Central America
Guatemala: maquila stole $6 million from workers
US retailers have been caught selling apparel from a plant whose union-busting owner cheated the workers of their pension and healthcare benefits.
Tag: Central America
Central America
Guatemala: indigenous ex-rebel leader killed
Unidentified assailants beat and shot Guatemalan indigenous leader and former guerrilla Juan Tuyuc; activists are demanding a thorough investigation.
Central America
Honduras: audit faults World Bank loan in Aguán
World Bank auditors say the bank violated ethical standards with a loan it gave a landowner in the conflictive Aguán Valley region of Honduras.
Central America
Guatemala grapples with opium boom
Guatemala has emerged as a major opium producer in recent years, and President Otto Pérez Molina is now considering legalized and regulated cultivation.
Central America
Costa Rica: the next narco-state?
Unprecedented cocaine raids across Costa Rica point to the Central American country emerging as a key hub in the hemispheric narco-trade.
Central America
Panama, Nicaragua canal plans stalled
Amid multiple legal challenges, Nicaragua's interoceanic canal project could be delayed for a year, while the rival Panama Canal expansion faces massive cost overruns.
Central America
Honduras: another journalist killed; toll reaches 37
Violence against Honduran journalists and opposition activists continues. The police dismiss most cases as common crimes.
Central America
Honduras: two more opposition activists murdered
The wave of violence against LIBRE activists continue. Two have been killed, and one is fleeing the country because of threats to his life.
Central America
Honduras: new party ‘breaks chains’ of old system
Two opposition parties charge fraud in the Nov. 24 election in Honduras. Did the vote restore democracy–or just aggravate the “social confrontation”?
Central America
Honduras: opposition charges fraud in election
While the Nov. 24 election results remain in dispute, what is certain that the new center-left LIBRE coalition has ended Honduras' aging two-party system.
Central America
Honduras: pre-election repression continues
A new report finds that the center-left LIBRE party has suffered more attacks and killings than all other political parties combined—and the violence continues.
Central America
Panama ups ante in Nicaragua canal race
The current expansion of the Panama Canal will accommodate 90% of the world's 370-vessel liquified natural gas fleet—a new bid to undermine Nicaragua's canal plans.