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White Males are US Majority, Says CIA-Trainee Blogger Conference

Today, I received a Facebook message from a member of Young Democrats of America, reporting on her participation, and the "information" she received, at NetRoots Nation, an onstensibly "progressive," "liberal,"...

Femicide and Hell for Women in Guatemala

In Central America's Guatemala women are being 'punished' for their gender every day. Women are raped, tortured, mutilated and brutallly killed on a daily basis, as their perpetrators enjoy widespread impunity....

Micheletti: a coupster renamed

Wash and wear. It seems to be the practice with words by  transnational news agencies covering the situation in Honduras. In a today report from Tegucigalpa,  the news agency Reuters calls Micheletti...

Zelaya's Latest "return to the country at any cost"

Once again this criminal is determined to do whatever it takes to regain power in a country where most people don't want him! His latest statement "there are other forms of action and we are arranging for my...

President Obama "deeply concerned" over Honduran unrest

President Barack Obama is "deeply concerned" over unrest in Honduras, the democratic republic in Central America. "Using an ambivalent speech, US President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned”...

Honduras President Mel Zelaya Kidnapped in Military Coup

Updated V: Roberto Micheletti took oath as the new Head of State of Honduras amid international and regional condemnation of the coup this morning that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and forced him...

Chavez and Clinton to face-off at OAS General Assembly Meeting

UTILA EASTWIND JUNE 1st 2009 On June 2nd the Organization of American States will be meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras with Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez ready to collide on many issues. Cuba, human rights...

Obama Discusses Immigration with Central American Presidents

"“There’s another attitude, totally different, in Obama’s behavior: more openness, more dialogue, more respect. There are good prospects,” said Zelaya, one of the leaders in the region who has been most critical of the United States and an ally of Venezuelan...

Maya Nut: The Miracle Seed

The Maya nut could be the miracle food we've all been looking for. The nutrient rich, marble-sized seed is giving impoverished women of Central America new economic possibilities and it has a positive impact on the rainforest in which it grows Abundant in the rain forests of...

Southbound Net Is Alive and Well

Southbound Net is Alive and Well! Southbound Net now has it's own website...you can find it by either Googling for Southbound Net and looking for the link to it - or by clicking here. Here are the coordinates:...

Salamanders declining rapidly in Central America

Salamanders are declining rapidly in areas like Central America, and scientists studying them have attributed this to global warming. Two species are already extinct and a few others are losing numbers so quickly...

Zaragoza Project to provide health care in rural El Salvador

In June of 2008, I spent five weeks in El Salvador and was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer in a local health care clinic. The Zaragosa Clinic is just shy of an hour’s bus ride inland from the...

Panama Canal Aerial view

Aerial view of Pacific Entrance to the Panama canal.

VIH y Centroamérica: Bailando a mal paso

Cuatro de los seis países con mayores tasas de prevalencia de VIH-sida en América Latina están en Centroamérica, y en tres de esos países las tasas de incidencia son superiores a un 1%.En material de...

Mexico minister Mourino killed in plane crash

The Mexican Home Minister, 37 year old Juan Camilo Mourino died in a plane crash today. "Mr Mourino was in charge of security during the government's violent battle with powerful drug cartels". "The cause of...

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