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Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Sara has formed in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatening Central America

The late season storm is forecast to bring heavy rains to flood-prone Central America before moving east towards the US.

Al Jazeera

Saturn and the moon put on a celestial show Sunday night. Here's how to see it

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and some skywatchers in Florida, Central America and South America will see the ringed planet briefly disappear behind our lunar companion.

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Human-smuggling Networks are Estimated to Make Between $4 Billion to $12 Billion a Year, a New Report Says

Authorities say at least 80% of all undocumented immigrants making their way to the U.S. hire smugglers to help them cross into the U.S.

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El Salvador commits savings from creative debt refinancing to river conservation

One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal to refinance $1 billion of debt with support from the United States government, in the latest example of a resurgence in what are known as debt-for-nature swaps

The Independent UK

What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories

The Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America, all the way up through the United States and into Canada

The Independent UK

Guatemala Choses New Supreme Court Judges In Questioned Process

The choice was considered critical for the fight against graft in one of Central America's poorest countries, whose President Bernardo Arevalo has denounced the existence of a "corrupt pact" among politicians, prosecutors, judges and business elites he says have wielded power from the shadows.

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How climate change is undermining Indigenous knowledge and livelihoods in Central America

Driven by extreme heat and drought, some of the worst wildfires in living memory raged across Mexico and Central America through April and May 2024.

The Conversation

For this AP photographer, joy was all in the hands for a group of released political prisoners

Moisés Castillo joined the AP in 1994 at the age of 19, covering Central America and Mexico while based in Guatemala City

The Independent UK

Gangs'stories: how 15-year-old Jennifer became Honduras’ first female gang leader

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters constitute fundamental lenses through which…

The Conversation

Kamala Harris Counters Trump's Immigration Attacks With Diplomatic Efforts

Kamala Harris responds to Trump's immigration criticisms, focusing on border security and diplomatic efforts in Central America.

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Arrests in fatal Texas smuggling attempt climb 2 years after 53 migrants died in tractor trailer

Arrests following the 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in Texas who were left in a sweltering tractor-trailer have climbed to more than a dozen and now stretch to Central America

The Independent UK

Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022

Guatemalan police have arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris Counters Trump's Immigration Attacks With Policy Record

Kamala Harris responds to Trump's immigration criticisms and engages private sector in Central America for economic development.

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Vice President Harris Tackles Migration Challenges With Investment

Vice President Kamala Harris's efforts to address migration through investments in Central America faced criticism and praise, highlighting the complexitie...

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GOP candidate pushed "surveillance" tech

After leaving Congress, Reichert took up work as a lobbyist, urging foreign governments to adopt "Rapid DNA"

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Coffee Prices Climb on Smaller Central American Coffee Exports

September arabica coffee (KCU24 ) on Friday closed up +3.25 (+1.43%), and Sep ICE robusta coffee (RMU24 ) closed up +2 (+0.05%). Coffee prices Friday settled higher on signs of smaller global supplies. Short covering in coffee future emerged Friday after the Honduran Coffee Institute reported that coffee exports from...

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Ten Migrants Drown Crossing Darién Gap In Panama

Ten migrants drowned in the Darién Gap tragedy, emphasizing the dangers faced by those seeking passage from South America to Central America.

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Kamala Harris' Border Crisis Management Under Scrutiny

Vice President Kamala Harris navigates the border crisis, focusing on root causes of migration in Central America amidst criticism and praise for her efforts.

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Counter-drug strategies in Central America are worsening deforestation, threatening many species of birds

Activities associated with cocaine trafficking threaten two-thirds of the most important landscapes in Central America for 196 forest bird species, including 67 migratory species. This is the key takeaway from a study that colleagues and I published in June 2024 in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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Climate Change Made Deadly Heat 35x More Likely In US, Mexico, C. America

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of scientists also said that extreme highs witnessed over that region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of a century ago.

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Climate crisis made killer US and Mexico heatwave 35 times more likely

Heatwaves like the one baking the US and Mexico are ‘no longer that out of the ordinary anymore’ as climate change dials up the heat worldwide

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Deadly Tropical Storm Alberto Causes Devastation In Central America

Central America grapples with devastation as Tropical Storm Alberto triggers floods and landslides, causing fatalities and widespread damage.

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Heavy Rains Cause Deaths And Destruction In Central America

Recent heavy rains in Central America lead to tragic deaths and widespread destruction. Governments activate shelters and work to repair damages amidst ong...

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Deadly Tropical Rainfall Triggers Flooding And Landslides In Central America

Deadly tropical rainfall triggers flooding and landslides in Central America, causing casualties and extreme rainfall amounts.

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