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October 15, 2008


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Previous Articles

July 18	Region	PPP re-launched as Mesoamerican Project
July 18	Guatemala	Colom joins controversial Petrocaribe agreement
July 11	Panama	Court overturns pardon in Posada Carriles case
July 04	Region	EU immigration law under fire
May 30	Panama	Anti-narcotics plan under fire
May 30	Region	Isthmus rejects EU proposal in Lima
May 16	Nicaragua	A new method to measure poverty
April 11	Region	Debate over press freedom
April 11	Costa Rica	Security Minister resigns over FARC debacle
April 04	Guatemala	Colom seeks to boost Brazilian investment in the Guatemalan oil industry
March 28	Nicaragua	Ortega briefly severs ties with Colombia
March 14	Guatemala/Región	Bush nominates five new ambassadors
March 14	Honduras	Underage migration on the rise
March 07	Region	Plan Mérida: Plan Colombia for the Mesoamerican region?
February 22	El Salvador	Venezuela accused of financing FMLN
February 08	Costa Rica	China buys internal debt bonds
February 01	Nicaragua	Opposition accuses FSLN of "privatizing" Venezuelan aid
February 01	Belize	Development at a crossroads
December 07	Honduras	Zelaya will import Venezuelan oil
November 30	Guatemala/Belize	Border dispute could take a new twist
November 23	Costa Rica	Doubts over debt for nature deal
November 09	Nicaragua-Honduras	Hague defines maritime border
November 09	El Salvador	More troops to Iraq amid calls for new policy
November 02	Costa Rica	Diplomacy lands Security Council seat
October 26	Nicaragua	Rain cripples nation
October 19	Honduras	Zelaya goes to Cuba
October 05	Nicaragua	US loan program under fire
September 28	Nicaragua	RAAN struggles for survival in the aftermath of Felix
September 21	Region	Felix crushes Caribbean Coast
September 21	Panama	Noriega case: not done yet
September 14	Region	Deportations from Mexico drop
September 14	Nicaragua	Oil interests revive territorial dispute
September 07	Nicaragua	ESSO terminal seized
September 07	Honduras	Sweden to withdraw aid
August 31	Nicaragua	Ortega's regional diplomacy tour
August 24	Honduras	IDB fails to reduce poverty
August 17	Region	Remittance growth falters
August 10	Nicaragua	Government & IMF agree on new loan
July 27	Region	Isthmus powerless to stop deportations
July 27	Nicaragua	Energy crisis rumbles on
July 20	Region	EU agrees to negotiate with CA
July 06	Region	Costa Rica's shift to China impacts isthmus
July 06	Panama	Colombians flee into Darién gap
July 06	Nicaragua	Venezuelan state bank open for business
June 29	Nicaragua	Ortega’s “ideology tour” draws fire
June 22	Region	Central banks “lose” $1.8bn by refusing euro for foreign reserves
June 15	Guatemala	Aid agencies & NGOs flout labor laws, says lawyer
June 15	Guatemala	War on drugs yields poor results (I)
June 15	Costa Rica	Goodbye Taiwan, Hello China
June 08	Nicaragua	Congress divided over Venezuelan oil deal
June 01	Nicaragua	IMF talks move towards compromise
May 25	Region	Posada Carriles faces uncertain future
May 25	Guatemala	EU: Subsidizing inefficiency
May 18	Guatemala	EU continues throwing good money after bad
May 18	El Salvador/ Honduras	FTA signed with Taiwan
May 11	Region	European seducers strike again
May 04	Costa Rica	IDB program failed
April 13	Region	IDB's agenda hijacked by private sector
April 13	Nicaragua	Ortega keeps a foot in both camps
March 30	Region	Bio-fuels: an unexpected controversy
March 30	Guatemala	IDB's agenda hijacked by private sector
March 23	Guatemala	Bush comes and goes with little to show
March 16	Region	US militarization holds strong
March 09	Region	The EU approach to bilateral negotiations
March 09	Guatemala	Adoption reform in the cards
March 02	Nicaragua	Revival of Sam-7 missile controversy
February 23	Guatemala	Militarization in San Marcos?
November 17	Panama	Panama wins UN Council seat
November 17	Guatemala	Off-shore banks under scrutiny
November 10	Guatemala	Increased remittances bring mixed results
October 27	Guatemala	Guatemala 's UN ambitions reach an impasse
October 20	Honduras	US withdraws counter-narcotics aid
October 13	Region	Hopes of FTA with European Union give PARLACEN a fresh lease of life
October 06	Guatemala	Doubts over US corn donation
October 06	Costa Rica	New ties with Arab world motivated by geopolitical strategy
September 29	Guatemala	Drug "certification": nothing to celebrate
September 22	Honduras	Zelaya angry at business sector
September 8	Guatemala	Race hots up for UN Security Council seat
September 1	Region	ALBA gatthers momentum in Central America
July 7	Honduras	US concerns over ties with Venezuela
June 9	Region	US migration reform: toward "social apartheid"
June 9	Guatemala	Convention 169: ten years of inaction
June 2	Guatemala	Guatemala enters UN human rights council
May 26	Region	Trade negotiations between EU & CA: from Washington consensus to Vienna consensus?
May 26	Nicaragua	Oil agreement signed with Venezuela
May 26	Honduras	US concerns over trade with Venezuela
May 5	Nicaragua	US concerned over presidential elections
January 6	Nicaragua	Budget approved in line with IMF
October 14	Panama	2006 budget: debt payments increase
October 14	Honduras / Nicaragua	Abuses reported in Biosphere
October 14	Guatemala	Fiscal trade-off: incurring debt to reduce deficit
October 7	Region	Corruptors enjoy legal impunity
October 7	Panama	Interview with political analyst Raúl Leis
September 30	Region	Millennium Development Goals a long way from being reached
September 30	Costa Rica	Half 2006 budget to go on debt repayments
September 16	Nicaragua	Bolaños seeks foreign support to face internal crisis
September 9	Region	CABEI: gaining ground in the region
September 9	Region	Interview with Vince McElhinny, expert on multilateral banks
September 9	Panama	Torrijos renews links with Cuba
September 9	Costa Rica	IADB admits projects had limited impact
August 26	Panama	CAFTA could delay FTA with US
August 26	Belize	Recent IADB funded program accused of "hidden agenda"
August 12	Panama	Diplomatic ties with Taiwan sacrificed to Canal expansion
August 12	Guatemala	IADB evaluation responses leave issues unanswered
August 12	Guatemala	Interview with Principal Economist for IADB´s Region II
July 22	Guatemala	IADB quietly publishes scathing program evaluation
July 8	Guatemala	Obstacles to socioeconomic reforms: features of a functional crisis
June 17	Guatemala	Slow spending of EU funds on State reforms
June 10	Honduras	Poverty relief: money alone is not enough
June 10	Belize / Guatemala	Trade accord in sight despite unresolved territorial dispute
June 3	Honduras	Venezuela refuses to make oil deal
May 13	Region	CAFTA to assuage Chinese textile threat
May 13	Region	Development Cooperation: from fellow traveler to gate keeper?
May 13	Guatemala	Dramatic fall in international bilateral aid
May 6	Region	Cuban aid continues despite UN vote
May 6	Region	Borders bursting at the seams
May 6	Honduras / Nicaragua	Growing US security concerns
April 22	Region	Guatemala, Honduras & Costa Rica condemn Cuba in UN
April 15	Costa Rica	CIA terms country "potential hot spot"
April 1	Guatemala	Mining: motor for development or benefit to big business?
April 1	Costa Rica	Border area under development
February 25	Honduras	Global Fund may cut AIDS money
February 4	Costa Rica	Big companies reap FTA benefits
January 28	Region	US permits extended for isthmus nationals
January 14	Region	US seeks to block world justice
January 7	Guatemala	New generics law provokes US ire
December 10	Honduras	HIPC status expected by March 2005
November 26	Guatemala	MINUGUA leaves with CICIACS and UNHCRHR still pending
November 26	Region	Corruption: obstacle to development
October 8	Region	HIV / AIDS data and treatment still patchy
October 1	Region	Governments reaffirm global war on hunger
September 29	Costa Rica	Goverment rift continues
August 13	Region	US pressures CA on reproductive health
August 13	Region	"Catastrophic" situation facing immigrants
July 9	Guatemala	International cooperation III
July 9	Region	Steep decline in FDI
June 25	Honduras	CG pledged US$1,800 million
June 25	Region	Kicking away the ladder: growing doubts about neoliberalism
June 18	Costa Rica	Violence continues in La Carpio
June 18	Guatemala	International cooperation, II
June 11	Guatemala	International cooperation, medicine or drug?
June 4	Panama	USAID withdraws support to judiciary
April 30	Region	Pyrrhic US vicatory over Cuba
April 23	Region	Pressure mounts for return of troops
March 26	Panama	Us and Singapore free trade targets
March 26	Costa Rica	Police school project abandoned
March 19	Panama	Panama aims for FTAA headquarters
January 23	Nicaragua	US embassy renews role in politics
January 23	Region	CAFTA negotiations wrapped up


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