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San Salvador, 27 August (EFE).- The National Civil Police (PNC) of El Salvador reported the arrest of twenty-eight gang members suspected in various cases of homicide and extortion that have taken place in three departments in recent months.
Around thirty rescue personnel and a helicopter from the United States are searching for American tourist David Gimelfarb, who has been missing for a week in Rincón de la Vieja National Park, in northern Costa Rica.
The Honduran attorney general’s office is investigating allegations that the human rights of followers of ousted president Manuel Zelaya have been violated, but is also looking into whether Zelaya’s supporters are receiving financing from the FARC Colombian guerrilla group, officials said.
Leaders of the K’iche’ indigenous community, one of the twenty-two Maya communities in Guatemala, have activated an educational internet portal with content in Spanish and in their native language, with support from a U.S. company and the U.S. government.
Warming waters, overfishing, the use of unsuitable nets, and poaching are threatening the fishing industry in Central America, where around 100,000 families earn their living from this activity, an official said in Panama City.
Former world boxing champion Oscar de la Hoya will fight in an exhibition bout in Panama City in September, the organizers of the event announced. Proceeds from the bout will go to the fight against cancer.
Managua, 4 August (EFE).- Delegations from fifteen invited countries, including one from the United States, will attend the ceremonies celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of the Nicaraguan Army on 2 September, an official source announced today.
San Salvador, July 26 (EFE).- Starting today, the Museum of Anthropology of El Salvador is exhibiting a fragment of moon rock brought back by the crew of Apollo XVII, the last lunar mission carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in December 1972.
Tegucigalpa, July 20 (EFE).- Military relations and security protocols between Honduras and the United States “remain firm,” the Undersecretary of Defense of the Central American country, Gabo Jalil, told EFE today.
PANAMA CITY, 15 July 2009 (AFP) - An exhibition organized by the prestigious Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington, will present the history, culture, and scientific advances of Panama in a score of events that will take place in the United States between October of this year and May 2010.
SAN JOSE, 14 July 2009 (AFP) - The new president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, will visit Costa Rica on Wednesday to meet with President Oscar Arias and to learn about the experience of the public health services in trying to reduce patients’ wait times, the two governments announced on Tuesday.
SAN JOSE, 14 July 2009 (AFP) - Vessels of the Costa Rican Coast Guard Service and the United States Navy captured a boat carrying four Colombians and nearly 1,300 kilos of cocaine on the high seas on Tuesday, the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security announced.
