Fewer cocaine shipments stopped in 2007
U.S.-directed seizures and disruptions of cocaine shipments from Latin America dropped sharply in 2007 from the year before, reflecting in part a successful shift in tactics by drug traffickers to avoid detection at sea, senior American officials disclosed Monday in releasing new figures.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Nicaragua Mexico People:Alvaro Uribe Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2008-01-14
Chavez loses constitutional vote
Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
Nations:Singapore Venezuela Bolivia Ecuador Nicaragua People:Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez
2007-12-03
Iran leader says nuclear issue is closed
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal sanctions against Tehran.
Nations:Israel France North Korea Nicaragua Myanmar Germany People:Nicolas Sarkozy Daniel Ortega Angela Merkel Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-09-26
Death toll from Felix nears 100
Rescuers scooped bodies from the open sea and villagers paddled canoes through fallen trees looking for survivors on this remote, swampy stretch of Caribbean coast as the death toll from Hurricane Felix neared 100.
Nations:Nicaragua Honduras Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-07
Felix toll in Nicaragua rises above 40
Helicopters clattered overhead and Miskito Indians paddled canoes through a debris-littered sea Thursday, searching desperately for survivors of Hurricane Felix. At least 40 people were reported dead and scores remained missing.
Nations:Honduras Nicaragua Mexico Venezuela Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-06
Felix sparks flood fears after killing 3
Tropical depression Felix is forecast to dump up to 25 inches of rain on parts of Nicaragua and Honduras, officials said early Wednesday, triggering fears of flooding and mudslides in areas where shantytowns cling precariously to hillsides.
Nations:Nicaragua Honduras Mexico El Salvador People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-05
Twin storms pack dangerous winds
Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day.
Nations:Honduras Guatemala Nicaragua Mexico People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-04
Category 5 Hurricane Felix slams ashore
Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm — the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have made landfall in the same season. The storm hit near the swampy Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians dependent on canoes to make their way to safety.
Nations:Honduras Nicaragua Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-04
Tourists flee as Felix nears
Planes shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize. But thousands of Miskito Indians were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall.
Nations:Belize Honduras Nicaragua Mexico U.S. Guatemala Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-03
Felix becomes Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm Sunday as it toppled trees and flooded homes on a cluster of Dutch islands before churning its way into the open waters of the Caribbean.
Nations:Mexico Honduras Jamaica Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix 2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-09-02
Felix becomes Category 2 hurricane
Felix gathered strength and became a Category 2 hurricane early Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was forecast to pass just north of the Dutch Caribbean island.
Nations:Barbados Mexico Jamaica Honduras Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-02
Dean bears down on Mexico's oil industry
Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
Nations:Canada Belize Mexico U.S. Jamaica Nicaragua People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-08-22
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