TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The average baseball is only used for a few pitches in the U.S. Major Leagues, but for the Costa Ricans who make them each ball is the result of hours of painstaking stitching by hand. For 10 hours a day, workers at the world's only factory authorized to supply Major League Baseball, in the ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted Friday that US demand is "part of the problem" fuelling Central America's drug wars and pledged more help in fighting ruthless Mexican cartels. Visiting here two days after the arrests of two top Guatemalan police chiefs on drug trafficking and murder charges, Clinton and Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom vowed to do more ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here Friday for talks with Central American leaders on stemming drug trafficking linked to ruthless Mexican cartels. Two days after the arrests of two top Guatemalan police chiefs on drug trafficking and murder charges, Clinton is stressing the need to fight the corruption that undermines the counter-narcotics effort. Clinton has welcomed the arrests ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins regional summit talks in Guatemala later Friday as she urges recognition of the new Honduran government and promises aid to fight drug trafficking. Wrapping up a six-country tour of Latin America, the chief US diplomat will meet Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom as well as hold broader talks with him and the leaders of ...