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Pico-Union intersection to be named for Salvadoran archbishop
L.A. NOWCentral Americans who have pushed for years to call the Pico-Union area “Historic Central America Town” have yet to earn the title, but they will soon gain recognition along one intersection of the neighborhood.... -
Website helps immigrants compare fees to send money home
World NowRemittances, Central America, Dominican Republic, World Bank: Immigrants from Central America and the Dominican Republic can go online to compare the cost of sending money from the United States to relatives back home.... -
Guatemalan leader says he'd consider decriminalizing drugs
World NowGuatemalan President Otto Perez said he'd consider drug legalization as an answer to his country's violence.... -
Skirting tourist trouble in Nicaragua, Mexico
"As I took a photo, a mom came over and suggested I stow the camera . . . I suddenly realized I was in a bad neighborhood."
Europe is my passion and the focus of my work, but Central America long has held a fascination for me. I took my first trip to the...Tags: Crimes, Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations, Hormones and Metabolism, Nicaragua
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Virginia Fields dies at 58; scholar of early Mesoamerican art, archaeology at LACMA
Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years to making the museum a vital center of Latin American culture — partly by...Tags: Health, Harvard University, University of California, Archaeology, Washington, DC
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MS-13 gangs linked with L.A., Salvador in National Geographic documentary
Show TrackerThe new documentary "Gang Warfare USA" shows how U.S. deportation policies may be helping the violent MS-13 gang to flourish both in El Salvador and the U.S.... -
Elections in Nicaragua, Guatemala underscore threats to democracy
World NowElections in Guatemala and Nicaragua: Voters on Sunday were choosing presidents in Guatemala and Nicaragua, two Central American countries where democracy has been dramatically weakened by violence and political abuse.... -
WEST BANK: Palestinians determined to get more recognition
Babylon & BeyondThe Palestinian Authority is doubling its efforts to get as many countries to recognize it before September, when it plans to officially ask the United Nations for recognition and membership. Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Malki said on... -
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Book review: 'Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War'
Los Angeles TimesRevolution The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War Deb Olin Unferth Henry Holt: 212 pp., $24 In the 1980s, Central America was astir with civil unrest, in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua. While nation-states and their proxies intervened...Tags: Book, Nicaragua, Philosophy, Joan Didion, Christianity
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Teen helps build home for a family in Honduras
tiffanya@herald-mail.comA trip to Honduras reminded 16-year-old Andrew Jacob Atwell to be more appreciative of his "stuff." In January, Andrew — or AJ, as his family calls him — went on an 11-day missionary trip to El Progresso, Honduras, to help build a home for...Tags: Health, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Trips and Vacations, Physical Conditions
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