Central America

Nicaragua approves China-backed canal plan

Nicaragua sealed a pact granting Chinese business magnate Wang Jing exclusive rights to build a multibillion-dollar inter-oceanic canal through the Central American nation.

Mexico

‘Drug war’ dissent at OAS summit

More than 160 civil society organizations sent an open letter to the OAS summit, calling for alternatives to the “war on drugs” that guarantee respect for human rights.

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

Panama Canal expansion fuels inter-oceanic race

With Chinese investment, Nicaragua is moving ahead with a new inter-oceanic canal plan—in a race with Panama, which is expanding its own canal for a new era of global trade.

Central America

Honduras: deadly DEA raid —again

A suspected drug trafficker was killed in the first DEA-backed drug raid in Honduras following a five-month suspension in radar intelligence sharing between the countries.

Central America

Colombia: war with Nicaragua ‘last resort’

Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos stated that war with Nicaragua is a "last resort"—while withdrawing official recognition from the  World Court over the martime dispute.

Central America

Nicaragua: Ortega announces withdrawal from SOA

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has agree to discontinue the training of his country’s military personnel at the US military’s controversial School of the Americas (SOA).