Central America

Honduras: business sector gets nervous

Honduran business elites are divided on whether to keep backing the coup regime as fears grow that the country’s participation in CAFTA will be suspended.

Central America

El Salvador: another anti-mining activist shot

A leader in the movement opposed to re-opening the El Dorado goldmine in northeast El Salvador is in stable condition after being shot eight times in the back and legs.

Central America

Honduras: unions start open-ended strike

The three main Honduran labor federations held a march in Tegucigalpa marking the start of an open-ended general strike against the coup-installed de facto government.