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ARTICLE: GOVERMENT

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2008
June 06	El Salvador	New census doesn't match voter rolls
May 30	Guatemala	New energy policy benefits corporate interests
May 30	Costa Rica	State monopoly comes to an end
May 23	Guatemala	Education program undergoes reforms
May 23	Panama	Oil exports suspended
May 23	Nicaragua	CPCs- a Sandinista tool?
May 16	Guatemala	Government declares state of prevention
May 16	Belize	Uphill struggle to revitalize the economy
May 09	Nicaragua	Population hit hard by soaring fuel and food prices
May 09	El Salvador	Transport crisis strikes again
May 09	Belize	PM proposes amendments to the Constitution
May 09	Guatemala	Petroleum Fund law sets off bitter controversy
May 02	Nicaragua	Gov't buys 16% of Unión Fenosa
May 02	Guatemala	Colom fires Attorney General
April 25	Nicaragua	The RAAN: a forgotten region
April 25	Nicaragua	RAAN suspends elections
April 18	Panama	Torrijos tries to curb inflation
April 18	Honduras	Budget Approved as IMF Looks On
April 18	Guatemala /Region	CAFTA has done little to ensure compliance with labor laws
April 18	Guatemala	Colom signs agreement with Brazil
April 18	El Salvador	ARENA out to win hearts and minds
April 11	Guatemala	Supreme Electoral Tribunal under fire
April 04	Belize	Briceño wins PUP leadership
April 04	Nicaragua	New alliance threatens FMLN
April 04	El Salvador	ARENA picks Ávila as candidate
March 28	Belize	UDP discovers second secret loan
March 14	Nicaragua	Controversial internal debt renegotiated
March 14	Guatemala	Citizen participation and environmental policy
March 14	Belize	New government lifts the lid on PUP corruption
March 07	Nicaragua	Ortega–Aleman pact corners Montealegre
February 29	Nicaragua	Budget passes after months of debate
February 29	Honduras	President Zelaya says government is powerless to stop violence
February 22	Guatemala	Corruption clouds Berger's legacy
February 22	Region	Growth fails to improve employment
February 22	Panama	Police overhaul causes a stir
February 22	El Salvador	Corruption clouds Berger's legacy
February 15	Honduras	After year without IMF, new negotiations stall
February 15	Belize	UDP victory ends ten years of PUP rule
February 08	Panama	Massive corruption in Education Ministry
February 08	El Salvador	ARENA: a party divided
February 08	Belize	Nation goes to vote
February 08	Costa Rica	China buys internal debt bonds
February 01	Nicaragua	Opposition accuses FSLN of "privatizing" Venezuelan aid
February 01	El Salvador	Mining set for comeback
February 01	Costa Rica	Nicaraguans pour over the border
January 25	Nicaragua	Dubious court rulings at one year mark
January 18	Guatemala	Scandal causes cabinet shake up
January 18	Guatemala	Colom takes power, declares new era for the poor
January 04	El Salvador	Murder rate down
2007
December 07	Panama	Increased budget for political parties
December 07	Nicaragua	CPCs get judicial seal of approval
November 30	Honduras	Hondutel rocked by scandal
November 23	El Salvador	Election campaign kicks off
November 23	Guatemala	Colom administration will only survive if it launches radical anti-corruption campaign
November 23	Costa Rica	Election campaign kicks off
November 16	El Salvador	TV host will run on FMLN ticket
November 09	Guatemala	Colom beats Pérez Molina in second round of elections
November 02	Panama	Tourist project angers indigenous communities
November 02	Costa Rica	Diplomacy lands Security Council seat
October 26	Guatemala	Voter turnout stagnates as election budget multiplies
October 19	Nicaragua	Latin America's first parliamentary republic?
October 19	Guatemala	Mayan biosphere reserve under threat
October 12	Panama	Executive proposes to raise spending
October 12	Guatemala	Public sector corruption persists
October 05	Honduras	Hondutel accused of corruption
October 05	Guatemala	The powerful forces behind Álvaro Arzú
September 21	Honduras	Institute for transparency all but transparent
September 21	Guatemala	Railway closes amid pending lawsuit
September 21	El Salvador	Police accused of corruption
September 14	Panama	Cabinet undergoes extensive reshuffle
September 14	Costa Rica	Pro-CAFTA campaign flaunts the law
September 14	Guatemala	Álvaro Colom wins first round of presidential elections
September 14	El Salvador	Court of Audit mired in corruption
September 07	Honduras	Sweden to withdraw aid
September 07	El Salvador	Political turmoil in the face of polarization
August 24	Region	Central American Fiscal Reform: Stagnation and Resistance
August 24	Guatemala	Politics still dominated by ladino elite
August 17	Nicaragua	Citizen's Councils: reshaping democracy
August 17	Guatemala	How much can CICIG really achieve?
August 17	Guatemala	Women demand a fairer share of political power
August 03	Nicaragua	Sandinistas celebrate 1979 revolution
July 20	Nicaragua	Ortega and FSLN walk delicate line
July 13	Guatemala	One more vote against mining
July 13	Guatemala	Constitutional reform becomes a campaign issue
June 22	Nicaragua	Lights out on Unión Fenosa?
June 22	Honduras	Forced broadcasts backfire
June 22	Guatemala	Another community rejects open pit mining
June 08	Guatemala	Intelligence bureau revamped, again
June 01	Nicaragua	IMF talks move towards compromise
June 01	Guatemala	Court rejects mining plebiscite
June 01	Guatemala	CICIG stalls at final hurdle
June 01	El Salvador	Gov't accused of cooking the books
May 25	Panama	Judicial branch under the knife
May 25	Nicaragua	Judicial appointments tainted by political bias
May 25	Guatemala	EU: Subsidizing inefficiency
May 18	Guatemala	EU continues throwing good money after bad
May 11	Guatemala	Central bank to revise GDP methodology
May 11	Guatemala	Election campaign begins - it´s oficial
May 11	Costa Rica	President losing support
May 04	El Salvador	Government scandals deepe n
April 27	Nicaragua	Ortega after 100 days
April 27	Guatemala	Fears of electoral violence
April 20	Region	Re-launched PPP under fire
April 20	Honduras	Dry canal drags on
April 20	Costa Rica	CAFTA´s fate in the hands of the people - probably
March 30	Honduras	Cycle of corruption persists
March 09	Nicaragua	Government to enter controversial talks with IMF
March 09	El Salvador	Government revels in impunity
March 09	Guatemala	Congressmen's murder: rogue death squads run amok?
March 09	El Salvador	Congressmen's murder: rogue death squads run amok?
March 02	Honduras	Bidding process beset with confusion
March 02	Guatemala	Exodus of officials
February 23	Guatemala	Reforms to Electricity Law under debate
February 23	Panama	Freedom of expression under threat
February 23	El Salvador	Impunity reigns after 15 years of “peace”
November 10	Panama	Govt proposes 9.4% rise in 2007 budget
November 10	Nicaragua	Ortega modest in victory
November 10	Guatemala	Uncertainty over social security system
October 27	Nicaragua	Polls predict Ortega victory
October 27	El Salvador	Congressman accused of money laundering
October 20	Guatemala	2007 elections could prove highly conflictive
September 15	Nicaragua	Growing concerns over possible water privatization
September 15	Guatemala	2007 budget hampered by low tax revenues
September 15	Guatemala	Health System in a coma
September 8	Guatemala	Courts unable to end premature election campaign
August 25	Honduras	National Party makes plans for 2009
August 25	Guatemala	Conservatives seek constitutional reform
August 25	Costa Rica	Arias: the first one hundred days
August 18	Nicaragua	The Atlantic Coast : in search of autonomy
August 18	Honduras	Zelaya government divided
July 28	Nicaragua	Lewites` death: a new electoral scenario
July 7	Honduras	US concerns over ties with Venezuela
June 16	Honduras	ENNE on brink of bankruptcy
June 16	El Salvador	ARENA government. two years with little to show
June 16	Costa Rica	Social Democrat parties join the right
June 9	Nicaragua	Sandinista schizophrenia
June 2	Honduras	Former human rights abusers now in govt
May 19	Honduras	Zelaya's first 100 days in office
May 5	Guatemala	Labor unrest weakens state dept´s
March 31	Costa Rica	Party unity will be Árias' key challenge
March	Guatemala	Big business attracts ex govt officials
March 28	Guatemala	Three community leaders and two congressmen assassinated in one week
January 6	Nicaragua	Interview with Arturo Grigsby
January 6	Honduras	Mel Zelaya names his cabinet
October 14	Guatemala	State institutions "captured" by corruption
October 7	Region	Corruptors enjoy legal impunity
September 23	Guatemala	Government unveils Q36,000 million budget for 2006
September 2	Guatemala	Torrijos implements difficult reforms during his first year
September 2	Guatemala	Government struggles with fuel sector
August 26	Guatemala	Sluggish advances in tax collection system
July 15	Panama	Goverment fails to deliver transparency goals
July 15	Guatemala	Local government short on democracy
July 15	Honduras	Leading parties still in cahoots
July 8	El Salvador	More FMLN resignations
July 1	Panama	Government and unions to start talks
June 3	Panama	Getting around the "Gag Laws"
June 3	Honduras	Liberals favorites for November elections
May 27	Honduras	Passport scandal implicates officials
April 29	Costa Rica	PLN and PUSC in pacts scandals
April 22	Guatemala	Government and Montana a glittering alliance
April 15	El Salvador	State condemned for disappearances
April 8	Costa Rica	Woman to head Congress?
March 18	Nicaragua	Sandinistas renew their faith in Ortega
March 11	Region	Uruguay turns to the Left
March 11	Panama	Moscoso seeks refuge in Parlacen
March 11	Guatemala	Congress approves CAFTA
March 11	Belize	Industrial action forces reforms
March 4	Honduras	Lobo and Zelaya victorious
February 18	Panama	New Attorney General takes office
February 18	Costa Rica	PLN in crisis
February 18	Honduras	Quota system for women not working
February 18	Guatemala	Ex PAC split following latest ruling by Constitutional Court
February 4	El Salvador	Latest bond issue sparks controversy
February 4	Honduras	The power and influence behind the primaries
January 28	Nicaragua	HIDROGESA to bail out FENOSA
January 28	Costa Rica	Education system in the doldrums
January 28	Region	US permits extended for isthmus nationals
January 21	Guatemala	2005 forecast: A busy year for Legislature
January 21	El Salvador	Creating the Common Health Fund
January 14	Costa Rica	2004: a shaky year for democracy
January 14	Nicaragua	Truce defuses government crisis
December 10	Nicaragua	Reforms place further limits on Bolaños´power
December 3	El Salvador	Triumph of FMLN hardliners
December 3	Guatemala	An interview with Edgar Gutiérrez
November 26	Honduras	Law advances to combat secrecy
November 19	Costa Rica	Corruption scandal deepens
November 19	El Salvador	Tax laws ratified
November 19	Honduras	Primary Congressional elections underway
November 19	Nicaragua	Left gains in municipal elections
November 12	Honduras	Attorney General's Office in turmoil
November 5	El Salvador	Social projects face financial realities
November 5	Guatemala	Renewed calls for Women's Parliament
October 29	Guatemala	New comptroller forgotten
October 29	Nicaragua	Bolaños in spotlight for alleged embezzlement
October 29	Panama	Protests fail to shake Torrijos´popularity
October 22	Costa Rica	Corruption threatens future of leading parties
October 22	El Salvador	FMLN quits gobernment - led party forum
October 22	Guatemala	Vying political and econokic interests undermine Executive
October 22	Nicaragua	FSLN and PLC lead in local elections
October 15	Guatemala	Tax evasion debated
October 8	Guatemala	2005 Budget debate
October 1	Costa Rica	Corruption case implicates ex-president
September 24	Costa Rica	Goverment rift continues
September 24	Nicaragua	Legal reforms, a threat to Bolaños
September 24	Panama	President tightens his belt
September 17	Nicaragua	Municipal elections: still a tight race
September 10	Nicaragua	Crisis in court system
August 27	Costa Rica	ICHR: State restricted freedom of expression
August 27	El Salvador	Terrorism threats spread to region
August 20	Honduras	Inmunity ends for politicians
August 13	Guatemala	Tourism, key sector for government
August 13	Panama	Constitutional reforms mark shift in power
August 6	Guatemala	State blamed in human rights verdict
July 23	Region	Women absent in municipal leadership
July 16	Honduras	Social protests increase
July 16	El Salvador	FUSADES proposes judicial reforms
July 9	Guatemala	Army faces major troop reductions
July 9	Nicaragua	New FSLN candidates face old ambitions
July 2	Guatemala	State still paying legacy of corruption
July 2	Honduras	Mayors face justice
July 2	Panama	Torrijos embarks on political strategy
June 25	Honduras	CG pledged US$1,800 million
June 25	Panama	Moscoso's government to be more transparent
June 18	El Salvador	FMLN "hardliners" retain control
June 11	Panama	Business in cahoots with politicians
June 4	Guatemala	Security still key
June 4	El Salvador	Sudden increase in bus fares
May 28	Guatemala	Peace Accords absent in new proposal for cadastre law
May 28	El Salvador	Female heads of household on the up
May 21	Costa Rica	Pacheco´s second annual speech omits key issues
May 21	Honduras	Governent and teachers start talks
May 21	Nicaragua	Governent accused of false accounting
May 21	Panama	Torrijos´ party to control parlianent
May 7	Guatemala	Two steps forward for justice in the IAHRC
May 7	Panama	PRD gains landslide victory
May 7	El Salvador	Smaller parties fight for survival
April 23	Guatemala	Army reduction: reform of military doctrine in doubt
April 23	Nicaragua	Municipalities in economic crisis
April 23	El Salvador	Same old anti youth gang law
April 16	Guatemala	Political battle stalls electoral reform
April 16	Guatemala	Links between corruption, the media and democracy
April 16	Costa Rica	CAFTA: hidden deals with the US
April 16	Nicaragua	Hidden agenda to privatize water?
April 16	Honduras	Betting heavily on tourism
April 2	Nicaragua	Aleman back to prison amidst political power game
April 2	Honduras	Bribery scandal shakes the judiciary
April 2	Guatemala	Aguacatán: Democracy under State of Siege
April 2	Panama	Telecom giant buys trade union support
April 2	Guatemala	Mayans underrepresented
March 26	El Salvador	Arena wins landslide victory
March 26	Guatemala	Student movement: from political decline to ideological reconstruction
March 26	Honduras	Attorney general´s office faces public scrutiny
March 26	Costa Rica	Police school project abandoned
March 12	El Salvador	Firt round Arena win possible
March 12	Guatemala	Moderate military reforms begin
March 5	El Salvador	Underage domestic workers in legal void
March 5	Guatemala	War victims: five years of promises
March 5	Panama	Elections heat up
March 5	Nicaragua	Nicaragua: Government seeks migration solution
February 20	Region	Gun culture ever stronger
February 20	Panama	UK telecom pressures government
January 23	Honduras	Maduro asked to re-organize government
January 9	Guatemala	Economic elite prepares for government
January 9	Guatemala	Labor Ministry raises wages without enforcement
January 9	Guatemala	Mayans and congress receive TV channels
January 9	Nicaragua	Twenty years for Aleman


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