Full Coverage: Central America

30.10.2007 Retired general and leading presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina may have played a role in numerous atrocities committed during the country's civil war, but Guatemalans appear to be overlooking the details, comments academic Ivan Briscoe.

28.10.2007 The U.S. Congress must put human rights conditions on a $500 million aid package for Mexican counter-narcotics programs whose "appalling" record includes beating and sexually abusing many detainees, said Human Rights Watch.
From: Human Rights Watch

19.10.2007 Innovative service programs in North America, Pakistan, India, and South Africa are helping young people push for the advancement of their communities as well as their own personal development.

17.10.2007 While the Global Call to Action against Poverty campaign has planned plenty of events during this year's "Stand Up and Speak Out" day, the people and media seem unenthusiastic in Central America. Diego Cevallos reports from Mexico City.

05.10.2007 Ten years ago in Guatemala, a group of Habitat for Humanity workers recognized the economic value of coffee to many Latin American families and founded Café Campesino. Tripp Pomeroy gives us a tour and history of this organic fair trade coffee company.

02.10.2007 While the two presidential candidates compete for votes in the politically important cities, Guatemala's large but quiet peasant population suffers from poverty, injustice and famine, comments columnist Saulo Araujo.