Latest Central America News

As millions sweat out the heat wave, blocks of lake ice keep these campers cool

Jun. 21, 2024 04:16 AM EDT

SQUAM LAKE, N.H. (AP) — As New England baked in a heat wave Thursday, guests at one campground were keeping their food and beer cold with blocks of ice harvested months earlier from a frozen lake. And while some relief is expected in the eastern Great Lakes region and New England...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office

Jun. 20, 2024 22:33 PM EDT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General's Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation which he found “semi-destroyed” when he took office almost six months ago. ...

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

Jun. 20, 2024 03:31 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month's killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found. Sizzling daytime temperatures that triggered cases...

Deaths, drownings and destruction as heavy rains move through Central America. 3 killed in Guatemala

Jun. 18, 2024 15:26 PM EDT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three men drowned in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another who had tried to cross an overflowing river, as heavy rains caused death and destruction across Central America, authorities said Tuesday. The three fatalities on Monday were the latest in a...

Lionel Messi and Argentina will try for a 3rd straight major title in Copa America

Jun. 17, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi and Argentina will try to match Spain’s feat of three consecutive major titles when the Copa America kicks off Thursday night. Coming off championships in the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 World Cup, Messi will be four days shy of his 37th birthday...

'Heat dome' leads to sweltering temperatures in Mexico, Central America and US South

May. 23, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees. Meteorologists say the conditions have been caused by what some...

Inter Miami fined by CONCACAF for lack of stadium security

Apr. 11, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Inter Miami was fined by CONCACAF's disciplinary committee for lack of security at Chase Stadium during its Champions Cup quarterfinal match against Monterrey on April 3. CONCACAF, the regional governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean,...