Central American presidents will likely have a long list of gripes for their U.S. counterpart as they head into meetings with Barack Obama on Friday night. President Obama arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Friday...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, El Salvador, Guatemala, Woodrow Wilson, Elections
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Central American migrants attacked in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Central American migrants crossing Mexico’s Veracruz state were attacked by a violent drug-and-extortion gang, an activist organization said, the latest bloody harassment of people attempting to reach the United States. At least...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Political Corruption, Gang Activity, Blackmail and Extortion, Organized Crime
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Criminals, Labor Legislation, U.S. Embassy, Blackmail and Extortion, Human Rights
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Obama plans to visit Mexico and Costa Rica
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is scheduled to travel to Mexico and Costa Rica in early May to push for stronger economic ties, the White House announced Wednesday. In trip scheduled for May 2-4, Obama will meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto,...
Tags: G20, Barack Obama, Mexico, Costa Rica, U.S. Congress
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Skulls of alligator kin shed new light on reptiles' murky history
Two skulls found in the Panama Canal Zone shed new light on the migration history of caimans, southern relatives of the alligator – and also hint that North and South America were much closer together earlier than previously thought. The new study...
Tags: Panama, University of Florida, South America, Science and Technology, Fossils
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Quake rattles Guatemala, Mexico; 3 reported dead
World NowAt least three people were reportedly killed in Guatemala after a powerful earthquake shook the Central American country.... -
A culinary 'Little Belize' in South L.A. area
The last undiscovered ethnic culinary enclave in L.A. might be a dozen-plus Belizean restaurants in the South Los Angeles area, a "Little Belize" offering the multi-culti flavors of the tiny country formerly known as British Honduras. Drive south from...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Onions, Restaurants, Tomatoes, Eggs
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Adolfo Calero dies at 80; tied to Iran-Contra scandal
MEXICO CITY — Adolfo Calero, a former Coca-Cola executive who led the largest anti-Sandinista Contra rebel force in 1980s Nicaragua and served as one of its most articulate lobbyists in Washington, has died. He was 80.
Calero died Saturday night in...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Iran, U.S. Congress, Newspapers, Respiratory Disease
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Pico-Union intersection to be named for Salvadoran archbishop
L.A. NOWCentral Americans who have pushed for years to call the Pico-Union area “Historic Central America Town” have yet to earn the title, but they will soon gain recognition along one intersection of the neighborhood.... -
Website helps immigrants compare fees to send money home
World NowRemittances, Central America, Dominican Republic, World Bank: Immigrants from Central America and the Dominican Republic can go online to compare the cost of sending money from the United States to relatives back home.... -
Guatemalan leader says he'd consider decriminalizing drugs
World NowGuatemalan President Otto Perez said he'd consider drug legalization as an answer to his country's violence....
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