Central America
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| Area | 521876 |
|---|---|
| Languages | Spanish |
| Mayan languages | |
| Kriol | |
| languages of Mesoamerica | |
| Smallest country | El Salvador |
| Population | 47,448,333 (2016 estimate) |
| UN M49 code | Latin America |
| Americas | |
| GDP per capita | purchasing power parity |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1401775 |
About Central America
Central America is a region found in the southern tip of North America and is sometimes defined as a subcontinent of the Americas. This region is bordered by Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south.
Haiti: Gang violence prompts hospital evacuation
... A source in Port-au-Prince told the BBC s Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent, Will Grant, that the situation at the hospital had " escalated very quickly"...
A spooked and lonely Taiwan looks for new friends
... Those that did were on the whole equally nasty regimes, including the generals of South Korea, apartheid South Africa and the right-wing dictatorships of Central America...
Annular Solar eclipse 2023: Ring of fire sweeps over Americas
... The cosmic phenomenon was visible in parts of the US, Mexico and in South and Central America...
Biden cannot escape Trump's shadow in border crisis
... More than 150,000 Venezuelans have headed north toward the US, across the Darian Gap into Central America, in the past two months, according to the government of Panama...
James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists
... The collection has 126 photographs from some of the worst conflicts and disasters of our times - from Central America in the 1980s to the ongoing war in Ukraine...
Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US
... Members have also bribed police officers and high-ranking politicians in Mexico and across Central America to turn a blind eye to drug shipments or even tip the cartel off about impending raids...
Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán's wife released from prison
... The Sinaloa cartel also bribed police officers and high-ranking politicians in Mexico and across Central America to turn a blind eye to drug shipments or even tip the cartel off about impending raids...
Crippling fuel crisis turns Cuba to old friend Russia
...By Will GrantBBC Central America correspondentCuban taxi driver Jorge Lloro is reminded of his nation s historic ties to Russia every time he gets behind the wheel of his navy blue, Soviet-era Lada...
