Central America News

TRIO Capital has been unable to give administrators detailed information about almost $118 million its managed investment scheme placed through a British Virgin Islands company.

Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services Group said Monday it has received a $225 million reinsurance protection from Lakeside Re II Ldt.

U.S. federal authorities are investigating millions of dollars contributed by accused fraudster Allen Stanford and his staff to U.S. lawmakers over the past decade, the Miami Herald reported on Sunday.

Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination.

Early spring, 1995, and in the tropics of Nicaragua it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

In its effort to ensure that locals and visitors alike have a safe holiday season, top brass of the Virgin Islands Police Department held a press conference Wednesday to discuss enforcement efforts and provide tips to the public.

Gary Wehrwein and his wife were headed to Jamaica for vacation Tuesday night when American Airlines Flight 331 overshot the runway in Kingston, injuring more than 40 of the 154 people aboard.

From his corner convenience store in Little Haiti, Ashraf Mashni sees a thriving Caribbean village.

Stay a night in New Orleans and then set sail for Mexico, Honduras, and Belize. Monday, December 21, 2009 The Real Deal Round-trip airfare to New Orleans on a national carrier; one night at the Sheraton New Orleans ; seven nights' accommodations in a inside cabin on the Norwegian Spirit with stops in Mexico , Honduras , and Belize ; all meals and ...

Cuba says more than 2.4 million tourists will come to the sun-kissed island by the end of the year, up 3.3 per cent from 2008's record, though deep discounts and shorter stays mean vacation industry revenues are down overall.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will spend Christmas with his family stuck inside the soldier-ringed Brazilian Embassy where he has been holed up for months after being toppled in a June coup.

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is criticizing a decision by Haiti's electoral council to exclude more than a dozen political parties from next year's legislative elections.

Expanding Michigan State University's global health outreach, a team of researchers is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to other resource-limited countries.

Opposition leaders in Dominica are boycotting the newly chosen Parliament, alleging fraud and other irregularities in last week's elections.

An American Airlines flight from Miami with more than 150 aboard overshot a runway while landing during a heavy rainstorm in Kingston Tuesday night, injuring more than 40 people, officials said.

Puerto Rico has adopted one of the world's toughest legal limits for drunk driving by young adults.

Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household servants, far more than previously thought, a report said Tuesday.

It`s one thing to be told your whole life that the United States is the most powerful nation on earth.

The main road along Havana's seafront, the Malecon, was sealed off on Sunday as thousands of Cubans flocked to a free open air concert by the veteran American funk disco band Kool & the Gang.

Daily News Photos by SEAN McCOY People cheer for the Antilles Steel Hurricanes. ST. THOMAS - While the crowds may have been a little thinner than normal at Miracle on Main Street this year, the holiday spirit was shining brightly Friday as people ate, drank and shopped to their heart's content.