Provides the latest RSS feeds for Central America News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Guatemala News.net http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/cat/1e6da80e3bfca450/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:59:03 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:59:03 -0400 30 The governor of the Mexican state of Queretaro said Monday that he planned to discuss seven aviation investment projects worth $150 million with different companies during the 2013 Paris Air Show. Jose Calzada said in a press conference at the Le Bourget exhibition centre that he had about 15 meetings planned with aviation and aerospace companies. The governor will be meeting with Canada's ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215263195/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215263195/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The United States men's national soccer team hosts Honduras and awin will keep the U.S. in first place inCONCACAF. ProSoccerTalk's Steve Davis is on ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284779/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:47 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284779/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 The world indoor 400-meter titleholder, Costa Rica's Nery Brenes, will take part in the 24th Central American Top Class Athletics Championships to be held in Nicaragua later this month, a sports official confirmed Tuesday.Brenes, who leads the Costa Rican team, will compete in the indoor 400-meter run, said Xiomara Larios, president of the Nicaraguan Athletics Federation.The championships ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284780/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:59 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284780/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 USA's national soccer team poses for the traditional team photo prior to a World Cup qualifier soccer match against Panama, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Seattle. The US men's team took on Honduras Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Sandy, ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284781/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:41 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284781/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A group of U.S. senators is urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284782/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:43:50 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215284782/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 USA vs Honduras takes place in their World Cup 2014 Qualifying clash on Tuesday night, with the United States clear favorites to claim all the points on offer and progress in their quest for an automatic qualification spot. The game will kick off at 9 p.m. ET and can be watched online through free live stream (details ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215283447/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:59 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215283447/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations. The 21 senators want the State Department to provide Congress with a detailed report on whether the Honduran government is protecting freedom of expression, implementing the rule of law and ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215283529/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:41 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215283529/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 ITASCA, Ill., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc.'s Central Region, in partnership with the Village of Itasca, announced today that it will attempt to set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS record for the "Largest Parade of Subaru Cars." The attempt will take place on July 13, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. The parade will start at 500 Park Boulevard in Itasca, Illinois. ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215282569/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:33:31 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215282569/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban male under-19 volleyball team will make its debut against Turkey in the start of the 13th World Championship of the category on June 27, to be disputed in two Mexican cities. The Cuban team will play its first match against Turkey in the city of Mexicali, the host for Pools B and D, and later it will meet Argentina on June 28, after that they will have a ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215279966/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:43:06 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215279966/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Big game tonight. The U.S. men’s national team hosts Honduras in a World Cup qualifier at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, at 6 p.m. The federation has a preview video above, and here is other preview coverage ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215276413/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:27 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215276413/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Florida see Costa Rica as a safe place to do business, as it is a high-consumption market that is conveniently located less than three hours away by ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215274971/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:09:11 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215274971/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 While there is a 40 percent chance of afternoon showers along the Mississippi coast today, Central America is getting drenched by tropical depression No. 2, according to the National Weather Service ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215273463/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:49:20 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215273463/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 At 5 a.m. Tuesday, the center of the system was about 30 miles east-northeast of Tikal, Guatemala. Packing maximum sustained winds of 30 mph, it was moving to the west-northwest near 8 mph. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said the storm should continue to move in the current direction for the next day or so and take a turn to the west by Wednesday night. The center of the ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215269330/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:22:08 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215269330/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 (Reuters) - A Tropical Depression Two that formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea was moving over Northern Guatemala, U.S. government forecasters said on ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215266924/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:22:09 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215266924/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 MIAMI, FL (AP) - Forecasters said a tropical depression is expected to bring at least three to five inches of rain to parts of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday off Belize and was moving early Tuesday over parts of Belize and northern Guatemala. At 4 a.m. Tuesday, it ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:11 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Thrills&Spills Mexico's active Popocatepetl volcano has registered a massive explosion spewing ash and incandescent rock almost 4 kilometers high. Authorities have warned that winds could blow the ash cloud as far away as Mexico ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215265196/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:23:00 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215265196/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215262515/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:43 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215262515/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) -- Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215260046/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:35:01 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215260046/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 per cent say they will help Honduras gangs do the same. Monsignor Fabio Colindres and former guerrilla fighter Raul Mijango say they will work with gang leaders and the Organization of American States to secure a truce with the government of Honduras, which is often ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215259155/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:05 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215259155/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Across Central America, even as rains arrive, many coffee plantations contain only spindly, nearly defoliated bushes, the result of a blight known as coffee leaf rust whose devastation, so far, has yet to affect the prices of premium highland coffee that baristas serve around the developed world.But while Americans have yet to feel its effects, the blight may soon prove to be as disastrous as any ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215258180/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:11:17 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215258180/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fed up with politicians they call "rats," a group of friends in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa have put forward their ideal candidate for mayor: a cat named ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215258129/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:46:56 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215258129/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 An area of disturbed weather east of Belize was upgraded to the second tropical depression of the Atlantic Season Monday. TD#2 was located near the Belize coastline and will make landfall overnight. The system will continue to move west-northwestward across Central America and Mexico through mid-week, perhaps gaining some strength as it edges near the Bay of Campeche Wednesday. This system ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215257222/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:46:51 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215257222/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 MIAMI - A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday. The depression has winds of 35 mph (56 kph). Some weakening is expected after the depression ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215255863/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:11 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215255863/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Managua, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The modern Nicaragua emerged with the dream of a canal through its territory and never that dream was so viable like at the present, said today the Nicaraguan historian Arturo Cruz. In the opinion of Cruz, who is a scholar at the Central American Institute of Business Management, in the beginning of this millennium Nicaragua Canal represents a very important issue ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215254934/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:56:46 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215254934/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Rome, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan vice President Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo, highlighted the contribution of country members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) to fight hunger. Halleslevens Acevedo, who was interviewed by Prensa ... http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215254933/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:56:46 -0400 http://www.guatemalanews.net/index.php/sid/215254933/scat/1e6da80e3bfca450