Central America

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Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, discusses the coup that brought him down
  • When bananas ruled the world

    Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit.
  • Rain forests, they come, they go

    New research suggests indigenous populations in Central America were industriously destroying their rain forests, well before Europeans appeared on the scene.
  • Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez

    Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America?
  • Bush's frightening Middle East appointment

    By naming Iran-contra rogue Elliott Abrams its top policy advisor on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the White House is signaling a hard pro-Sharon line that could prove disastrous.
  • Hurricanes and hope in Honduras

    Rachel Louise Snyder reports on grueling recovery efforts in this storm-battered Central American country -- and on the persistence of dreams among the people.
  • Crossing borders

    The famed Mayan activist whose mother and brother were tortured and killed reflects on the family -- and village -- she lost in Guatemala.
  • Seduced and sated in Costa Rica

    J. Kingston Pierce describes the overwhelmingly rich variety of bird, plant, animal and insect life encountered on a eco-cruise along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

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