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News on Central America continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

3 hrs ago | India eNews

Manmohan Singh to get Buss-up-shut at Commonwealth summit

Buss-up-shut, a type of paratha, along with other local curries washed down with coconut water will be on the menu of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he arrives in this Trinidad and Tobago capital for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Nov 27-29. Orvin Sanes, director of food and beverage at the downtown Crowne Plaza, said that ...

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Related Topix: Manmohan Singh, World News, India, Asia, Trinidad and Tobago

7 hrs ago | Prensa Latina

Nicaragua: Extensive Supporting March Repercussion.

Managua, Nov 22 Nicaragua''s media highlights Sunday that an estimate of 350,000 people participated in the pro-government march on Saturday in favor of President Daniel Ortega.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Daniel Ortega

12 hrs ago | Virgin Islands Daily News

Boys and Girls Club teams up with St. Croix Recycling Center

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU V.I. Waste Management Authority environmental program manager Emmeline Simmonds, right, speaks during a check presentation to the Boys and Girls Club.

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Related Topix: Virgin Islands, World News

17 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Reinaldo Escobar, Spouse Of Top Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez, Attacked By Pro-Castro Mob

The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.

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Related Topix: Blog News, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Cuba, World News, Barack Obama, Raul Castro

21 hrs ago | Trinidad & Tobago Express

PM: Key decisions in PoS -- 'World's fate could be decided'

A large part of the world's fate could be settled right here in Port of Spain in the next few days.

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Related Topix: Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago, World News

Sun Nov 22, 2009

State Department

UN Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations

WOOD: Good afternoon, and happy Friday to all. Lach, it's good to see you. QUESTION: Yeah, good to see you at the podium.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Honduras, Prison, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Buffalo News

Honduras election sets return to business as usual

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Updated: November 22, 2009, 2:53 PM / The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Fidel Castro, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez

The Taipei Times

Cuban military exercise braces for US attack

Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said on Saturday it would hold a military exercise this week to boost preparedness against any future US attack.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro,

Korea Herald

Costa Rica's answers to fight climate change

The tiny country of Costa Rica has giant plans to help change the world for the better, but for that to happen, serious issues need to be looked at closely.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News

The Age

Windies skipper reportedly heading back to Oz.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who left his team's tour of Australia to be with his sick mother, will head Down Under tomorrow and hopes to play in the first Test, Jamaican media has reported.

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Related Topix: Travel, Australia Travel, Jamaica, World News

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Free Republic

The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery

Hair tucked into a surgical cap, eyes hidden behind thick-framed magnifying glasses, Devi Shetty leans over the sawed open chest of an 11-year-old boy, using bright blue thread to sew an artificial aorta onto his stopped heart.

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Related Topix: Cayman Islands, World News

Raw Story

Thousands throng rival Nicaraguan rallies, Ortega backers mass

Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Daniel Ortega, Riot

Associated Content

Cell Phones in Central America

Your AT&T "works anywhere in the world" phone? I have news for you. Forget about Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, because every country in Central America has their own proprietary telephone companies, with licenses and coverage that may or may not overlap into adjoining countries.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Costa Rica, World News

Telegraph.co.uk

US couple plead guilty to spying for Cuba over 30 years

An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Family, Elderly, Fidel Castro, Arlington, VA

Cw56.com

Woman's death ruled suicide; family calls for investigation

A local woman vacationing with her husband in the Virgin Islands was found hanged in her hotel room.

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Related Topix: Virgin Islands, World News

Reuters

Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Travel, Honduras Travel, Manuel Zelaya

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KVAL - News - Tech

Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger

The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.

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Related Topix: Blog News, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Cuba, World News, Barack Obama, Raul Castro

Caribbean Net News

Commentary: Commonwealth in danger: Action needed in Trinidad

By Sir Ronald Sanders As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is about to take place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago's capital, there is not much hope among its member states that it will achieve anything more than declarations without the means to implement them.

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Related Topix: Trinidad and Tobago, World News

Monterey County Herald

20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, holding a market sign that reads in Spanish "take advantage," as he works with family members in the La Merced market in Mexico City.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Life, Food, Vegetables, Haiti,

Express

Website targets Caribbeana s a Most Wanteda

Crime Stoppers International launched the Caribbean's 'Most Wanted' website on Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Trinidad and Tobago, World News

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