Central America

Panama: Ngöbe-Buglé renew anti-dam protests

Indigenous Ngöbe-Buglé activists continue to protest hydroelectric projects they say threaten their way of life in their own territory, despite previous pacts with the government.

Central America

Honduras: Aguán campesino leader arrested

The president of a campesino organization claiming disputed lands is arrested, while the landowners and their security guards enjoy impunity amid ongoing violence.

Central America

Nicaragua raises stakes in border conflict

Edén Pastora, Nicaragua's development czar for the strategic San Juan Basin, threatened a retliatory suit at The Hague for Costa Rica's legal challenge to his dredging operations.

Central America

Costa Rica upholds ban on open-pit mining

Costa Rica’s Constitutional Tribunal unanimously rejected a case brought by the country’s Mining and Industry Association challenging the 2010 ban on open-pit mining.

Central America

Honduras: center-left candidate edges ahead

In a big shift for the Honduran political scene, the presidential candidate of the newly formed center-left Freedom and Refoundation Party is slightly ahead in a new opinon poll.