Central America
Honduras: indigenous leaders arrested after dam demonstration
Honduran police disperse a protest by indigenous Lenca communities; two days later, police claim to find a gun in a Lenca leader’s car.
Tag: Central America
Central America
Guatemala: RĂos Montt is convicted âwho’s next?
Survivors and rights advocates hugged each other when the ex-dictator was convicted of genocide, but the current president must be thinking about his own role in the civil war.
Central America
Guatemala: state of siege against protesters lifted
President PĂ©rez Molina was forced to give up his effort to contain indigenous protests against a Canadian-owned silver mine by suspending constitutional rights.
Central America
Guatemala: will the RĂos Montt trial continue?
Confusing court decisions and legal maneuvers seem designed to delay a verdict in the trial of a former military dictator accused in the deaths of indigenous civilians.
Central America
Salvador May Day march rejects privatization push
Some 80,000 Salvadorans took to the streets on May Day to oppose privatization initiatives mandated by the US State Department’s Partnership for Growth program.
Central America
Guatemala: emergency over mining protests
Guatemala’s government declared a state of emergency in four municipalities in the eastern highlands following clashes between police and anti-mining protesters.
Central America
Nicaragua: Korean firm accused in attack on maquila workers
US labor groups say Sae-A managers arranged an attack on unionists, while mainstream Nicaraguan unions say it’s a US conspiracy. Next stop for Sae-A is Haiti.
Central America
Guatemala: victims challenge suspension of RĂos Montt trial
Indigenous survivors of the Guatemalan army’s “scorched earth” strategy in the 1980s say they will push to lift the suspension of a former dictator’s genocide trial.
Central America
Honduras: top prosecutor suspended amid violence
Citing escalated criminal violence, Honduras’ Congress suspended the prosecutor generalâbut has not acted against the National Police chief, accused of death squad links.
Central America
Guatemala: RĂos Montt trial implicates president
Murders of activists continue while attention is focused on the trial of former dictator RĂos Montt and testimony against current president PĂ©rez Molina.
Central America
Panama: Ngöbe-Buglé leader murdered after anti-dam protest
Masked men killed an indigenous activist from the Ngöbe-BuglĂ© people after a protest against the Barro Blanco dam in Panama’s western ChiriquĂ department.
Central America
Guatemala: Rios Montt goes on trial at last
After 30 years of efforts by victims and advocates, former military dictator EfraĂn RĂos Montt is on trial for genocideâwhile the current president denies there was genocide in Guatemala.