Latin America job market is weakening: World bank
The job market in Latin America has begun to weaken after four straight years of an economic downturn, according to the report "Jobs, Wages, and the Latin American Slowdown," presented…
Nicaragua constructing nine artificial islands to boost tourism
Nicaragua plans to construct nine artificial islands that it hopes will attract tourism to its southern Caribbean coast, according to Nicaragua’s National Port Company (EPN).…
Survivors unlikely as death toll hits 131 in Guatemala City mudslide
Authorities in Guatemala say there is little hope of finding any more survivors from last Thursday’s landslide which swept down on to a town near the capital.…
Construction of Nicaragua Canal postponed after details of environmental study made public
The delay comes after the Britain-based ERM consulting company that performed the project's environmental impact assessment said several issues should be further researched before the project proceeds. Those issues include…
Nicaraguan amongst 44 kidnapped Central American migrants rescued in Mexico
The Tamaulipas state police force has rescued 44 migrants held captive for a number of days in the Mexican municipality of Reynosa on the U.S. border, officials reported.…
The lives of Syrian refugees in one Latin American country, in photos
Email this page BUENOS AIRES — Imagine how terrifying life is for an 8-year-old who has to swallow pills to fall asleep, because the bombing a few blocks away has…
Deadly Nicaragua land conflict displaces hundreds, at least 10 dead
Nicaragua's normally sleepy northern Caribbean coast in recent weeks has erupted in deadly clashes between Miskito Indians and settlers from the country's west.…
Amigos de las Americas marks 50 years of work in Latin Ameica
Since it was founded in Houston 50 years ago, Amigos de las Americas has sent 26,000 U.S. high school and college students to work on projects in Latin American communities.…
