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Heavy Rains Kill 15 in El Salvador
Friday, July 04, 2008 8:07:00 PM
At least 15 people died and 28 others were missing after intense rains in El Salvador, which swept a passenger bus into a river on the edge of the capital, rescue workers said on Friday.   Full Story
 

Ex-journalist Leads Salvador Polls for Opposition Party
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:01:00 AM
A former CNN journalist could lead a leftist party of former Cold War Marxist guerrillas to power for the first time in El Salvador's presidential election next year, opinion polls show.   Full Story
 

Plane Skids off Runway in Honduras, One Dead
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:02:00 PM
A passenger plane skidded off a runway at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday as it was trying to land and veered onto a road, killing at least one of those on board, officials said.   Full Story
 

Haiti's Preval Asks Brazil's Lula for More Police
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:26:00 PM
Haitian President Rene Preval urged Brazil to send more police and engineers to his impoverished Caribbean country during a visit Wednesday by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.    Full Story
 

Haitian Lawmakers Reject New Prime Minister
Monday, May 12, 2008 9:32:00 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Former Inter-American Development Bank adviser Ericq Pierre was rejected as Haiti's new prime minister Monday by lawmakers who said he had not given adequate proof he was descended ...   Full Story
 

World Food Program Sees 'Major Crisis' in Haiti
Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:16:00 AM
Haiti faces a "major crisis" if international donors fail to provide urgent aid to help feed its poor, a top official with the World Food Program said Wednesday.   Full Story
 

Price of Rice Prompts Renewed Anger in Haiti
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:12:00 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Sellers and angry customers clashed over the price of rice in Haiti on Tuesday, three days after the government announced a deal to reduce the price by 15 percent after food riots that ...   Full Story
 

Haitian Senate Poised to Fire Prime Minister
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:30:00 PM
Haiti's fragile government appeared in trouble Friday after a week of nationwide unrest over skyrocketing food prices as opposition senators planned to fire the prime minister.   Full Story
 

Protests Over Food Prices Paralyze Haitian Capital
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:00:00 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haitians erected fiery barricades and tried to storm the National Palace on Tuesday as protests against rising food prices, which have killed five people, paralyzed the impoverished nat ...   Full Story
 

The Isolation of Cuban Youth
Monday, April 07, 2008 9:45:00 PM
Cubans cannot be seen with foreigners, or even freely associate with one another, without risking arrest for prostitution.   Full Story
 

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