CENTRAL AMERICA: OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 27, 1996 ;     587 words ......Dec. 27 (IPS) -- Central America is poised to begin...armed conflict in Central America, the government...treaty on Dec 29. Central America can now look forward...past two decades in Central America resulted from socio-econom...for democracy in Central ...

Reagan-Era Zeal for Central America Fades; Region Once Called `Most...

The Washington Post;  October 16, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Four years ago, President Ronald Reagan...J. Kirkpatrick, called Central America "the most important place...was a time three to five years ago when any appeal related to Central America could expect to encounter...is no longer the case." Central America "is ...

U.S.-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CENTRAL AMERICA FREE TRADE:RICHARD L. TRUMKA

Congressional Testimony;  April 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......underdevelopment in Central America and the Dominican...challenges faced in Central America or the United...inequality in Central America, while further...only way to lift Central America out of poverty...implemented eleven years ago, real wages in...NAFTA ...

Spreading happiness - from Vietnam to Central America

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 23, 1988 ;     664 words ......eradication of freedom in Vietnam. This Saturday, 13 years ago, Army helicopters evacuated the last of our embassy...industrial production languish below the trough of the war years. A nation that once was relatively prosperous, albeit...American left is helping to fashion another Vietnam in ...

Protesters gather to remember 20 years ago at Concord Naval Weapons...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  September 1, 2007 ;     542 words ......movement exactly 20 years ago. On that morning of...munitions bound for Central America ran over peace activist...about what happened 20 years ago. After Willson was maimed...cost-cutting move two years ago, Congress voted to dispose...

MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA STILL PERTINENT TODAY.(EDITORIAL)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  December 1, 2001 ;     651 words ......table in Mexico City 20 years ago to do a holiday mailing...countries, particularly in Central America at that time. News of the...please change the words Central America to central Asia, and El...inflicted on the people of Central America, with the open support of...

Brief History of Central America.

The Book Report;  May 1, 2001 ;     337 words ...Foster, Lynn V. Brief History of Central America 2000. 326pp. $35 hc. Facts on File. 0-8160-3962-3. Grades 8-12 From three million years ago to the present, the Central American countries of Guatemala...Sandinistas, and why the U.S. supported dictatorships in Central America. An ...

Central America Tourism Revenues Expected to Grow

Xinhua English Newswire;  September 16, 1998 ;     160 words ...Central America's tourism revenues are expected to...report released here on Wednesday, the Central America Tourism Integration System (CATIS...21 percent in 1997 compared with 10 years ago, to Costa Rica, up by 11 percent, and...21.9 percent growth over that of 10 years ...

Time to embrace Central America with free trade.(Opinion)

The Christian Science Monitor;  May 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ......agreement with the nations of Central America. It's about time. It was 10 years ago that the Salvadoran government...Liberation guerrillas, ending Central America's most brutal civil war...with the onset of peace in Central America, US assistance dried up...access to US ...

Profile: Researchers continue to examine Olmec culture of Central America

Sounds Like Science (NPR);  June 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ......examine Olmec culture of Central America Host: IRA FLATOW Time...on early cultures of Central America. He's talking about...Civilization arrived in Central America long before Columbus...only in the last 100 years or so have we learned...perhaps 11,000 or 12,000 years ...

Proof that chillies were used in recipes 6,000 years ago ; NEWS

The Independent - London;  February 16, 2007 ;     211 words ......evidence that people were cooking with them more than 6,000 years ago. An archaeological study has found that hot chillis were...Ecuador but the spicy vegetable soon spread through south and central America before going global with the Spanish conquistadors. Linda...peppers were from two sites in ...

Chocolate use 3,000 years ago discovered

Charleston Gazette;  November 13, 2007 ;     84 words ...WASHINGTON - Residents of Central America were enjoying chocolate drinks more than 3,000 years ago, a half millennium earlier than previously thought, new research shows. Archaeologists led by John Henderson of Cornell University...

IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1958: Milton Eisenhower visit

International Herald Tribune;  June 25, 2008 ;     115 words ......06-25-2008 IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1958: Milton Eisenhower visit Byline...incident during his forthcoming visit to Central America, partly because the Communists feel...is scheduled to leave for a tour of Central America as fact-finding representative of President...

Central America's Progress

The Washington Post;  December 30, 2003 ;     541 words ......ended the bloodiest of Central America's civil wars only seven years ago, on Sunday completed its...decades ago made defeating Central America's Marxist insurgents a...the accord would be in Central America, where -- as in neighboring...do much to consolidate ...

The phony peace. (Reagan peace plan for Central America) (editorial)

The Nation;  August 29, 1987 ;     700+ words ...The oxymoronic Reagan peace plan for Central America stands Clausewitz on his head: From...than the outline of a settlement. Five years ago, no President of Costa Rica would have...opposition to U.S. intervention. And five years ago, no President of the United States would...