Belize
Pulitzer Center grantee Nick Miroff talks about an under-siege Central America and the Mexico drug cartels fighting to control the region's smuggling routes.
Mexican cartels vying for control over new drug routes in Central America have transformed Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica into their new frontiers, escalating violence and addiction in the region.
Mexico's drug war is seeping across borders into Belize, escalating violence in the region. Nick Miroff follows a counter-drug patrol team through the forest.
Mexico's drug cartels have made their way into Central America and are forging new drug trade routes in Belize, a country that has recently been added to the Obama administration's "black list".
Tiny Belize is becoming a prime gateway for drug trafficking as Mexican drug cartels carve out new smuggling routes through Central America.
The uninhabited coral cays, long coastline and thick jungles that draw tourists to Belize also appeal to drug smugglers. Belize's borders are porous and its security forces are minuscule.
More and more gangsters from Guatemala are planting marijuana in Belize, adding fuel to the increasingly dangerous situation taking place near the border of the two countries.
Billionaire Mexican drug mafias are muscling into Central America, undermining the region’s feeble governments and bringing violence to levels not seen since the civil wars of the 1970s and 80s.
Throughout the world, more than 350,000 women die each year from pregnancy-related complications. Belize is one country that is trying to improve maternal health care in hopes of reducing the risks...
The women of Carmelita, Belize say they would rather give birth at home because hospitals do not allow family members in the delivery room.
After enduring traumatic experiences, women in Belize are taking the initiative to educate themselves on childbirth.
One woman dies every 90 seconds from pregnancy-related complications somewhere in the world. The Belize Ministry of Health is improving access, coverage, and quality of maternal health care in hopes...
Throughout the world, one woman dies during childbirth every 90 secondsÂ….