On January 11, 2017, a major event occurred in El Salvador: no one was killed. The news of a day without violent deaths in the country where people kill more often and most of all in the world has swept across the globe. Usually about ten people are killed every day in the country. On less fortunate days, this number increases by about three times. Death surprises no one in El Salvador. It is read about every day in the newspapers, told on the radio, shown on television, it is discussed at...

Central America is a strip of land that connects North America and South America, but for travelers it's much more than just that. The region consists of seven countries: Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. And much of the landscape is covered with mountains, rainforests, and beaches along the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean. If you're exploring this region for the first time or have experience traveling around the region, make sure these 14 Central...

These are the cities of Honduras, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Guatemala. San Pedro Sula, Honduras accounts for more than 700 murders per hundred thousand inhabitants. This is the highest level in the world. Although San Pedro Sula is considered one of the most developing cities in Honduras, visiting its slums and remote areas, there is a danger of staying there forever. This city is the abode of drug traffickers. Caracas, (Venezuela) Every day dozens of peaceful people die here,...

With such "brands" as the Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal, Central America, it would seem, should "shut up" both North America and South America. But no. Oddly enough, the Panama Canal, which is extremely popular among sailors, often makes it difficult to see the wonders of the countries of Central America. Focusing on crossing the canal on the way to the South Pacific Ocean, yachtsmen forget to look around. And in vain. Now the situation is being corrected: the sailors realized that...

North and South America are connected by a narrow strip of land - the Isthmus of Panama, several tens of kilometers wide. But despite the presence of a land section, there is no road or railway between the continents. It's not even about the Panama Strait: bridges have long been thrown across it. Why, for several centuries of development of the continent, the Americans have not united both continents by a highway? The Last Frontier of WildlifeIn fact, the countries of the New World still...

Central America (Spanish: América Central) is a region located between the North American region and South America, geologically and geographically belonging to the North American continent. The dominant language in Central America is Spanish, the only exception being English-speaking Belize. The population of Central America comes from indigenous people - Indians, as well as from Europeans (mainly Spaniards) and African slaves brought by them. In political geography, Central America...

Ranking of Central American countries by interestingness Due to the fact that I spent as much as 4 months in the small countries of Central America, it was possible to study them well and compare them with each other. I decided to write a rating on the concentration of interesting places / attractions in each country to make it clear which countries should be visited in the first place, and in which - in the last. Rating of central American capitals1. Panama is the most interesting...