Treasured arts from Latin America.
A PAN-NATIONAL EXHIBITION of some 250 works of art created in the Spanish viceroyalties of New Spain (which today comprises Mexico and the countries of Central America) and Peru (now the nations of Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru), and in the Portuguese colony of...

Imazalil sulfate as an alternative spawn and supplement treatment for green mold disease.
Trichoderma aggressivum f. aggressivum (Ta2) causes the most devastating form of green mold disease on cultivated mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) in North America. This disease reached epidemic proportions immediately following the introduction of the pathogen in the early 1990s, and since has become endemic throughout much of North and Central...

RIL eyes Guatemala to fire US retail plan.
Byline: Rajeev Jayaswal & Soma Banerjee NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries (RIL), which operates the third-largest refining capacity in the world, is in negotiations to expand its downstream business in new geographies like Central America. The private sector oil major, which is developing its business across...

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Aggressive New Joint Initiatives With El Salvador to Combat Transnational Gangs.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca announced tough new collaborative efforts to combat transnational gangs such as MS-13 and 18th Street that operate in El Salvador, elsewhere in Central America, Mexico, and the United States....

Learning about the Garifuna.
On a recent trip to Central America to visit our daughter, who is teaching English in an elementary school in Honduras this year, my wife and I were fascinated by the rich culture of the Garifuna, an ethnic group in the Caribbean descended from a mix of Amerindian and...

Life expectancy in Japan highest.
Byline: Rema Nagarajan NEW DELHI: India's median age is much above Bangladesh's 22.2 or Egypt's 24. In fact, most countries in West Asia and Central America figure in the list of countries with lower median ages than India, and reasonably high life expectancy. When it...

The colors of the earth: nature and landscape in the poetry of Joy Harjo and Humberto Ak' Abal.
Native poetry, in both North and Central America, is characterized by the use of a trope that issues from a generally shared worldview--namely, the earth's colors as a metaphor for the relationship between humans and nature. To illustrate this literary and cultural phenomenon, I have chosen to analyze the...

Mindful of the mines.
For over 15 years, the Organization of American States (OAS) has been responding to a little-known crisis that has threatened the lives of thousands of people in Central and South America. The conflicts that took place in the region during the 1980s and 90s--and continue to this day in...

Milestones of the AICMA.
* September 1991 Secretary General Joao Clemente Baena Soares requests Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) conduct a study of the mine problem in Central America * June 1992 General Assembly passes Resolution 1191 "Support for Central American Peace Process and Mine Clearance," creating a...

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa.
Aug 6, 2007 The luxury market in the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica just took another step in the right direction as One&Only resorts announced plans to operate its first Central America property, in Cacique. Aug 3, 2007 Heathrow[sup.1]s new Terminal 5 (T5) Sofitel 600-room...