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ARTICLE: JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGTH

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2008
July 18	Honduras	Minimum wage negotiations drag out for months
July 18	Guatemala	Tensions over cement plant remain
July 11	Nicaragua	Small producers face financial crisis
July 11	Honduras	Landowners fight moderate agrarian reform
July 11	Guatemala	Conflict in San Juan escalates
July 04	Nicaragua	Women in Estelí fall prey of the sex trade
July 04	Guatemala	Land evictions on the increase in Petén's protected areas
July 04	Guatemala	Opposition to cement project intensifies
June 27	Honduras	After 38 days, prosecutors end hunger strike targeting Attorney General
June 20	Nicaragua	Soldiers accused of campesino murder
June 20	Honduras	Maquila workers inherit legacy of labor abuse
June 20	Honduras	Police law approved
June 20	Guatemala	Mining Law slowly moves forward
June 20	Guatemala	Thirteen police officers killed by drug traffickers
June 13	Region	The hurricane season begins
June 13	Region	Central America gives Mérida Initiative the thumbs up
June 13	Nicaragua	Indigenous people fight for recognition
June 06	Guatemala	Lawmakers pursue mining reform
May 30	Guatemala	Labor unions file complaint under CAFTA
May 23	Guatemala	Opposition to the mining industry swells
May 16	Honduras	Hunger strike targets impunity
May 16	Guatemala	Government declares state of prevention
May 09	Guatemala	Colom & Bush discuss immigration reform
May 02	Panama	New doubts about Canal's benefits
May 02	Honduras	Protests over rising prices
May 02	Guatemala	The unsolved mysteries surrounding Bishop Gerardi's murder
April 25	Guatemala	Campesino march demands an end to repression
April 25	El Salvador	Anti-gang summit under fire
April 18	Guatemala	Congress approves law against femicide
April 11	Guatemala	War victims' fund squandered on red tape
April 04	Panama	Protests are met with repression
March 28	Guatemala	Campesinos kidnap Belgian tourists
March 07	Guatemala	Military archives will be declassified
March 07	Guatemala	Land dispute in Izabal reaches point of crisis
February 29	Panama	Demonstrations end in death
February 22	Panama	Police overhaul causes a stir
February 15	Nicaragua	Unions: maquilas are blackmailing the state
February 01	Guatemala	Court denies extradition in genocide case
January 04	Region	Labor unions demand a fairer EU Association Agreement
January 04	Costa Rica	Arias sends police to former SOA
2007
December 07	Guatemala	Government opens the door to the mining and energy sector
November 30	Panama	Petaquilla mining projects under fire
November 30	Guatemala	Kaibiles become a fertile recruitment ground for organized crime
November 30	El Salvador	Unrest over health service privatization
November 23	Guatemala	Hague Convention might be delayed
November 16	Region	Poverty & inequity remains despite economic growth
November 16	Panama	Canal money will fund development
November 16	Guatemala	Little progress in the fight against hunger
November 02	Guatemala	Clandestine abortions on the rise
October 26	Region	Indigenous people observe Day of Resistance
October 05	Panama	Alleged terrorist leads congress
September 28	Nicaragua	RAAN struggles for survival in the aftermath of Felix
September 28	El Salvador	Die hard
September 21	Panama	Noriega case: not done yet
September 21	El Salvador	Police accused of corruption
August 31	Region	Guatemala hosts water conference
August 31	Costa Rica	Little progress on indigenous rights
August 24	El Salvador	Death squads reappear
August 17	Guatemala	How much can CICIG really achieve?
August 10	Panama	Noriega's fate in the balance
August 10	El Salvador	New anti-terrorism law fuels fears of state repression
August 03	Guatemala	International labor movement demands justice for murdered union leader
August 03	Guatemala	Congress approves Commission Against Impunity
July 27	Panama	Posada Carriles case in limbo
July 27	Region	Isthmus powerless to stop deportations
July 27	Guatemala	Rumors of child stealing lead to mob violence
July 20	El Salvador	Protest over water privatization
July 13	Nicaragua	Therapeutic abortion rapidly revisited
July 13	Guatemala	Questions linger over congressmen's murder
July 06	Panama	Colombians flee into Darién gap
July 06	Honduras	Gov't loses Atlantic coast to narcos
June 29	Guatemala	ILO: labor violations worst on record
June 29	Guatemala	Gerardi saga goes on
June 22	El Salvador	UNDP questions justice system
June 15	Guatemala	Aid agencies & NGOs flout labor laws, says lawyer
June 08	Guatemala	CAFTA and labor justice: a long struggle ahead…
June 08	El Salvador	Mano Dura fails to deliver
June 01	Costa Rica	Arias: No to SOA
May 25	Region	Posada Carriles faces uncertain future
May 18	Guatemala	Ríos Montt seeks impunity for war crimes
May 18	Guatemala	Gangs convenient scapegoats for continuing crime wave
May 11	Guatemala	Ombudsman finds government responsible for murder of Salvadoran congressmen
May 04	Guatemala	New witnesses could shed light on Gerardi case
April 27	Costa Rica	Indigenous peoples face bleak future
April 20	Guatemala	Profiting from fear
April 13	Guatemala	State held responsible for extrajudicial executions
March 23	Honduras	Police tarnished by links with the past
March 23	Guatemala	Suspects arrested over congressmen's murder
March 23	El Salvador	Suspects arrested over congressmen's murder
March 16	Nicaragua	2006: a poor year for human rights
March 16	Guatemala	The bitter side of the sugar industry's success story
March 16	Guatemala	And then there were three...
March 09	Guatemala	Adoption reform in the cards
March 03	Region	Informal economy: a thorn in the side of the corporate world
Febrero 23	Panama	Freedom of expression under threat
Febrero 23	El Salvador	Impunity reigns after 15 years of “peace”
November 24	Region	Power, poverty and water
November 24	Region	Child prostitution met with indifference
November 24	Region	Fight against AIDS faces new challenges
November 24	Guatemala	Child trafficking on the increase
November 17	Guatemala	Tension mounts over Xalalá hydroelectric project
November 1	Guatemala	Victims of war crimes still await compensation
October 13	Region	Authoritarian approach towards gangs still prevails
October 06	Guatemala	Izabal land dispute re-opens old wounds
September 29	Guatemala	4% of discrimination cases reach court
September 22	Guatemala	Guatemala : the perfect place to commit a crime
September 15	El Salvador	Civil society calls for end to violence
September 8	Nicaragua	Emigration and poverty threaten children's future
September 8	Costa Rica	Politicians prevent indigenous plebiscite on CAFTA
September 1	Honduras	Police reform suffers serius setbacks
August 23	El Salvador	Anti-terrorism bill "intimidatory"
July 21	Guatemala	Flaws in state auditing foster corruption
July 21	Guatemala	Death squads continue to benefit from impunity
July 7	Guatemala	Controversy over war crimes
July 7	Guatemala	Land Fund Institute in crisis
June 30	Guatemala	Proposed tax evasion law would not jail evaders
June 30	El Salvador	Judicial system under fire
June 23	Honduras	Banana companies attempt tax evasion
June 23	El Salvador	Banks involved in fraud cases
June 9	Guatemala	Convention 169: ten years of inaction
June 2	Honduras	Former human rights abusers now in govt
June 2	Guatemala	Guatemala enters UN human rights council
May 19	Guatemala	Child trafficing increases while adoption law stalls in Congress
May 5	Honduras	Impunity for "bankrupters"
October 14	Guatemala	State institutions "captured" by corruption
October 14	Guatemala	New proposals to fight corruption
September 30	Panama	Questions over new security advisor
September 23	Honduras	Fuel price hikes under investigation
September 16	Panama	Police on trial amidst return of mano dura
September 9	Guatemala	Election authority´s 2005 budget increases as voter registration drops
September 2	Guatemala	Former officials condemn persecution
August 26	Honduras	Child labor situation worsens
August 26	Guatemala	Prison violence linked to hidden power
August 19	Honduras	New precedent set for integrating mareros
August 19	Guatemala	Community security groups: public's response to police force ineptitude
August 12	Guatemala	Good news and bad news for victims of war crimes
August 5	Guatemala	Debate over minimum wage contrasts productivity with cost of living
July 29	Panama	New proposals to help the indigenous
July 29	Guatemala	Plan de Sánchez _ sorry isn't enough
July 22	El Salvador	Conflict over biotech legal framework
July 15	Panama	Goverment fails to deliver transparency goals
July 15	Guatemala	Chixoy: a legacy of corruption & violence
July 1	Guatemala	Debate continues over response to youth gangs
July 1	El Salvador	Gangs: scapegoats for all crime
June 24	Guatemala	Private sector opposes water law
June 24	Guatemala	Democracy under threat in Aguacatán
June 24	Panama	Human trafficking exposed by official
June 24	Honduras	Conflict in Attorney General's Office
June 24	Guatemala	Popular consultations: in search of participatory democracy
June 17	Guatemala /Region	AI: US promoting police militarization
June 17	Panama	Justice system fails to penalize "fat cats"
June 17	Guatemala	Unions denounce media slur campaign
June 17	Guatemala	Slow spending of EU funds on State reforms
June 10	Panama	Social security reforms spark riots
June 10	Nicaragua	Nemagon legacy lives on
June 3	Guatemala	Compensation plan advances slowly
June 3	Guatemala	Petén's Laguna del Tigre National Park: an environmental disaster zone
May 20	Guatemala	Army focuses on internal security
May 6	Region	Cuban aid continues despite UN vote
May 6	Guatemala	Guatecompras ill equipped to cope with State corruption
April 22	Region	Guatemala, Honduras & Costa Rica condemn Cuba in UN
April 15	Honduras	Anti-corruption law reforms under fire
April 15	El Salvador	State condemned for disappearances
April 8	Guatemala	Menchú case ends in a 'safe' sentence
April 8	El Salvador	ANDA corruption case advances
April 1	Honduras	Land legislation threatens Garífunas
April 1	Guatemala	Labor prepares for the worst
March 18	Panama	Internal struggle at Supreme Court
March 18	Guatemala	First racism case under way
March 11	Guatemala	Anti-union strategy continues in the maquilas
March 4	Guatemala	The Chixoy case: renewed push for compensation
March 4	El Salvador	Freedom of expression under threat?
February 25	El Salvador	Murder rate prompts legal reforms
February 25	Honduras	Global Fund may cut AIDS money
February 25	Guatemala	Attacks continue against human rights groups
February 18	Panama	New Attorney General takes office
February 11	Nicaragua	End of tax breaks for the media?
February 11	El Salvador	Who guards the guards?
February 11	Region	WSF sets 2005 plan
February 11	Honduras	Maras: repression without prevention
February 11	Guatemala	Return to old "logic of terror"
February 4	Guatemala	Spanish Embassy case re-opened
January 28	Guatemala	New model army?
January 21	Guatemala	Mining conflict claims first life
January 21	El Salvador	Recruiting for Iraq
January 14	Guatemala	Spain's first steps to prosecute Álvarez
January 14	Region	US seeks to block world justice
January 14	Region	Never-ending war with maras
January 7	Costa Rica	Poverty increases
January 7	Guatemala	New generics law provokes US ire
Decmber 10	El Salvador	Reports of child abuse on the rise
November 26	Guatemala	MINUGUA leaves with CICIACS and UNHCRHR still pending
November 26	Guatemala	Resurgence of a national Social Movement?
November 26	Guatemala	Progress in Youth Law debate
November 26	Honduras	Law advances to combat secrecy
November 12	Guatemala	Nueva Linda abuses confirmed
November 5	Guatemala	Renewed calls for Women's Parliament
November 5	Panama	Moscoso faces new embezzlement charges
October 29	El Salvador	"Friendly Hand", "hard Hand"
October 29	Guatemala	Legal frame to fight hunger still pending
October 29	Region	Remittances: keeping the economy afloat
October 22	Guatemala	Doubts over ex PAC payments democracy
October 15	Guatemala	National encounter for peace and democracy
October 15	Panama	PYCSA may face nationalization
October 8	Guatemala	Death penalty likely to remain
October 8	Guatemala	Politicization of courts questioned
October 8	Panama	The forgotten poor
October 1	Costa Rica	Corruption case implicates ex-president
September 24	Guatemala	Election of magistrates marred by political interests
September 24	Nicaragua	Legal reforms, a threat to Bolaños
September 17	El Salvador	US Court sentences ex officer in Archbishop Romero's killing
September 10	Guatemala	Shifting conditions for maquila
September 10	Nicaragua	Crisis in court system
September 10	Panama	Media independence questioned
August 27	Costa Rica	ICHR: State restricted freedom of expression
August 27	Guatemala	Court of Constitutionality leaves CICIACS "toothless"
August 6	El Salvador	Doubts persist over ethics an independencie of media
August 6	Guatemala	State blamed in human rights verdict
July 23	Costa Rica	Campesinos and Standard Fruit dispute land rights
July 23	Panama	Moscoso ends term tough on crime
July 2	Honduras	Mayors face justice
June 25	Guatemala	Unions: old demands and new goals
June 25	El Salvador	Ombudswoman up for re-election
June 18	Region	Torture in Iraq: the Central American precedent
June 11	Honduras	Corruption in airports contract revealed
June 4	Honduras	Security policies condemned
June 4	Nicaragua	University demonstrations over finances continue
June 4	Panama	USAID withdraws support to judiciary
May 28	Honduras	105 die in jail tragedy
May 28	Nicaragua	Region awash with arms traffickers
May 21	Guatemala	CICIACS trips up
May 14	Honduras	International firm to audit legal system
May 7	Guatemala	Two steps forward for justice in the IAHRC
May 7	Honduras	Prison reform to end massacres
April 30	Region	Pyrrhic US vicatory over Cuba
April 30	El Salvador	Women lose ground, says UNDP report
April 23	El Salvador	Same old anti youth gang law
April 2	Region	Abuse of maquila workers continues
April 2	Guatemala	Aguacatán: Democracy under State of Siege
April 2	Guatemala	Mayans underrepresented
April 2	Nicaragua	Aleman back to prison amidst political power game
April 2	Honduras	Bribery scandal shakes the judiciary
March 26	Guatemala	Rios Montt´s brush with the law
March 26	Honduras	Attorney general´s office faces public scrutiny
March 26	Costa Rica	Police school project abandoned
March 19	Guatemala	Anthropologists, unearthing the truth
March 12	Guatemala	Moderate military reforms begin
March 12	Panama	US slams justice system
March 12	Region	Murder of women sky high
March 5	Nicaragua	Nicaragua: Government seeks migration solution
March 5	Guatemala	New government purges public institutions
March 5	El Salvador	Underage domestic workers in legal void
March 5	Guatemala	War victims: five years of promises
February 20	Region	Gun culture ever stronger
February 20	Guatemala	Market forces drive adoptions
January 23	Guatemala	Mack killer re-sentenced, state penalized
January 9	Guatemala	Economic elite prepares for government
January 9	Nicaragua	Twenty years for Aleman


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