All posts in Central America
El Salvador: Justices invalidate security appointments
Justices invalidate security appointments; FMLN seeks greater links with Salvadoran nationals in Europe; Ombudsman demands justice for LGBT community Justice court invalidates security appointments On 17 May, the Constitutional Division of the Supreme Court of Justice (Sala de lo Constitucional [...]
El Salvador: Report finds growth in service exports
Report finds significant growth in service exports; Opposition presidential candidate vows to continue gang truce; Gang truce to pacify another municipality; El Salvador and Palestine formalize relations Report finds significant growth in service exports Service exports totaled US$ 1.320bn in [...]
El Salvador: President and candidates discuss political agenda
President and candidates discuss political agenda; Government pleads for rise of minimum wage; Ombudsman calls for guarantee on press freedom President and candidates discuss political agenda On 3 May, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes began a dialogue process with the four candidates who [...]
El Salvador: Government recognizes role in gang truce
Government recognizes role in gang truce; New study shows cost of tax evasion; War veterans demand pension payments Government recognizes role in gang truce For the first time since the gang truce between MS-13 and Barrio 18 was announced in [...]
El Salvador: President Funes meets President Obama in Washington D.C.
President Funes meets President Obama in Washington D.C.; Over 2.8 million firearms estimated in Central America; FMLN moves closer to business sector El Salvador: President Funes meets President Obama in Washington D.C. During a state-level meeting between Salvadoran President Mauricio [...]
El Salvador: US boosts anti-drug assistance for Central America
US boosts anti-drug assistance for Central America; Industrial sector led El Salvador’s economic growth in 2012; El Salvador’s Central Reserve Bank has new president US boosts anti-drug assistance for Central America As part of the proposed budget for fiscal [...]
El Salvador: Gang rehabilitation efforts prove difficult to sustain
Gang rehabilitation efforts prove difficult to sustain; Opposition party ARENA suffers inner rifts; El Salvador to address US immigration reform at regional summit Gang rehabilitation efforts prove difficult to sustain One year after El Salvador´s gang truce was negotiated, gang [...]
El Salvador: Candidates for the 2014 Presidential Elections complain of financial constraints
El Salvador’s campaigns face financing troubles; Young Salvadoran has leading role in the US struggle for gay rights; MS-13 member is extradited to the US El Salvador’s campaigns face finance troubles Political parties in El Salvador claim there is not [...]
El Salvador: Recovery from economic crisis continues
El Salvador still recovering from economic crisis; Tourism revenues in El Salvador reach pre-crisis levels; Maras and Zetas form new business relationship El Salvador still recovering from economic crisis On 19 March, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its annual [...]
El Salvador: Sovereignty issues over Gulf of Fonseca
Tensions rise in Gulf of Fonseca; El Salvador falls to 107th in Human Development ranking; remittances from the US decline on first two months of 2013 Tensions rise between El Salvador and Honduras over the Gulf of Fonseca On 12 [...]
Indigenous issues: indigenous Panamanians withdraw from UN-REDD
Indigenous Panamanians withdraw from UN-REDD; Bolivia celebrates the National Day of Coca-Leaf Chewing; New law to protect women from violence comes into effect in Bolivia. UN-REDD Programme left without indigenous people’s support in Panama The national coordinating body of Indigenous [...]
Indigenous issues: no access to due process in Mexican prisons
Indigenous people have no access to due process in Mexican prisons More than 8,000 indigenous people imprisoned in Mexico do not know the reasons why they are deprived of their liberty, when they will be convicted or released, Mexican ombudsman Raúl [...]
Indigenous issues: oil and gas giant plans to explore sacred indigenous land
Oil and gas giant plans to explore sacred indigenous land; indigenous Panamanians threaten to obstruct the Panamericana highway; indigenous Colombians propose an economic alternative to the capital model. Oil and gas giant plans to explore sacred indigenous land The indigenous Wayuú people in [...]
Panama: Political parties use carnival to target the youth
Political parties use carnival to target the youth; fund created to promote the film industry; Chinchilla and Martinelli consider eliminating Passport at border Political parties use carnival to target the youth Panama has been swarming with activity over the past [...]
Costa Rica: New law strengthens measures against human trafficking
New law strengthens measures against human trafficking; Free Trade Agreement with Colombia nearly ready; medical profession against Law on Salary Incentives New law strengthens measures against human trafficking The Law N.9095 Against Human Trafficking entered into force this Friday 8 [...]