http://dir.salon.com/topics/central_america/?source=rss&aim=central_america en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Jens Glüsing Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/04/zelaya_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/04/zelaya_interview/index.html?source=rss Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, discusses the coup that brought him down By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/04/19/bananas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/04/19/bananas/index.html?source=rss Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/01/rainforests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/01/rainforests/index.html?source=rss New research suggests indigenous populations in Central America were industriously destroying their rain forests, well before Europeans appeared on the scene. By Lydia Chávez Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss 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? By Gary Kamiya Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/10/abrams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/10/abrams/index.html?source=rss 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. By Rachel Louise Snyder Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/26/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/26/post/index.html?source=rss Rachel Louise Snyder reports on grueling recovery efforts in this storm-battered Central American country -- and on the persistence of dreams among the people. By Rigoberta Menchz Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/08/03/03feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/08/03/03feature/index.html?source=rss The famed Mayan activist whose mother and brother were tortured and killed reflects on the family -- and village -- she lost in Guatemala. By J. Kingston Pierce Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/04/21/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/04/21/feature/index.html?source=rss 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.