Central America

Nicaragua: political violence leaves one dead

A Sandinista party member was killed and an undetermined number of Liberal Party opposition followers injured in clashes between rival demonstrators on highways around Nicaragua.

Central America

Honduras: more candidates join election boycott

Rodolfo Padilla, mayor of San Pedro Sula, joined a growing list of candidates who have withdrawn from the Honduran elections to protest control of the process by the de facto regime.

Central America

Merida Initiative militarizes Panama

Student activists blocked roads in Panama to protest what they called plans for US military bases. Authorities say the bases will be Panamanian, but part of the US-backed Mérida Initiative.

Central America

Honduras: US officials finally act

Pressure from investors and widespread repudiation of legal justifications for the coup prompted the US-brokered agreement to return Manuel Zelaya to power in Honduras.