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| 2013 May. 10 |
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Guatemala's Rios Montt found guilty of genocide 
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| 2013 May. 9 |
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Guatemala ex-leader Rios Montt denies genocide The former military leader of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, has protested his innocence at the end of his trial on genocide charges
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| 2013 May. 3 |
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Obama foresees no US troops in Syria US President Barack Obama says he does not foresee a scenario that would require sending US troops to Syria
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| 2013 Apr. 22 |
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FBI 'most wanted' teacher arrested Eric Justin Toth, 31, a former Washington DC primary school teacher accused of producing child pornography has been arrested in Nicaragua
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| 2013 Apr.13 |
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Forest fire smoke shuts down airport in Honduras The main airport for Honduras' capital has been closed for several hours because smoke from forest fires reduced visibility
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| 2012 Dec.26 |
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Hundreds flee Nicaragua volcano The authorities have ordered the evacuation of about 400 people living near San Cristobal volcano after it began spewing out hot gases and ash
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| 2012 Dec.21 |
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'Mayan day of apocalypse' marked Thousands of people have gathered at ancient sites in Central America in anticipation of what they believe will be the end of the world
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| 2012 Dec.12 |
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Deported McAfee lands back in US The software tycoon John McAfee has arrived in the United States after being escorted to the airport in Guatemala City and deported by Guatemala
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| 2012 Dec.6 |
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Guatemala refuses McAfee asylum John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software which bears his name, has been refused asylum in Guatemala
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| 2012 Dec.5 |
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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala Map of Guatemala City Guatemala John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally
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| 2012 Nov.7 |
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Quake felt throughout Central America, Mexico A powerful earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday sent debris crashing down onto cars, collapsed roads and killed dozens
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| 2012 Oct.19 |
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Protests in Panama duty-free zone The National Assembly approved legislation is allowing the sale of land in the duty-free zone of Colon
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| 2012 Sep.13 |
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Guatemala volcano triggers alert Guatemala is evacuating tens of thousands of people after the Fuego volcano started spewing ash and lava
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| 2012 Sep.8 |
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Nicaraguans flee erupting volcano The Nicaraguan government says about 3,000 people are being evacuated from areas near the San Cristobal volcano, which is spewing ash and gas
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| 2012 Sep.5 |
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Powerful earthquake rocks Costa Rican capital A tsunami alert has been issued on the Pacific coast of most of Central and South America. The quake was centered about 80km south of the town of Liberia
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| 2012 Aug.27 |
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Major earthquake hits off coast of El Salvador The epicenter was about 177 kilometers southeast of San Salvador and took place nearly 33 miles underground. Some minor shaking was reported
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| 2012 Aug.6 |
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Tropical Storm Ernesto heads toward Honduras Central American authorities started evacuations as Tropical Storm Ernesto churned toward the Honduran coast Monday
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| 2012 Jul.29 |
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Floods force evacuations in Costa Rica Heavy rains in central and eastern Costa Rica have triggered floods that may be responsible for at least one death
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| 2012 May.13 |
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Castaway sues over rescue failure A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific is suing the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past
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| 2012 Mar.6 |
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Biden in Honduras amid drug debate U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vowed to help Honduras and other Central American nations defeat drug traffickers and fight corruption
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| 2012 Feb.18 |
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Honduras buries jail fire victims Relatives of the victims of Tuesday's prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras have been mourning the dead
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| 2012 Feb.16 |
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Honduras fire victims 'total 355' Honduran officials say 355 people died in Tuesday's massive prison fire, as bodies are taken to a mortuary in the capital for the identification
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| 2012 Feb.15 |
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Deadly Honduras jail fire probed President Porfirio Lobo has pledged a 'full and transparent' investigation after a fire at a jail killed more than 300 inmates
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Nearly 300 killed in Honduras prison fire Map of Comayagua Honduras At least 272 inmates were dead and the fate of 105 others was unknown as families clamored to learn whether their loved ones perished
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| 2012 Jan.14 |
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New Guatemalan president sworn in The new president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, has been sworn into office after his election victory in November
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| 2011 Dec.11 |
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Jailed Noriega arrives in Panama Panama's ex-leader Manuel Noriega has been extradited back to his home country from France and taken straight to a prison
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| 2011 Nov.7 |
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Daniel Ortega heads for presidential win Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is set to secure a controversial third term with a landslide victory in the country's presidential election
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| 2011 Nov.6 |
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Perez Molina wins Guatemalan election Retired army Gen. Otto Perez Molina won runoff presidential election in Guatemala, seizing on voters' concerns about growing insecurity
| Perez Molina won 55% of the vote, while his rival, Manuel Baldizon, garnered only 45%
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Ortega eyes Nicaragua re-election Voting is under way in Nicaragua to elect a president and representatives to the national parliament. Opinion polls Ortega will easily win
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| 2011 Sep.12 |
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Retired general lead in presidential race Otto Perez Molina, who pledged to take a tough stand on crime, was leading in Guatemala's presidential elections
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| 2011 Jun.1 |
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OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks The Organization of American States voted to readmit Honduras into the body. Ecuador was the only country to vote against
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| 2011 May.28 |
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Ousted Honduran president returns Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from office in 2009, has returned to Honduras
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| 2011 May.15 |
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27 headless bodies found in drug region Map of Peten Guatemala The decapitated bodies of 25 men and two women have been found at a ranch near Guatemala's border with Mexico
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| 2011 Feb.14 |
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Plane crash kills all 14 aboard A small twin-engine Let L-410 passenger plane crashed into a hill outside the capital
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| 2011 Jan.8 |
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Bus accident kills 14 A bus crash in Guatemala's western highlands has killed at least 14 people and injured at least 25 others
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| 2010 Dec.8 |
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Panama Canal shut by heavy rains Traffic through the Panama Canal - which connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans - has been temporarily suspended because of heavy rain
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| 2010 Nov.10 |
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At least 16 dead in juvenile facility fire Another 22 were injured Wednesday in a fire at a juvenile detention center. Officials suspect an electrical short-circuit
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| 2010 Oct.30 |
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Soccer shooting leaves 14 people dead The most likely scenario is that the attack was directed at one or some of the men on the field and that the others were caught in the crossfire
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| 2010 Oct.22 |
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Hurricane watch issued ahead of Richard A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning remained in effect for Honduras from the Nicaragua/Honduras border westward to Limon
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| 2010 Oct.8 |
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5.9 earthquake shakes Costa Rica An earthquake struck Friday night 41 km north-northwest of San Jose at a depth of 98 km
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| 2010 Sep.24 |
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Storm Matthew drenches Honduras Tropical Storm Matthew battered Honduras with heavy rains and winds, bringing with it a threat of flash floods and mudslides
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| 2010 Sep.23 |
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Diplomat's throat slashed in NYC The consul of Nicaragua in New York, Cesar Mercado, 34, was found by his driver in his apartment. A knife was found at the scene
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| 2010 Sep.7 |
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18 dead in shoe factory shooting 2 men carrying AK-47 assault rifles burst into the factory and began shooting. The is under the control of the notorious gang Mara 18
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| 2010 Sep.5 |
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Rain, landslides kill 36 Torrential rains and landslides in Guatemala could claim as many as 100 lives. 30 people were injured and 40 were missing
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Further landslides hit Guatemala Emergency services say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico
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| 2010 Sep.4 |
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Heavy rains devastate Guatemala A state of emergency has been declared in Guatemala, where days of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding and landslides
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| 2010 Jun.28 |
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Bizarre murder suspects held Two brothers Francisco and Jose Valdes Paiz , who helped a prominent lawyer organise his own murder have turned themselves in
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| 2010 Jun.10 |
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Bodies and severed heads found Three human heads and three decapitated bodies with notes aimed at high government officials were found in different parts of the's capital
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| 2010 Jun.1 |
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Giant sinkhole shocks neighborhood Residents of a center-city neighborhood are still in shock after a massive sinkhole opened last weekend, gobbling several buildings
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More than 175 dead from weekend storm The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha continued to grow, with 152 reported killed in Guatemala, 16 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador
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| 2010 May.30 |
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Storm kills 6 in El Salvador Rains associated with Agatha, a tropical storm that killed at least 12 people and left 22 missing in Guatemala before it was downgraded
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Guatemala storm death toll rises A powerful tropical storm Agatha has claimed at least 40 lives in floods and mudslides
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| 2010 May.29 |
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Deadly storm hits Central America Tropical Storm Agatha unleashed torrential rains over Guatemala, southeast Mexico and much of El Salvador, triggering flash floods and mudslides
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| 2010 May.28 |
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Death toll climbs to 3 from volcano Two villagers from El Bejucal and a reporter were killed as a result of Thursday's eruption of the Pacaya volcano
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| 2010 Apr.26 |
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Noriega extradited to France Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was put on a plane to France after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed extradition orders
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| 2010 Mar.8 |
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Report condemns Honduras violence An Organization of American States commission condemned the slayings last month of three Honduran political activists opposed to a coup
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| 2010 Feb.7 |
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Costa Rica elects first woman president The ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory. Laura Chinchilla: 'I want to thank the pioneering women who opened the doors of politics'
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| 2010 Jan.27 |
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Ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile Deposed Honduran leader has arrived in the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras
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| 2010 Jan.6 |
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Arrest warrants for military high command Prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the country's six top military commanders for abuse of power in the June 28, 2009, coup that ousted Zelaya
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| 2009 Dec.9 |
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Zelaya request for Mexico passage denied A Mexican petition that would have granted deposed President safe conduct out of the country was rejected by Honduran authorities
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Zelaya seeks refuge in Mexico Deposed Honduran President, who has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy, has asked the de facto government for safe conduct to Mexico
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| 2009 Dec.2 |
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Congress votes against ousted president Deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya will not be reinstated as head of state, a majority of the Honduran congress voted
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| 2009 Nov.29 |
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Exit polls: Lobo leads Porfirio Lobo, of the conservative National Party of Honduras, a former president of the congress, is poised to become the next president
| Elvin Santos gained 38% of votes to Lobo's 56% in interim results. The scheduled poll was held five months after President Manuel Zelaya was forced from the country at gunpoint
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| 2009 Nov.8 |
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Flooding kills at least 124 The flooding caused by days of heavy rain. The authorities have declared a state of emergency in five regions and expect to find more victims
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Ida weakens to tropical storm Hurricane Ida made landfall over east central Nicaragua, pelting the nation with heavy rain and weakening to a tropical storm
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| 2009 Oct.29 |
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Honduras rivals resolve deadlock The interim leader says he is ready to sign a pact to end its crisis which could include the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya
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| 2009 Oct.22 |
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Officials seize cocaine submarine Guatemalan and US authorities have seized a makeshift submarine loaded with 10 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of $200m
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| 2009 Oct.16 |
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Ousted Zelaya has deadline Ousted President Manuel Zelaya will give talks with the interim government two more days to reach an agreement
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| 2009 Sep.24 |
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Interim government holds 'informal' talks The government of Honduras and ousted President Zelaya have begun informal talks in a bid to end the current political crisis
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| 2009 Sep.21 |
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Curfew as Zelaya returns The Honduran authorities have imposed a round-the-clock curfew and shut down airports after the dramatic return of ousted President
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Zelaya returns to Honduras Ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to the capital city, where he is planning to meet with his critics to arrange for his return to power
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| 2009 Sep.12 |
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Army 'stole' children for adoption Government report: The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries during the civil war
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| 2009 Sep.9 |
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Food crisis at emergency level President Alvaro Colom, speaking in TV has declared a state of national calamity because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutrition
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| 2009 Aug.24 |
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Envoys call for return of ousted Zelaya A delegation of foreign ministers led by the Organization of American States' secretary-general arrived in an effort to restore ousted President
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| 2009 Jul.25 |
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Zelaya returns to Honduran border Ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to the border, a day after crossing a few yards into the country
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| 2009 Jul.24 |
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Zelaya shortly crosses border Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya walked under a border chain and returned to his country nearly a month after the coup
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| 2009 Jul.19 |
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Honduran negotiations end at impasse Honduras' interim government rejected a proposal to reinstate ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, ending a round of negotiations
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| 2009 Jul.5 |
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Honduras denies Zelaya jet from landing Deposed Honduran President said he was denied permission to land at Tegucigalpa's airport, where military vehicles were arrayed on the runway
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Clashes as Honduran crisis grows At least one person was killed when troops dispersed supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya at Tegucigalpa airport
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Honduras 'to stop Zelaya plane' The interim government says it will block any attempt by ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return
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| 2009 Jul.4 |
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Americas group suspends Honduras The Organization of American States has suspended Honduras at an emergency meeting over the ousting of President Zelaya a week ago
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Zelaya vows to return to Honduras Ousted President has vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday, despite being threatened with arrest
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| 2009 Jun.29 |
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Police, demonstrators clash Police fired tear gas at demonstrators but the nation remained generally calm, one day after military troops removed President Jose Manuel Zelaya
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| 2009 Jun.28 |
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Congress names provisional president The Congress voted to strip President Zelaya of his powers and named the president of the Congress, Roberto Micheletti, as provisional president
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President Zelaya forced into exile Troops have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution
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| 2009 Jun.25 |
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President challenges government Defiant Zelaya led a peaceful protest to a military base in order to take possession of ballots to be used in a contested referendum
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| 2009 May.3 |
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Martinelli claims victory as president Tribunal: Opposition leader and supermarket mogul Ricardo Martinelli, of the conservative Democratic Change party, has won the election
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| 2009 Mar.15 |
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Leftist Funes claims presidency Mauricio Funes is a member of FMLN, a political party that waged guerrilla war against the government 17 years ago
| The FMLN party's Funes had 51.27%, while the ARENA party's Rodrigo Avila had 48.73%. FMLN victory ended a 20-year hold on the presidency by the right-leaning ARENA
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| 2009 Jan.11 |
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34 dead, dozens missing from quake Another 64 people were listed as missing after the 6.1 earthquake. Rescuers reached 200 tourists who had been stranded in a hotel
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| 2009 Jan.8 |
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Strong quake kills 15 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook north central Costa Rica
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| 2008 May.30 |
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4 dead after airliner overshoots runway A Miami-bound Airbus 320 raced onto a busy street, killing the pilot, 2 passengers and a motorist on the ground
| A further 38 people were injured as TACA airline's Flight 390 ploughed down an embankment and crashed into cars on a road, splitting into 3 pieces in heavy rain and fog
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Bus crash kills 57 A double decker bus careened off a major highway and crashed into a ditch near Guatemala City, killing at least 57 and injuring another 40
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| 2007 Sep.15 |
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Moderate quake shakes Honduras 5.5 earthquake is sending panicked residents into the streets; some buildings were damaged
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| 2007 Sep.6 |
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Hurricane Felix death toll nears 100 Rescuers searched for survivors. The bodies of 25 fishermen were found along Miskito Coast, believed to be from a group of 109 Miskito Indians
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Felix death toll rises above 40 Desperate families searched for scores of missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast where the hurricane blew away villages and flooded rivers
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| 2007 Sep.4 |
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Category 5 Felix makes landfall The hurricane made landfall with potentially disastrous rain and top wind speeds of 160 mph near the Nicaragua-Honduras border
| Felix's center was about 10 miles north-northeast of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua,
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Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
| Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee delegates, beating its South Korean rival by just 4 votes. The IOC has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the IOC narrowed the field to three candidate cities: Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and PyeongChang, Republic of Korea.
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| 2006 Nov.20 |
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Fire kills 15 in market An enormous fire at Central America's largest open-air market sent up columns of smoke visible 6 miles away
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| 2006 Nov.7 |
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Ortega wins presidency Former Marxist guerrilla leader bounced back to power in a presidential-election victory
| The 60-year-old president-elect won with 38%, 9 points ahead of his conservative rival Eduardo Montealegre
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| 2006 Nov.1 |
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Venezuela, Guatemala quit race Guatemala and Venezuela agreed to withdraw from the race for a seat on the Security Council and support Panama
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| 2006 Oct.22 |
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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul About 80% have approved a plan to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate a new generation of ships
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| 2006 Oct.16 |
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No winner for seat Venezuela and Guatemala deadlocked in their battle, after 10 rounds of voting failed
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| 2006 Jan.5 |
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Prison rioting kills 13 Fighting broke out in a wing of the high-security National Penitentiary after a fight between inmates
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| 2005 Nov.2 |
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Rain hinders Hurricane Beta relief Steady rains have prevented aid from reaching victims on Atlantic coast. Thousands remain in shelters
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| 2005 Oct.29 |
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Hurricane Beta now Category 2 The hurricane lashed jungle coast, forcing thousands of Miskito Indians and other residents to race for shelter
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| 2005 Oct.10 |
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Guatemala faces food crisis Boats and helicopters have begun carrying aid to villages cut off for days by flooding and mudslides
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Landslide areas considered mass graves Officials would abandon communities buried by landslides as reports of devastation trickled in from 100 communities
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| 2005 Oct.9 |
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Slide toll may hit 1,400| Village buried under tons of dirt and debris may be declared a Mayan mass grave as rescuers give up digging | |
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| 2005 Oct.8 |
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Storm deaths increase to 508 Guatemala's losses bring the overall death toll to at least 610 with El Salvador hit the second-hardest
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| 2005 Oct.5 |
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Hurricane Stan's death toll climbs to 135 Heavy rains pounded Central America, pushing rivers over their banks and unleashing a string of deadly mudslides
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| 2005 Oct.1 |
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Volcano kills two The Ilamatepec volcano erupted for the first time in a century, forcing thousands to flee their homes
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| 2005 Jul.12 |
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Hospital fire kills 17 16 patients and a nurse have died in a blaze in a hospital in San Jose's Calderon Guardia hospital
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| 2004 Dec.24 |
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Gang linked to massacre The Mara Salvatrucha gang could be responsible for massacre of 26 bus passengers
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| 2003 Apr.5 |
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At least 94 dead in jail riot The riot broke in the El Porvenir prison, which holds 600 inmates near the port city of La Ceiba
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| 2001 Nov.5 |
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Right claims poll victory Conservative ruling party have taken the lead over Sandinista leader Ortega
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| 2001 Feb.13 |
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173 dead in quake 6.1 quake injured another 1,557. The tallies are expected to rise
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| 2001 Feb.10 |
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25 dead in tourist bus accident 35 injured. Bus collided with a truck
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| 2001 Jan.15 |
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Hope fades for missing after quake Death toll is 594 and another 1,893 people were injured
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| 2001 Jan.14 |
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El Salvador appeals for disaster aid Earthquake left more than 270 people dead, hundreds injured and as many as
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| 2001 Jan.13 |
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7.6 earthquake The death toll may have reached 100 and 1,200 people are missing. 1,500-foot landslide destroyed houses
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