Central America Blogs

The Belize City Primary School Basketball Tournament, which got underway on Monday, January 12, continues in full swing with female (F) and male (M) games daily at the Belize City Center. In games played on Friday, ...

Skies over Belize. A last look at Belize. I hope you have enjoyed this look at the lovely country. Next up, Mayan ruins! Photo taken in December 2011. Posted by Halcyon at 08:56. Labels: Belize, Cruise, Skywatch ...

About 10 minutes outside of Antigua Guatemala the full force of countryside beauty was smacking us awake. To the east were volcanoes, collared with clouds, and highlands standing guard over a topography that would soon ...

There are more than 170 restaurants in Antigua Guatemala and, as in any city, the eateries range from charming little corners to large boisterous chains. Here are three of Yolkobsen's favorites, from fancy to mid-range to ...

The Belize Zoo is a popular stop for cruise ship passengers and Western Belize tourists alike. The Zoo is located in between Belize City and Belmopan, and is only a short walk from the highway. It is easily accessible for ...

David Gonzalez at the New York Times has an interesting story about Jean-Marie Simon in A Testament From Guatemala's War Years. Jean-Marie spent years documenting life in Guatemala during the war both in photos and ...

Initially for my big trip this year I was looking at doing a South African safari but after the flooding in Kruger and the expense I figure I'll hold that trip for another time. Like many others on this board I fell in love with CA after my ...

February 2012 Download the complete CNA REPORT Contraband routes in Guatemala traditionally controlled by local groups are coming ever more under the control of the Mexican cartels. Around half of the nation's territory ...

As Guatemala brings genocide charges against a former military leader, Jean-Marie Simon prepares to reissue her seminal book of photographs from that country's bloodiest era.

Can anyone reccommend a booking agent? I want to put together a package for Belize. Posted in the Mexico & Central America forum.

NEW ORLEANS, USA -- Treaty Energy Corporation, in follow up to its announced discovery of oil on the Stann Creek Field in southern Belize, has detailed its review of the first successful oil well strike by the company.

Chief of Party-Guatemala Location: Guatemala, Guatemala City Division: Program Management Status: International Full Time Position Number: 12:021 Project Description: IFES is implementing the Strengthening of the ...

It is an impossible to compare the tragedies inflicted on the populations of Latin America in the name of so-called national security doctrines, but Guatemala's war took more civilian lives than any other in Latin America, almost ...

LANOTEC, the Nanotechnology National Laboratory of Costa Rica Lanotec is a space for interdisciplinary research whose mission is scientific and technological development through the application of nanoscience and ...

Bullfight at the Santa Teresa festival in Nicaragua. Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters. A man takes part in a bullfight during the Santa Teresa festival in Carazo, south from Managua on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters. A man is tossed ...

In Nicaragua the support of the country's youth for the Frente Sandinista has played a decisive role in the country's development under the government of President Daniel Ortega. In this video, young people at grass roots talk ...

So, Catholic Relief Services and its partner agency, Caritas Nicaragua, joined forces to reduce violence against women by providing education programs for men. Through the implementation of these education programs, the ...

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, and its six million residents are among the poorest, mostly due to a long history of political conflict and natural disasters. Samaritan's Purse began working in Nicaragua in ...

Martinez eyes return to Majors | Nicaragua's English Language Online Newspaper | Nicaragua News.

NEW ORLEANS, USA -- Treaty Energy Corporation, in a follow up to its first successful oil well strike in Belize, on Tuesday announced plans to add two new oil fields to its Belize drilling program. Treaty Energy chairman and ...