1,000 Cuban migrants remain stranded in Costa Rica; authorities establish emergency shelters
The National Emergency Commission reported on Wednesday that the six shelters house a total of 982 Cubans, while another 400 who have not wanted to go to the shelters are…
Honduras arrests five Syrians bound for US on stolen passports
Five Syrian citizens were arrested Wednesday at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International Airport in Honduras as they were preparing to travel to the United States with stolen Greek passports, Honduran police said.…
With help from China, Nicaragua plans to have two satellites in orbit by 2017
Nicaragua said it planned to have two telecommunications satellites in orbit by 2017 thanks to a project being carried out by satellite manufacturer China Great Wall Industries Corp., or GCWIC.…
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be signed in February 2016
The dozen countries that concluded negotiations in October on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement decided here Wednesday that the deal would be signed on Feb. 4, 2016, in New Zealand and…
Experts discuss ways to combat flow of counterfeit goods through Panama Canal
Experts attending a three-day International Trademark Association meeting that kicked off here Tuesday will discuss ways to combat the transit of counterfeit goods through the Panama Canal.…
A woman is murdered every 16 hours in Honduras
A woman is murdered in Honduras every 16 hours, the Women's Rights Center, or CDM, said Tuesday.…
Demonstrators in Guatemala set off-duty army soldier on fire
A Guatemalan army soldier suffered burns over 40 percent of his body after being doused with gasoline and set on fire by a group of demonstrators, the spokesman for that…
Coiba Island: A haunted prison in paradise on Central America’s largest island
Occupying an area of 194 square miles, Coiba is the largest island of Central America and, until just over a decade ago, was one of the largest operating island prison…
