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Can you guess, what is the most instantaneous known muscle in the animal kingdom? Its tongue! Yes, it is the powerful tongue of the giant palm salamander of Central America, which can be shot out more instaneously than any muscle ever known,...
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President Barack Obama said Sunday he has seen positive signs from both Cuba and Venezuela in his four-day trip to Central America, but “the test for all of us is...
made popular Apr 19 2009
AP, Port Of Spain
Caribbean leaders said they have asked the U.S. to expand a $1.4 billion program to help Mexico and Central America fight drug trafficking and organized crime to...
made popular Apr 19 2009
AP, Washington
Mexican drug cartels are creeping south into Central America, U.S. drug enforcement officials said Wednesday, as the Obama administration put new pressure on drug...
made popular Apr 15 2009
AP, Washington
Federal drug enforcement authorities say Mexican drug cartels are spreading south into Central America as they are squeezed by stepped-up law enforcement along the...
made popular Apr 15 2009
With the global financial slowdown dragging on Central American economies, eight heads of state came together in Honduras Friday to discuss how to head off the effects...
made popular Dec 11 2008
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In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S....
made popular Dec 3 2008
An angry crowd in central Mexico attacked police and helped nearly three dozen illegal Central American immigrants escape from custody after hearing that officers had...
made popular Oct 16 2008
AP, Washington
Barack Obama has his William Ayers connection. Now John McCain may have an Iran-Contra connection. In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter...
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Mexico City
The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted a submarine-like vessel carrying 7 tons of cocaine off Central America’s coast.
made popular Sep 20 2008
AP, Mexico City
The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted a submarine-like vessel carrying 7 tons of cocaine off Central America’s coast.
made popular Sep 20 2008
Maybe the Mexican police force has been watching too many Hollywood action movies these days. If indeed they have been doing so, then they must have done with great...
made popular Sep 8 2008
The Guatemalan government has decided to keep subsidizing public transportation companies to prevent popular tariffs from rising, it was revealed on Wednesday.
made popular Sep 4 2008
Amatitlan municipality remained without transportation to the capital for the second consecutive day on Tuesday due to protests by drivers, who demand protection...
made popular Sep 4 2008
AP, Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexican officials searched Friday for 37 illegal migrants from Cuba and Central America snatched from a government bus at gunpoint by armed men whom authorities believe...
made popular Jun 13 2008
AP, Managua
Tropical Storm Alma lashed the coast of Central America with heavy rains and high winds on Thursday after becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Managua
Tropical Storm Alma lashed the coast of Central America with heavy rains and high winds on Thursday after becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Managua
Tropical Storm Alma has formed in the eastern Pacific and is lashing the coast of Central America with heavy rains.Authorities have issued a tropical storm warning from...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Washington
Attorney General Michael Mukasey urged Congress Tuesday to approve more than $500 million to help fight crime in Mexico and Central America.In a speech Tuesday to...
made popular Apr 29 2008
AP, Washington
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is urging Congress to approve more than $500 million to help fight crime in Mexico and Central America.In a speech Tuesday to justice...
made popular Apr 29 2008
AP, Arriaga
For thousands of illegal immigrants from Central America, the long journey to the U.S. starts here, on the groaning back of a freight train they call The Beast.But...
made popular Apr 13 2008
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