Central America News

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.

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.

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.

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

The family of a Lynnfield woman who was found hanged in her hotel room in the Virgin Islands earlier this month is asking the Massachusetts courts for permission to conduct a second autopsy, saying her death remains suspicious.

Charlotte Kimelman with well-wishers outside the St. Thomas Synagogue. Family and friends gathered at the St.

Cuban blogger Yoani SA nchez was astounded this week by President Barack Obama's decision to respond a written questionnaire SA nchez submitted to the White House.

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 19 - Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.

Shaken up doesn't begin to describe it. Ever since the Remembrance Day burning of Peter Nygard's paradisical home in The Bahamas -- his "nirvana resort," as it's been called -- the Canadian fashion tycoon, I hear, has felt a rare, humbling vex.

President of the Joint Consultative Council, Winston Riley, left, presents the Building Contractor of the Year Award to John Connon, managing director of NH International Ltd, during Saturdaya s award function.

Maine Fast Fact : In 1853, Maine bought the rest of the land within its boundaries that was still owned by Massachusetts.

Carrie who? Two former Miss Universe contestants are stealing the sex tape scandal spotlight, after a home video hit the web featuring Miss Japan 2008 and Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 engaged -- fully engaged -- in a hardcore three-way with some dude, reportedly a professional photographer.

Honduras' chief diplomat in Miami flips to page 117 of his nation's election manual and insists that his fellow countrymen living here must vote for their new president at the consulate in South Florida.

A new shipping line is launching in South Florida to serve Haiti, with the former director of the Port of Miami at the company's helm.

Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at Congress on Tuesday to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council should be seen as onshore financial centres and not tax havens, a lawyer at a leading international firm has said.

Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Charter yachts and cruise ships herald the start of tourist season after a summer of slumping arrivals.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded the territory $1.6 million to begin burying power lines on Main Street in Charlotte Amalie - a move officials think could save millions in damages if a hurricane should strike.

Gender-based violence and sexual abuse are serious public security problems in Central America, and Nicaragua is no exception, according to reports by United Nations agencies and women's organisations.