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- Chevron to up bunker capacity in Panama
PANAMA CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. petroleum major Chevron (CVX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will double storage capacity at its Las Minas facility in Panama to 4 million barrels, to meet growing demand for fuel derivatives in
- LatAm leaders reject Bolivia bid
Leaders from four Latin American countries have rejected a controversial autonomy bid by a region of Bolivia. The leaders of Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and the Cuban vice-president denounced the move as an illegal attempt to destabilise the country.
- New Firestone Industrial Products Facility in Costa Rica
The facility, to be located between San Jose and the port of Limon, is expected to initially employ approximately 100 people. ?As the emerging markets for air springs develop and grow internationally, Firestone continues to expand its global
- Back Pain in a 39-Year-Old Man from Guatemala
Tami O Tiamfook-Morgan, Daniel M. Lindberg, MDA 39-year-old Guatemalan man presents to the ED with severe and debilitating back pain. He has been previously evaluated for his back pain twice in the past few weeks. The pain is throbbing and diffuse
- US citizens in Nicaragua warned in transit strike
MANAGUA, Nicaragua The U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua is warning U.S. citizens to beware of highway robbers and take precautions during a national transportation workers strike. It said in a statement Tuesday that two groups of U.S. citizens were robbed over
- Gun-runners using Port of Belize?
Customs and police officials are not saying a word about a container load of arms which reportedly arrived from the People The container was consigned to some unidentified businessman in the Corozal Free Zone, and may have been intended for the Popular
- IMF: IMF Mission to Visit Honduras
Mr. Mario Garza, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Tegucigalpa, issued the following statement today: 'At the request of the authorities, an IMF staff team will visit Honduras during May 13-20. The staff team and the
- Prof to launch school in El Salvador
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--A new Bible institute and master's-level school in El Salvador is being initiated by a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor. Gerald Cowen, senior professor of New Testament and Greek and former dean of
- Humanitarian aid provided to more than 1,600 Salvadorans
by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs Office 5/13/2008 - COMASAGUA, El Salvador (AFPN) -- An 18-person medical team made up of Airmen and Soldiers spent two days operating a makeshift clinic at an elementary school near
- Costa Rica plants more trees to become 'neutral'
AFPSAN JOSE -- Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said Monday. 'The stated goal is to be the first
- Cubans land in Mexico after 17 days at sea
APCANCUN, Mexico -- An attempt to reach Florida turned into 17 days at sea for Cuban migrants crammed aboard a rickety sailboat that drifted ashore in Mexico near the Belize border. The migrants -- 12 men and two women -- were severely dehydrated when
- Guatemalan journalist shot dead
Jorge Mrida Prez, a reporter with the Guatemalan daily Prensa Libre, died after being shot four times in the head in a killing that has the hallmarks of a professional hit. He was gunned down in his home in southern Guatemala just weeks after receiving
- Panama, Montenegro establish diplomatic ties
PANAMA CITY, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Panama and the Republic of Montenegro have established diplomatic relations, the Panamanian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. The two countries established diplomatic ties on May 9, a statement released on the
- In Nicaragua, US Embassy warns of robberies, strike barricades
(AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua is warning U.S. citizens to beware of highway robbers and take precautions during a national transportation workers strike. It said in a statement Tuesday that two groups of U.S. citizens were robbed over the past two
- GUATEMALA: REPORTER GUNNED DOWN AFTER RECEIVING THREATS
Home Regional News Americas Mexico and Central America Guatemala REPORTER GUNNED DOWN AFTER RECEIVING THREATS A newspaper correspondent was gunned down in his home in southern Guatemala just weeks after receiving threats, report the Committee to
- Striking transport workers clash with police in Nicaragua
MANAGUA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Nicaraguan transport workers clashed with riot police Tuesday in Las Maderas town, 45 km east of the capital Managua, as the national transport strike entered its ninth day. Police retaliated with tear gas bombs and rubber
- Nicaragua grants asylum to surivors of raid on FARC rebels
Diggdel.icio.us AIM reprint print email Associated Press Two Colombians wounded in a cross-border raid on a Colombian rebel camp in Ecuador have gone into exile in Nicaragua. A spokeswoman for Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says the women were
- Guatemalan Daily Journo Murdered After Threats
CHICAGO Prensa Libre, the national Guatemalan daily, reported Tuesday authorities are pursuing at least two possibilities in the shooting death of its correspondent Jorge Merida Perez -- whom the paper claims was targeted for his reporting. Several of
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