Central America

Seaman taught art in Central America and was prepared to see the world by teaching when she became engaged.

Yet it would be wrong to leave Central America to its own unhappy devices.

A bank official says that funding police-training in Central America, as the IDB does, would be against the bank's rules.

And at a street fair in Central America, we see that Sara has a small, pendant-shaped scar on her shoulder in the shape of a snake.

In addition, a number of companies trying to Central America to establish the relative backwardness of the state retail network.

In fact it was something of a sore point for me that I had not seen one after more than half a dozen trips to its range in Central America.

Costa Rica is the only signatory country not to have ratified the trade accord, which has come into force elsewhere in Central America.

The civilisation in Central America today is not at all like the civilisation there a thousand years ago.

The Manchineel tree is one of the most poisonous trees in the world, and can only be found in the Caribbean and Central America.

A construction worker , he used his carpentry skills to help build houses in Central America and in the U. S. after Hurricane Katrina .

In Central America, Panama is about to overtake Costa Rica in terms of GDP per head (and already has in purchasing-power terms).

You might have had coffee from Central America, but you might not really know the mysterious exotics !

For instance, in South America and Central America, the parasitic infection Chagas disease can disrupt connections in the heart.

Its proponents argue that DR-CAFTA will strengthen Central America's institutions and that this is worth some sacrifice of sovereignty.

The mammoths should not be confused with the American mastodon (Mammut americanum), another ancient elephant from North and Central America.

It's pronounced chocolate, the word comes from Nahuatl, which is a group of languages from parts of Mexico and central America.

Those policies have helped make Costa Rica's economy the second most dynamic in Central America, behind that of Panama.

His vast wisdom made him ruler over the various Atlantean colonies, including the ones in South and Central America.

Anchovies, for instance, are harvested well out to sea off the coast of Mexico, Central America and California.

Mexico has started to fight back; and its continuing offensive against the drugs mafias has pushed them down into Central America.

Columbus was a Genoese-born navigator and discoverer of the New World. On his fourth voyage he explored the coast of Central America.

Yet the depressing news from Central America shows that this debate is long overdue.

Mr Lobo obligingly agreed to turn up only for a separate meeting between the EU and Central America.

A violent hurricane lashed at the Central America, a sailing vessel carrying passengers and a huge shipment of gold from California.

The best viewing conditions for the eclipse are from North and Central America, parts of northern Europe and East Asia.

Central America is just one of a number of worrying examples (see chart).

When peace came, drug-trafficking syndicates were springing up across Central America to transport Colombian cocaine to the United States.

Let me tell you about a native plant in Central America.

One way of injecting more dynamism into Central America's economies would be by improving transport links and cutting red tape.

Cotton speaks fluent Spanish, albeit with a posh Mexican accent, learnt as a child in Central America.

Increased schooling created a more stable society, less prone to the conflicts that have raged elsewhere in Central America.

But as in much of Central America, the military is still a powerful force behind the scenes.

Cows with deep emotions: On a small farm in Central America, one day a calf was slaughtered for a barbecue at an impromptu fiesta.

as it touches down , the shuttle will glide over heavily populated areas in central america and points north.

In Mexico and parts of Central America, as in Colombia and Peru further south but not in Brazil, most coffee farmers are smallholders.

About Sweet Potatoes Native to Central America, sweet potatoes are one of the oldest vegetables known to man.

From the very early days of cocoa the peoples of Central America used beans as a form of payment.

FOR most of the 20th century, the small countries of Central America were a backwater, a tropical playground for dictators and adventurers.

As well as using Central America as a corridor, the traffickers are moving more of their operations there.

One of the oldest colonial towns in Central America, Granada is accessible by road from Managua.

In July, the United States Congress narrowly ratified a free-trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Homicide in most parts of the world has been falling since 1995, but it has risen recently in Central America and the Caribbean.

Buoy activity on both the west and east coasts of N America were in step with this obvious adjustment in Mexico and Central America.

And he plans to explore Central America and Mexico before finally finishing his round-the-world journey in Texas.

A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.

This year's rainy season has been particularly heavy, causing widespread flooding in Mexico and parts of Central America.

Galvez: As you both know, the United States views Central America as its backyard.

All in all, dealing with crime and violence costs Central America around 8% of its GDP, according to a report this month by the World Bank.

This predicted windfall offers Panama the best chance to escape the economic woes that have stymied much of Central America for centuries.

Will new volcanoes suddenly appear where the edge of the Cocos plate is under new locations in Central America?

Mr Lobo will participate in a smaller meeting between the eu and Central America.

Leave aside that nowadays Rio looks peaceful compared with parts of Central America.

Central America gets hit by a triple threat of natural disasters: earthquakes, hurricanes and mudslides.

Pedals for Progress bicycles have been sent to countries in Central America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean.

Pale white haze (possibly smoke from fires in central America) hangs over the Gulf, partially obscuring the view of the oil slick.

MEXICO gets most of the headlines regarding Latin America's drug trade these days, but Central America is becoming a key battleground.

Countries in Asia, the former Soviet Union, sub- Saharan Africa and central America have been hardest hit, it said.

What happens to Mexico when the top part of S America pulls west by 250 miles, shoving Central America westward in front of it?

In places like Central America, Asia and the Indian subcontinent, hot chili peppers are an integral part of the cuisine.

Astonishingly, it can be cheaper to ship goods to the United States from China than from Central America, according to a World Bank study.

The mountainous terrain connects central Colombia to the Pacific coast where boats ferry cocaine to Central America and Mexico.

Therefore, lawyers and doctors from Central America may be found washing cars or waiting on the tables in Miami.

Primitive ray-finned freshwater fishes of North and Central America and Cuba. Characterized by elongated jaws and heavy ganoid scales.

The cocaine route from the Andes to America has brought mayhem to regions along the way, first in Mexico and now in Central America.

Interestingly, with the exception of Costa Rica, Chinese investment has almost no relevance in Mexico and Central America.

Honduras's return to normal political life cannot come too soon for the rest of Central America.

El Salvador - surfing in La Libertad, travelling to Central America, could be real fun, so come and have a feel of it yourself!

Even if you don't want to go as far afield as Australia or Europe, there's still plenty of scope for travel in South and Central America.

Children participated if they were interested in the day's topic, Mexico and Central America.

Surf frosts the sparkling surface of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize in Central America.

Together these donors have provided more than seventy-six million dollars for projects in Africa and Central America.

Central America's high-quality beans also are scarce after a violent hurricane season damaged infrastructure and spread plant disease.

Last year its economy grew faster than that of any other country in Central America apart from Panama.

Hurricane Alex brought heavy rain to parts of Mexico and Central America.

Panama, in contrast, is not even the cleanest in Central America, according to Transparency International, a pressure group.

Central America the unfavorable balance of trade present condition main body now following several aspects.

The answer lies not in maize's divine connections, but in the environment that Central America offered.

The World Food Program says starvation is a problem in parts of Asia , Central America and the Middle East.

Other suspicious activity is connected to a further 300 matches in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, it said.

Similarly, the USA may want to intervene in Central America to make sure the United Fruit Company maintains its favoured position.

The continuing violence in Mexico and Central America is of deep concern.

dark gray American fox; from Central America through southern United States.

Expert Meeting on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Central America.

Bosch Rexroth has a total of eleven locations in Mexico, supporting customers throughout Central America and the Caribbean.

And he proposed building a canal in central America to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Its popularity with the nobility resulted in the spread of Spanish cocoa plantations in Central America.

Therefore, in future several years, anti-dumping still is a trade to rub the most outstanding problem Central America.

The Washingtons used a similar element in their design for Steve Madden stores across Central America.

Central America and Indonesia will be ground up into gravel during the pole shift, disappearing.

Ron Rivera improved the design after a deadly storm, Hurricane Mitch, struck Central America in nineteen ninety-eight.

I live in the United States, Mexico, parts of Central America and southern Canada.

The aerial roots of strangler fig have damaged ancient Mayan temples in Central America and the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia .

Geological enthusiasts could also follow a volcanic trail through Central America.

The chicken chain also offers delivery in other Asian countries, the Middle East, Central America and Mexico.

Photo Gallery: Tropical Rain Forest Wildlife Tapirs are indigenous only to South and Central America and Southeast Asia.

Europe, North and Central America, the South Pacific region and the Caribbean are free of the disease.

In South America and Central America, repressive military governments fell throughout the 1980s.

As pressure has mounted on the mobs, first in Colombia and now in Mexico, Central America has attracted more traffic.

Panama's economy: A Singapore for Central America? | The Economist A Singapore for Central America?

Prices have stayed sky-high in Central America because there is no competition on most routes.

LAVAZZA Grounded Coffee-DEK Decaffeinated An aromatic, well-balanced 100% Arabica blend from Central America.

Parthenium hysterophorus L. of the family Asteraceae is an exotic noxious weed from Central America.

Cocoa trees were being grown by the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru when the Europeans discovered central America.

By air, Central America is less than three hours from Miami.

However, there were very high growth rates for Caribbean island countries and Central America.

But the current trafficking from Mexico and Central America is of special concern for CdeBaca.

Overseas, U. S. and other investors are snapping up tens of millions of hectares of farmland in Africa, Central America and Eastern Europe.

Scholze's team warns that rising temperatures will greatly increase the risk of forest loss in Amazonia, Central America, and eastern China.

Reporter Alan Nearn covers Central America and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

Please fill me in on the latest political upheaval in Central America.

World Cup first timers China and top North and Central America qualifier Costa Rica complete the group.

He served in Cyprus, Germany, Norway, Canada, central America and Northern Ireland.

Plus, of course, Central America, which has remained steadfastly pro-Taipei.

It is not Coney Island. It is a crepuscular melange of all the cities of Europe and Central America.

Barbets are found throughout Central America and in northern South America, in sub-Saharan Africa, and in South Asia.

Mr Makled accused the armed forces of operating four or five drug flights a day from the Colombian border to Central America.

But he severely misjudged the hurdles presented by Central America's mountainous terrain7 and tropical climate.

Costa Rica: UItra popular eco-tourism spot in Central America is not expensive by European standards.

Juan Valdez is also studying the Asian market and creating partnerships in Mexico and Central America, Munoz said.

Toucans are found in South and Central America in the canopy layer of the rainforest.

With their leaders under fire, the drug combines are moving into the poorer countries of Central America (see article).

The other is from the cassia tree, which grows in Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Central America.

But Maya people still live in the Yucatan peninsula and parts of Central America and many have emigrated to Houston.

The World Bank reckons it is the easiest country in Central America, Panama excepted, in which to start a new business.

I recommend it to anyone traveling through Central America.

But in March, the first cocaine-processing lab ever discovered in Central America was found in Honduras.

I was the first in my family to receive a degree, and relatives travelled all the way to the US from central America to celebrate.

Central America has also concluded free-trade talks with the European Union.

genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants.

When the cold war ended, peace and democracy prevailed and Central America slipped back into oblivion.

Though Central America offers a new base for Mexican traffickers, it could yet be their undoing.

a country of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control.

But Central America's political systems are nearly all dysfunctional.

omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America.

small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti.

A related bird (Agriocharis ocellata) of Mexico and Central America, brilliantly colored and having eyelike spots on its tail.

These were hominoid visitors to South and Central America, revered, and thus if a body was inadvertently left behind, carefully buried.

They owned vast banana plantations in Guatemala and Central America.

A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America.

Yet it is in Central America that democracy is under greatest threat.

Hundreds of Scots were left buried in Central America, dead of fever and starvation.

Case studies include Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, and Central America. Same as Social Science 123A.

Even by Latin American standards, the state in Central America is weak and poor.

The Star apple is a fruit native to the low-lying areas of Central America and the West Indies.

Trade surplus Central America among them particularly arrestive .

It will be a my life Central America good recollection.

Before its 500-mile trip to Central America, the ruby-throated hummingbird bulks up on nectar, insects, and tree sap.

Similar allegations are made in relation to South and Central America as well.

freshwater fish of Central America having a long sword like tail; popular aquarium fish.

The largest lake of Central America, in southwest Nicaragua.

Organised crime feeds on Central America's other weaknesses.

Astonishingly, freight costs for exports from Central America to the United States can be higher than from China, for example.

But the areas in worst danger are on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America.

Around A. D. 600, the Mayas were the main aboriginal group in Central America.

E: Cocao tree is near to coast area, Mexico, Central America and South America.

The area of British Honduras, in Central America, was settled by shipwrecked British sailors in 1638.

Guava is a medium-sized fruit with green skin and crispy flesh. It is from Central America, and it has a lot of nutrition.

Whereas Colombia has got safer, Central America has become more dangerous.

It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of the situation prevailing in Central America.

Tapirs are indigenous only to South and Central America and Southeast Asia.

West of Central America, Celia sports spiral arms but no obvious eye.

In Central America, Linc and Sofia live happily together.

FROM our office in Mexico City I cover the seven countries of Central America, which means a lot of flying.

But last year it had the fastest growth in Central America after Panama, a feat it may repeat in 2011.

While the mafias are untroubled by national boundaries, Central America's governments bicker over them.

In North America and Central America, the forest area remained about the same.

A country of Central America bordering on the Pacific Ocean.

We beamed the program to the countries of Central America.

The myths about shape shifting have a long history in South and Central America and for good reason.

Today's object is myth-made material; a food god from Central America.

Religion in Nicaragua, Central America, many places, is used as an instrument of war.

Some things are getting better in Central America.

Panama's economy: A Singapore for Central America?

JTF-Bravo is the commander of all U. S. military operations in Central America.

In 1502, Portuguese colonists started the first banana plantations in the Caribbean and in Central America.

In Central America, remittances have long eclipsed traditional agricultural mainstays such as coffee and bananas.

The Indians brought the tomato plant with them when they moved north to Central America.

Yucca are native to North and Central America and the West Indies.

"We are also seeing a lot of women from Asia, South and Central America getting treatments here. "

Hundreds were sent to Central America in the aftermath of hurricanes and other natural disasters in the 1990s.

Only in 1502 the Portuguese start the first banana plantation in the Caribbean and in central America.

What? A small country in Central America, on the Atlantic side.

But unless and until drugs are legalised, that is the best Central America can hope to do.

And in Central America we ship to Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and we are talking to two organizations in El Salvador.

Central America is somewhere in the middle.

This color-coded image shows rainfall amounts in southern Mexico and Central America from September 14 to 18.

The World Bank promises to step up lending to Central America too.

In parts of Central America for example TechnoServe is helping coffee producers become competitive in new and growing markets.

In parts of Central America, for example, Techno Serve is helping coffee producers become competitive in new and growing markets.

When the guerrilla wars of the 1970s and 1980s ended, Americans forgot about Central America.

Mr Egeland noted that it cost about $5 billion to clear up after Hurricane Mitch struck Central America in 1998, killing 10, 000 people.

The Mayans lived in Central America thousands of years ago.

The world's murder hotspot is Belize, central America, with a rate of 32. 7 per 100, 000 people.

He had hoped to find a passage through Central America, where Panama is located.

As of October 24, 2011, Tropical Storm Rina had formed off Central America.

I have taken similar trips in Asia, Central America and Europe.

People living in the crowded east coast never know the vast land in central America.

One species: Central America; naturalized in China.

Several issues remain: for example, Central America wants to limit imports of Europe's (subsidised) powdered milk and cheese.

My father's photographs revealed the location of Thor's belt in Central America and his hammer between Greenland and Norway.

Jatropha curcas is a non-edible shrub that is native to Central America.

Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central America Economic Integration

Have you been to Africa or South America or Central America during the last 6 days?

Perspective Study of Agricultural Integration and Development in Central America;

Agreement on an Electrical Interconnection System for the Countries of Central America;

Coordinator of the United Nations system for the special plan of economic assistance to Central America;

Procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace in Central America;

forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood;

Saving Forests, protecting People: Environmental Conservation In Central America

Bridging Infrastructural Gaps in Central America: Prospects and Potential for Maritime Transport

Innovative financing for low-income housing improvement: lessons from programmes in Central America,

Technical Commission for Telecommunications in Central America;

Strategic Framework for the Reduction of Vulnerability and Disasters in Central America;

Tegucigalpa International Declaration on Peace and Development in Central America;

Follow-up Committee of the International Conference on Central America Refugees;

Steering Committee of the Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America;

Central America-United States of America Joint Declaration;

Regional Conference on International Migration in North and Central America;

Programme for displaced persons, refugees and returnees in Central America;

Secretariat for Economic Integration for Central America;

Programme of technical assistance to alleviate poverty in Central America;

Technical Assistance for the Agricultural Development of Central America;

Permanent Committee on Housing and Urban Development for Central America and Panama;

Additional Protocol to the Contadora Act on Peace and Cooperation in Central America;

Tegucigalpa Commitments on Peace and Development in Central America;

Inspected the Central America Honduras to arrive continually the bay more than 2000 kilometers coastlines ;

Special Programme for Economic Cooperation in Central America;

Macaws are native to Mexico, central America, South America, and formerly the Caribbean

Recent history of sediment deposition in marl- and sand-based marshes of Belize, Central America

United Nations Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America;

Trust Fund for the Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America;

Federation of Teachers Organization of Central America;

ADD; Association for Democracy and Development in Central America;

Special Programme of Economic Assistance to Central America;

Geologic Map of Western Nicaraguan Highland, Central America

Federation of Coffer Growers of Central America-Mexico-Caribbean;

Meeting of Heads of State of Central America and Panama;

Regional Meeting of Ministers of Industry from Central America and the Caribbean ;

Action Committee in Support of the Economic and Social Development of Central America;

Council for the Lutheran Churches in Central America and Panama;

Special Programme of Cooperation for Central America;

25 Years experiences of China made small hydroelectric units with USA made digital technology installed in USA and Central America

Declaration on the Recovery of Illicit Arms in Civilian Hands in Central America;

Bring about a peaceful solution to conflicts in Central America

Federation of Jewish Communities of Central America and Panama;

CREAA; Regional Council for Agricultural Cooperation in Central America;

Advances in Renewable Development in Central America

Minor Build and research changes to Central America Countries

Sub-regional Office for Education for Central America and Panama;

ESAMRDC; Advanced School of Public Administration for Central America;