Mexico's Drug War Comes to Belize
The uninhabited coral cays, long coastline and thick jungles that draw tourists to Belize also appeal to drug smugglers. Belize's borders are porous and its security forces are minuscule.
The uninhabited coral cays, long coastline and thick jungles that draw tourists to Belize also appeal to drug smugglers. Belize's borders are porous and its security forces are minuscule.
More and more gangsters from Guatemala are planting marijuana in Belize, adding fuel to the increasingly dangerous situation taking place near the border of the two countries.
Throughout the world, more than 350,000 women die each year from pregnancy-related complications. Belize is one country that is trying to improve maternal health care in hopes of reducing the risks for pregnant women.
The women of Carmelita, Belize say they would rather give birth at home because hospitals do not allow family members in the delivery room.
After enduring traumatic experiences, women in Belize are taking the initiative to educate themselves on childbirth.
Obama's plan for military force to combat drug trafficking has El Salvadorans reliving elements of the country's violent past.
En el trigésimo primero aniversario del asesinato de Oscar Romero por agentes paramilitares los salvadoreños quieren saber si Obama hará su parte para poner fin a la impunidad en la parte superior de la escala social Salvadoreño.
President Obama concluded on Wednesday a five-day tour of Latin America, where he had hoped to make news talking about everything from trade to immigration, but where he instead parried questions about U.S. military actions in Libya.
Will Obama apologize for the U.S government's role in funding and backing the regimes responsible for the deaths of Oscar Romero and 80,000 other Salvadorans?
On the 31st anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero by U.S.-trained paramilitaries, Salvadorans look to President Obama for clues to their country's future relationship with the United States.
Will Obama apologize for the U.S government’s role in funding and backing the regimes responsible for the deaths of Oscar Romero and 80,000 other Salvadorans?
El Salvador's current economic downturn and resulting wave of crime is the worst since "La Matanza," the 1932 massacre that began the country's long line of military dictatorships.
At six years old, Jessica weighs just sixteen pounds. She lives--barely--on a diet of tortillas and coffee. It's all her family can afford.