U.S., Mexico, Nicaragua win
Ryan Shealy went 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and three RBIs, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two solo homers in leading the United States over Panama 9-3 in a regional Olympic qualifying tournament on Friday.
The United States remained the only unbeaten team in the six-team tournament which ends on Saturday. Four teams advance to the next qualifying event in August at Havana, Cuba.
In other games, Mexico beat Canada 7-2 behind pitcher Rigo Beltran, who gave up one run in six innings, and Nicaragua defeated Guatamala 6-1. AP
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Stan Hits Central America and Mexico, 231 Deaths
The number of casualties because of hurricane Stan in Central America and Mexico has risen to 231.
Search and rescue teams in Guatemala have taken 40 bodies from the debris of a landslide caused by the hurricane and in a small coastal village 20 more people died in another landslide, reported the country’s civilian defense spokesman Benedicto Giron.
Along with the corpses found in Guatemala, the total number of hurricane victims is 231 including the death toll in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico.
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Six to eight weeks is long enough to travel across a few countries without feeling you've rushed too much. Arriving in Mexico City, and after a few days exploring the sights and sounds, the architecture ancient and modern, and dodging the traffic,you can head south to the beaches of Oaxaca, before making your way east to Chiapas and the Maya ruins of Palenque. From here continue south to Guatemala or west out to the Yucutan Peninsula for the beautiful beaches and Maya ruins. Dropping south, Belize is worth some time. Diving, though more expensive than Honduras, is some
Entering the realms of comfortably travelling from top to bottom, three months is plenty to enter into the classic trip - to follow the Pan-American Highway. Crossing the US-Mexico border at Laredo, the route heads south through Monterrey and the port of Tampico before veering inland through the silver-mining centre of Pachuca and on to Mexico City.
From Ciudad Juarez on the border, it's a short trip to Chihuahua, the vast Copper Canyon and the glorious railroad down to the Pacific Ocean. The famous train journey is one of several options for leaving Chihuahua on a route that takes in
Hurricane Wilma heads for Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Wilma strengthened in the Caribbean Tuesday and headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it seemed likely to spare battered U.S. oil and gas fields but threatened storm-weary Florida.
The rapidly intensifying storm also menaced Honduras and Nicaragua with up to 10 inches of rain, compounding the woes of Central America. More than 1,000 people in Guatemala and El Salvador were killed by landslides and floods triggered by Hurricane Stan this month.
Wilma was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane with winds of more than 110 mph by Thursday and its likely
Gamma threatens Belize, Honduras, Mexico
Portions of Belize, Honduras and Mexico were under a tropical storm warning Saturday from Gamma, the 24th storm of the record Atlantic hurricane season.
At 10 a.m. EST, Gamma was about 160 miles east-southeast of Belize City, Belize, moving north-northwest about 5 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
Gamma was expected to strengthen slightly and turn north within 24 hours. Forecasters said Gamma could bring up to 15 inches of rain to western Cuba, 8 inches to northern Belize and Mexico's eastern Yucatan Peninsula, and 4 inches to parts
Stan fading fast over Mexico
Once mighty Hurricane Stan "is now a rainmaker," and should weaken even more over the high terrain of southeastern Mexico, forecasters said Tuesday night.
At 10 p.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the broad center of what was just Tropical Depression Stan was over the state Oaxaca, Mexico.
Maximum sustained winds were near 35 mph, and Stan was moving southwestward near 3 mph. "Little motion (movement) is expected before dissipation," the center said.
Stan was expected to produce 5 to 10 inches of rain over portions of southeastern Mexico. The center warned of possible life-threatening flash
Korea, Mexico Shake Hands on Strategic Partnership
President Roh Moo-hyun and his Mexican counterpart Vincente Fox on Friday (local time) agreed to form, a strategic partnership between their countries.
The two heads of state also agreed to sign a strategic economic complementation agreement (SECA) as soon as possible to facilitate trade and investment between the two nations. A SECA is less extensive than a free trade agreement and requires tariffs on particular items to be lifted through negotiations. Mexico has an FTA with Japan but is reluctant to form one with Korea because it worries it would increase its trade deficit.
Traci Carl promoted to chief of bureau for Mexico and Central America
Traci Carl, news editor for The Associated Press in Mexico and Central America, has been promoted to chief of bureau.
The appointment was announced Friday in New York by Deborah Seward, AP's international editor.
Carl, 33, will be responsible for coverage of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
She succeeds Eloy O. Aguilar, who has taken on a new role as administrative director for the region. Aguilar also will continue to be involved in the news and business operations of the bureau.
Carl joined AP in 1995 in
News of extensive flooding and mudslides, accompanied by lack of communication, raises fears that the death toll in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and southern Mexico could be a great deal higher than the 450 reported following Hurricane Stan"s havoc last weekend.
In Guatemala, the president has asked Congress to declare a state of emergency because entire villages have been destroyed by the mudslides and flash floods, and many people are still missing.
El Salvador likewise fears that more people than the reported 64 have died, because the 54,000 evacuated throughout the country will have difficulty returning to their
Energy Summit Takes Place in Mexico
Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and Colombia held a summit in Cancun to analyze the so-called Mesoamerican Energy Initiative and committed to progress in integration.
Host president, Vicente Fox, made the proposal for an agreement among 10 countries of seven projects, among them a refinery in Central America, a gas pipeline, and a thermoelectric and electrical interconnection system.
The meeting is also attended by Presidents Ricardo Maduro (Honduras), Oscar Berger (Guatemala), Leonel Fernandez (Dominican Republic), Abel Pacheco (Costa Rica), Martin Torrijos (Panama) and Elias Antonio Saca (El Salvador), and representatives from Nicaragua, Colombia and Belize.
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