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Central America

September 30, 2019

As dengue spreads across Central America, Red Cross scales up response

Climate change could significantly modify vector-borne diseases and their effect on human populations, making epidemics more difficult to predict and control, says the IFRC.
July 30, 2019

El Salvador joins regional effort to address forced displacement in Central America

The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed El Salvador’s decision to join a regional initiative that aims to better address forced displacement in and from Central America, and to help those affected by it.
July 19, 2019

New Amnesty report on child migrant detention centre in Florida

Amnesty described the detention centre in the Miami suburb as an industrial line for processing mass numbers of children.
July 6, 2019

Medical charity says US-Mexico decision puts asylum seekers in extreme danger

A medical charity says the policy that forces people seeking asylum in the US to wait out legal proceedings in violent areas of Mexico puts them in extreme danger.
December 6, 2018

Faith leaders to take mass action at US-Mexico border

More than a hundred faith leaders will converge on the US-Mexico border for a mass action in support of the migrant caravans and all those who seek refuge in the US.
July 14, 2011

British youth volunteers arrive in El Salvador

Ten British young people have arrived in El Salvador to take part in a new faith-supported volunteering scheme offered by the agency Progressio.
May 30, 2009

Honduras suffers earthquake, with fears of more to follow

An earthquake of 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Honduras at midnight two days ago. The epicentre of the two-minute quake was the Caribbean coast just north of Bay Islands. Suggestions of another quake is adding to tensions.
April 29, 2009

Catholic aid agencies warn of toxic mining legacy in Honduras

Catholic aid agencies CAFOD in the UK and Development & Peace in Canada are calling on multi-million pound mining giant Goldcorp to ensure their San Martin mine in Honduras does not leave a toxic legacy when it closes at the end of 2009.
September 12, 2007

Don't forget the Hurricane Felix victims, say aid agencies

Church and development organisations working in hurricane-hit Nicaragua and Honduras are urging people not to forget the long- and short-term victims of the region's 'hidden disaster', the profile of which is being dwarfed by other world events in the media.
September 6, 2007

Central America faces up to Hurricane Felix havoc

Hurricane Felix, which struck Nicaragua on Tuesday 5 September 2007, has destroyed 9,000 homes, according to the Nicaraguan government. 38 people are confirmed dead, with another 80 missing. Honduras and Guatemala have also been hit.