UN study: Homicides soar in Central America
October 06, 2011
| AP
Honduras and El Salvador have the highest homicide rates in the world as killings reach a crisis point in Central America, a United Nations report said Thursday. The study on...
Heavy rains kill at least 66 in Central America
October 16, 2011
| AP
Central American authorities said on Sunday that at least 66 people had died in six days of heavy rains that caused landslides, floods and bridge failures throughout the region....
Storms leave 29 dead in Central America, Mexico
October 13, 2011
| AFP
Two storm systems left 29 people dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes as heavy rains battered Central America and Mexico's Pacific coast, officials said. Central...
Heavy rains kill at least 84 in Central America
October 17, 2011
| AP
A week of heavy rains across Central America have caused landslides, floods and bridge collapses that have left at least 84 people dead, authorities said Monday. Nine others...
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Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent. Central America consists of the seven states of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Central America is part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from Northern Guatemala through central Panama. It borders Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, the North...
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