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| washingtonpost.com - Central America
CHALMETTE, La., Aug. 28 -- Determined to avoid the mistakes made when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials began preparations for massive evacuations if it becomes clear that Tropical Storm Gustav will sweep over the region with the same force as Katrina.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 27 -- Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 23 people before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said Wednesday that it remains a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 25 -- Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly Monday in the Caribbean and took a course that would send it into Haiti's denuded southern coast as a hurricane before moving on to Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 -- Tropical Storm Fay headed for Florida's west coast late Monday after dumping heavy rains on Key West and slashing through the Caribbean, leaving at least five people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
TIJUANA, Mexico -- Half a dozen prostitutes swarm Angel Cabrera's car as he inches along the traffic-choked streets of downtown Tijuana on a balmy Friday evening.
GUAMUCHIL, Mexico -- The three teenagers started their big weekend singing "Happy Birthday" to the parish priest.
MOSCOW, July 21 -- Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian newspaper reported Monday, citing an unnamed senior Russian air force official.
MEDELLIN, Colombia -- This labyrinthine metropolis transformed over the course of a decade from a battlefield of drug lords, paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas into one of the safest, most dynamic cities in Latin America. Visionary inner-city renewal projects and a push to take back the lawles...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 8 -- The Pentagon urged interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to destroy handwritten notes in case they were called to testify about potentially harsh treatment of detainees, a military defense lawyer said Sunday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 3 -- A former British resident accused of plotting with al-Qaeda to bomb apartment buildings in the United States was selected to face a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said.
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