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ARTICLE: POLITICAL AFFAIRS

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2008
July 18	Nicaragua	A murky pact between Liberals & Sandinistas
July 18	Honduras	Minimum wage negotiations drag out for months
July 18	Guatemala	Tensions over cement plant remain
July 18	Guatemala	The future is bio-diesel
July 11	Panama	Court overturns pardon in Posada Carriles case
July 11	Nicaragua	Small producers face financial crisis
July 11	Honduras	Landowners fight moderate agrarian reform
July 11	Guatemala/Region	Monsanto buys Cristiani Burkard
July 11	Guatemala	Conflict in San Juan escalates
July 11	El Salvador	ARENA courts moderate vote
July 04	Region	EU immigration law under fire
July 04	Guatemala	Land evictions on the increase in Petén's protected areas
July 04	El Salvador	FMLN linked to FARC rebels
June 27	Nicaragua	Court dashes third party hopes in municipal elections
June 27	Honduras	After 38 days, prosecutors end hunger strike targeting Attorney General
June 27	Guatemala	Congress rocked by financial scandal
June 27	Guatemala	Plan Puebla Panama reassess priorities
June 27	Costa Rica	Telecommunications Law comes into effect
June 20	Nicaragua	Soldiers accused of campesino murder
June 20	Honduras	Maquila workers inherit legacy of labor abuse
June 20	El Salvador	ARENA undergoes a reshuffle
June 13	Nicaragua	Indigenous people fight for recognition
June 06	Region	Mexico plans to “seal” border with Guatemala and Belize
June 06	Nicaragua	Gov't forced to grant fuel subsidy
June 06	Guatemala	Lawmakers pursue mining reform
June 06	El Salvador	New census doesn't match voter rolls
May 30	Honduras	New IMF deal: How useful is it?
May 23	Guatemala	Education program undergoes reforms
May 23	Nicaragua	CPCs- a Sandinista tool?
May 16	Honduras	Hunger strike targets impunity
May 09	Belize	PM proposes amendments to the Constitution
May 02	Panama	New doubts about Canal's benefits
May 02	Honduras	Protests over rising prices
May 02	Guatemala	Colom fires Attorney General
May 02	Guatemala	The unsolved mysteries surrounding Bishop Gerardi's murder
April 25	Nicaragua	The RAAN: a forgotten region
April 25	Nicaragua	RAAN suspends elections
April 25	Guatemala	Government incapable of combating drug trafficking
April 25	Guatemala	Campesino march demands an end to repression
April 25	El Salvador	Anti-gang summit under fire
April 25	Belize	Coastline faces irreversible damage
April 18	Guatemala	Congress approves law against femicide
April 18	El Salvador	ARENA out to win hearts and minds
April 11	Region	Debate over press freedom
April 11	Panama	Government sets up new Tourism Board
April 11	Nicaragua	Credit remains largely unavailable to small farmers
April 11	Guatemala	Supreme Electoral Tribunal under fire
April 11	Guatemala	War victims' fund squandered on red tape
April 11	Costa Rica	Security Minister resigns over FARC debacle
April 04	Belize	Briceño wins PUP leadership
April 04	Panama	Protests are met with repression
April 04	Nicaragua	New alliance threatens FMLN
April 04	El Salvador	ARENA picks Ávila as candidate
March 28	Guatemala	IDB seeks to boost biofuel production
March 28	Belize	UDP discovers second secret loan
March 28	Region	PARLACEN approves controversial reforms
March 28	Honduras	Forestry law exposes rift in civil society
March 28	Nicaragua	Ortega briefly severs ties with Colombia
March 28	Guatemala	Campesinos kidnap Belgian tourists
March 14	Belize	New government lifts the lid on PUP corruption
March 07	Guatemala	Military archives will be declassified
March 07	Nicaragua	Ortega–Aleman pact corners Montealegre
February 29	El Salvador	2009 elections: is there a third option?
February 22	El Salvador	Venezuela accused of financing FMLN
February 15	Costa Rica	CAFTA staggers forward
February 15	Belize	UDP victory ends ten years of PUP rule
February 08	El Salvador	ARENA: a party divided
February 08	Belize	Nation goes to vote
February 01	Guatemala	2008: the year of popular consultations?
January 25	Nicaragua	Dubious court rulings at one year mark
January 25	Guatemala	Have conservative think tanks won the battle of ideas?
January 18	Honduras	Outrage over electoral reforms
January 18	Honduras	Scandal causes cabinet shake up
January 18	Guatemala	Colom takes power, declares new era for the poor
January 18	Costa Rica	Future of CAFTA in the balance
January 11	El Salvador	Mauricio Funes vies for the center
2007
December 07	Panama	Increased budget for political parties
December 07	Nicaragua	CPCs get judicial seal of approval
December 07	Guatemala	Agroindustrial elite seeks approval of new fuel bill
December 07	El Salvador	Banks fined for illegal charges
November 30	Nicaragua	Minimum wage debate heats up
November 30	Honduras	Hondutel rocked by scandal
November 30	Guatemala/Belize	Border dispute could take a new twist
November 30	El Salvador	Unrest over health service privatization
November 23	El Salvador	Election campaign kicks off
November 23	Panama	Dubious companies bid for canal expansion contract
November 23	Honduras	Gov't freezes price of basic goods
November 23	Guatemala	Hague Convention might be delayed
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	Panama	Canal money will fund development
November 16	Guatemala	Little progress in the fight against hunger
November 16	El Salvador	TV host will run on FMLN ticket
November 09	Guatemala	Colom beats Pérez Molina in second round of elections
November 09	El Salvador	More troops to Iraq amid calls for new policy
October 26	Guatemala	Voter turnout stagnates as election budget multiplies
October 19	Honduras	Zelaya goes to Cuba
October 19	Nicaragua	Latin America's first parliamentary republic?
October 19	Guatemala	Political violence takes a new twist
October 19	Costa Rica	Social agenda arises post-referendum
October 12	Guatemala	Public sector corruption persists
October 05	Panama	Alleged terrorist leads congress
October 05	Nicaragua	US loan program under fire
October 05	Guatemala	The powerful forces behind Álvaro Arzú
September 28	Guatemala	Little progress in fighting poverty
September 28	Costa Rica	CAFTA under threat as Vice-President resigns
September 21	Honduras	Institute for transparency all but transparent
September 21	Guatemala	Elections yield disappointing results for Rigoberta Menchú
September 14	Region	Deportations from Mexico drop
September 14	Panama	Cabinet undergoes extensive reshuffle
September 14	Nicaragua	Oil interests revive territorial dispute
September 14	Costa Rica	Pro-CAFTA campaign flaunts the law
September 14	Guatemala	Álvaro Colom wins first round of presidential elections
September 07	Guatemala	Drug barons and murderers on the ballot
September 07	El Salvador	Political turmoil in the face of polarization
August 31	Nicaragua	Ortega's regional diplomacy tour
August 31	Honduras	Green light for direct fuel imports
August 31	Guatemala	Violence on the increase one week before elections
August 31	Costa Rica	Little progress on indigenous rights
August 24	Guatemala	Politics still dominated by ladino elite
August 17	Nicaragua	Citizen's Councils: reshaping democracy
August 17	Costa Rica	Polls: yes and no to CAFTA
August 10	Panama	Noriega's fate in the balance
August 03	Nicaragua	Sandinistas celebrate 1979 revolution
August 03	Guatemala	Congressmen's murder takes a new twist
August 03	Costa Rica	Universities attacked for opposing CAFTA
July 20	Panama	How about a raise?
July 20	Region	EU agrees to negotiate with CA
July 20	Nicaragua	Ortega and FSLN walk delicate line
July 20	El Salvador	Protest over water privatization
July 20	Guatemala	Mining firm granted tax exemption
July 13	Nicaragua	Therapeutic abortion rapidly revisited
July 13	Guatemala	Constitutional reform becomes a campaign issue
July 06	Guatemala	Has Menchú been co-opted by the elite?
July 06	Costa Rica	Public professes ignorance on CAFTA
June 29	Nicaragua	Ortega's “ideology tour” draws fire
June 29	Guatemala	ILO: labor violations worst on record
June 29	Guatemala	Gerardi saga goes on
June 29	Guatemala	Country gripped by rising tide of violence
June 22	Guatemala	Parties infiltrated by drug cartels
June 15	Region	RCTV: a big distraction
June 08	Nicaragua	Congress divided over Venezuelan oil deal
May 25	Panama	Judicial branch under the knife
May 25	Nicaragua	Judicial appointments tainted by political bias
May 25	Costa Rica	CAFTA campaign gets dirty
May 18	Guatemala	Ríos Montt seeks impunity for war crimes
May 11	Region	European seducers strike again
May 11	Guatemala	Election campaign begins - it´s oficial
May 11	Costa Rica	President losing support
May 04	Guatemala	New witnesses could shed light on Gerardi case
May 04	El Salvador	Government scandals deepe n
April 27	Nicaragua	Ortega after 100 days
April 27	Guatemala	Police purge gets mixed reviews
April 27	Guatemala	Road to riches
April 27	Guatemala	Fears of electoral violence
April 20	Region	Mano dura or mente tonta?
April 13	Nicaragua	Ortega keeps a foot in both camps
April 13	Honduras	New round of IMF proposals
April 13	Guatemala	Teachers quit strike, conditionally
April 13	Guatemala	Government sued under CAFTA
April 13	Guatemala	State held responsible for extrajudicial executions
March 30	El Salvador	Interior Minister finally quits
March 30	Guatemala	Interior Minister finally quits
March 23	Guatemala	Bush comes and goes with little to show
March 16	Nicaragua	2006: a poor year for human rights
March 16	Guatemala	And then there were three...
March 16	Guatemala	Interior Minister grilled over congressmen's murder
March 16	El Salvador	Interior Minister grilled over congressmen's murder
March 16	Costa Rica	Media leads pro-CAFTA campaign
March 09	Region	Freedom of expression under threat
March 09	El Salvador	Government revels in impunity
March 02	Guatemala	Exodus of officials
February 23	Guatemala	Menchú runs for president
November 24	El Salvador	Interview with Dagoberto Gutiérrez
November 17	Panama	Corruption worsens
November 10	Nicaragua	Ortega modest in victory
November 10	Guatemala	Doubts over new Comptroller General
November 10	Costa Rica	Debate over indigenous autonomy
November 1	Panama	Education system in crisis
November 1	Nicaragua	New law seeks to end unfair competition
November 1	Guatemala	Bancafé scandal exposes cronyism at the heart of nation's banking system
November 1	Guatemala	Victims of war crimes still await compensation
October 27	Panama	A transparent and democratic referendum?
October 27	Nicaragua	Polls predict Ortega victory
October 27	Guatemala	The murky politics of oil
October 27	Guatemala	Guatemala 's UN ambitions reach an impasse
October 27	El salvador	Congressman accused of money laundering
October 27	Belize	Oil exploration delayed – for now
October 20	Region	Interview with Alberto Arroyo
October 20	Region	EU demands Central American integration as prerequisite for Association Agreement
October 20	Guatemala	2007 elections could prove highly conflictive
October 20	Guatemala	Poor investment in health and education
October 20	Nicaragua	Mining industry: low productivity in 2005
October 20	Honduras	US withdraws counter-narcotics aid
October 13	Region	Authoritarian approach towards gangs still prevails
October 13	Guatemala	Indigenous people reject open pit mining
October 13	Costa Rica	Costa Rica to become weapons producer
October 06	Honduras	US deports unproductive inmigrants
October 06	Guatemala	CSR: the new paradigm of power
October 06	Guatemala	Doubts over US corn donation
October 06	Guatemala	Izabal land dispute re-opens old wounds
October 06	Costa Rica	New ties with Arab world motivated by geopolitical strategy
September 29	Nicaragua	Controversy over tourism subsidies
September 29	Guatemala	4% of discrimination cases reach court
September 29	Guatemala	Drug "certification": nothing to celebrate
September 29	El Salvador	Pension reform under scrutiny
September 29	Costa Rica	The haves and have-nots of the information age
September 22	Nicaragua	Consumers unite against Unión Fenosa
September 22	Honduras	Zelaya angry at business sector
September 22	El Salvador	Remittances used for money laundering scam
September 15	Nicaragua	Growing concerns over possible water privatization
September 15	Guatemala	Health System in a coma
September 8	Guatemala	Courts unable to end premature election campaign
September 8	Guatemala	Race hots up for UN Security Council seat
September 8	Guatemala	Controversy continues over open pit mining
September 8	El Salvador	Tentative progress on labor rights
September 1	Region	Country ceilings up in four CA countries
September 1	Region	ALBA gatthers momentum in Central America
September 1	Nicaragua	New left prioritizes gender issues
September 1	Honduras	Police reform suffers serius setbacks
September 1	Guatemala	Failed drugs raid latest act of political misjudgement
September 1	El Salvador	Inflation outruns minimum wage increase
August 25	Honduras	National Party makes plans for 2009
August 25	Guatemala	Poultry industry accuses US of dumping
August 25	Guatemala	Government repeals controversial education reform
August 25	Guatemala	Conservatives seek constitutional reform
August 25	El Salvador	Population perceives rise in cost of living
August 25	Costa Rica	Arias: the first one hundred days
August 23	Nicaragua	The Atlantic Coast : in search of autonomy
August 23	Honduras	Zelaya government divided
July 28	Region	Central American CEOs seek to arrest the rise of the left
July 28	Panama	Protests against media "gag laws"
July 28	Nicaragua	Lewites` death: a new electoral scenario
July 28	Guatemala	Charity or PR campaign?
July 28	Guatemala	2007 elections: payback time for party funders
July 28	El Salvador	Pensions system under pressure
July 21	El Salvador	Economic policies: a threat to stability?
July 14	Nicaragua	Debate continues over education law
July 14	Guatemala	Debates over possible creation of indigenous political party
July 14	Costa Rica	Media encourages fear of violence
July 7	Guatemala	ECLAC: "it is necessary to protect competition"
June 30	Guatemala	Five Mayan languages at risk
June 30	El Salvador	Judicial system under fire
June 23	Nicaragua	Public transport crisis: no solution in sight
June 23	Costa Rica	Unions prepare for battle
June 16	Guatemala	Community radio stations: Tower of Babel under siege
June 16	Guatemala	Corruption survey reveals alarming attitudes
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	Church shifts leftward
June 9	Nicaragua	Sandinista schizophrenia
June 9	Honduras	Increase in inequality
June 2	El Salvador	Health sector reform: toward privatization?
May 26	Nicaragua	Nicaraguan army: from Sandinista party instrument to national institution
May 19	Nicaragua	Doctors end six month strike
May 19	Honduras	Zelaya's first 100 days in office leave mixed results
May 19	Guatemala	Cuban medical aid ignored by media
May 5	Nicaragua	US concerned over presidential elections
May 5	Guatemala	Indigenous revolt accused of short-termism
March 31	Honduras	University reforms given fresh impetus, despite internal struggles
March 31	Costa Rica	Party unity will be Árias' key challenge
March 28	Guatemala	Strong resistance to citizen participation
March 28	Guatemala	Rural areas vulnerable to bird flu
March 28	El Salvador	Weak new anti-monopoly law
January 6	Nicaragua	Interview with Arturo Grigsby
January 6	Honduras	Mel Zelaya names his cabinet
October 14	Region/Guatemala	Trade increases with ideological opponents
October 14	Guatemala	New proposals to fight corruption
October 7	Panama	Interview with political analyst Raúl Leis
September 23	Honduras	Slow progress in university reform
September 23	Guatemala	Identity: globalization and migration erase borders that were never fully established
September 16	Nicaragua	Bolaños seeks foreign support to face internal crisis
September 16	Guatemala	Failed country or failed media?
September 9	Panama	Torrijos renews links with Cuba
September 2	Guatemala	Torrijos implements difficult reforms during his first year
September 2	Guatemala	Former officials condemn persecution
August 26	Costa Rica	Minorities politician is people's choice
August 19	Costa Rica	Candidates tied in early election campaign
August 12	Guatemala	Good news and bad news for victims of war crimes
July 15	Guatemala	Family businesses prepare to do battle
July 15	Guatemala	Local government short on democracy
July 15	Costa Rica	Leading political parties agree to increase "political debt"
July 15	Honduras	Leading parties still in cahoots
July 8	Costa Rica	Pension reforms could harm workers
July 8	El Salvador	More FMLN resignations
July 1	Panama	Government and unions to start talks
June 24	Guatemala	Democracy under threat in Aguacatán
June 17	Panama	Justice system fails to penalize "fat cats"
June 17	Costa Rica	Pro CAFTA groups behind criticisms of president
June 10	Costa Rica	Fears that outside funds may have influenced CAFTA negotiations
June 3	Honduras	Liberals favorites for November elections
May 27	Panama	Revival of Tapon del Darien project?
May 20	Region	CA and US ridiculed over Cuban terrorist
May 20	Guatemala	Towards a new New Left?
May 13	Costa Rica	Fears over future of preventative health
May 4	Region	New Pope widens divisions in Church
April 29	Guatemala	Government seeks to impose Land Registry Law
April 29	Costa Rica	PLN and PUSC in pacts scandals
April 22	Guatemala	Flawed water law
April 22	Belize	Corruption index worsens
April 15	Honduras	Anti-corruption law reforms under fire
April 15	Costa Rica	CIA terms country "potential hot spot"
April 8	Guatemala	Law of Concessions: the value of a vote
April 8	Guatemala	Proposed Water Law attacked by industry and disparate social groups
April 8	Guatemala	Menchú case ends in a 'safe' sentence
April 8	El Salvador	ANDA corruption case advances
April 1	El Salvador	Poverty plan or election strategy?
March 18	Panama	Internal struggle at Supreme Court
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 4	Region	CAFTA: Sure path to ratification
March 4	Honduras	Lobo and Zelaya victorious
February 25	Costa Rica	Arias: multi-party system problematic
February 18	Costa Rica	PLN in crisis
February 18	Nicaragua	Other sectors join teachers strike
February 18	Honduras	Quota system for women not working
February 4	Honduras	The power and influence behind the primaries
January 21	Guatemala	2005 forecast: A busy year for Legislature
January 21	El Salvador	Recruiting for Iraq
January 14	Costa Rica	2004: a shaky year for democracy
January 14	Nicaragua	Truce defuses government crisis
January 7	Honduras	Web of nepotism, family ties and political favors controls oil contraband industry
December 10	Nicaragua	Reforms place further limits on Bolaños´power
December 3	Costa Rica	Corruption scandals good news for some
December 3	El Salvador	Triumph of FMLN hardliners
December 3	Guatemala	An interview with Edgar Gutiérrez
December 3	Region	Francisco Flores to be region's OAS candidate
November 26	Region	Corruption: obstacle to development
November 19	Costa Rica	Corruption scandal deepens
November 19	Honduras	Primary Congressional elections underway
November 19	Nicaragua	Left gains in municipal elections
November 19	Region	Closer links with South America
November 12	El Salvador	Economy stagnates
November 12	Honduras	Attorney General's Office in turmoil
November 5	Panama	Moscoso faces new embezzlement charges
October 29	Guatemala	New comptroller forgotten
October 29	Nicaragua	Bolaños in spotlight for alleged embezzlement
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	Costa Rica	Rodríguez corruption scandal
October 15	Guatemala	National encounter for peace and democracy
October 8	Guatemala	Politicization of courts questioned
October 1	Guatemala	Political gender equality demanded
October 1	Panama	Moscoso donations investigated
September 24	Guatemala	Election of magistrates marred by political interests
September 24	Guatemala	Latinobarómetro: political system in jeopardy in Guatemala
September 17	Costa Rica	Cabinet resignations spark "crisis"
September 17	Region	PARLACEN debates key reforms
September 17	Nicaragua	Municipal elections: still a tight race
September 10	Guatemala	10 killed in land eviction
August 27	Nicaragua	New pension system suspended
August 20	Costa Rica	Fiscal Reform Plan at an impasse
August 20	El Salvador	Budget approved nine months late
August 20	Guatemala	Journalists criticeze role of the media
August 13	Nicaragua	Interview with FSLN founder Tomás Borge
August 13	Panama	Constitutional reforms mark shift in power
July 16	Honduras	Social protests increase
July 16	Nicaragua	Alemán leads PLC Convention from jail
July 16	El Salvador	FUSADES proposes judicial reforms
July 9	Guatemala	International cooperation III
July 9	Nicaragua	New FSLN candidates face old ambitions
July 2	Guatemala	High stakes in election of Comptroller General
July 2	Panama	Torrijos embarks on political strategy
June 25	Guatemala	Partial fiscal agreement , but total amnesty
June 25	Panama	Moscoso's government to be more transparent
June 25	El Salvador	Ombudswoman up for re-election
June 18	El Salvador	FMLN “hardliners” retain control
May 28	Guatemala	Fiscal measures cause storm in Congress
May 28	Guatemala	Peace Accords absent in new proposal for cadastre law
May 21	Costa Rica	Pacheco´s second annual speech omits key issues
May 21	Guatemala	CICIACS trips up
May 21	Guatemala	Child labor: the perennial scourge
May 21	Honduras	Governent and teachers start talks
May 21	Panama	Torrijos´ party to control parlianent
May 7	Panama	PRD gains landslide victory
May 7	El Salvador	Smaller parties fight for survival
April 30	Nicaragua	The political games of Daniel Ortega
April 23	Panama	Elections: press distances itself from political arena
April 16	Guatemala	Political battle stalls electoral reform
April 16	Costa Rica	CAFTA: hidden deals with the US
April 16	Nicaragua	Hidden agenda to privatize water?
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 suppor
April 2	Guatemala	Mayans underrepresented
March 26	El Salvador	Arena wins landslide victory
March 26	Guatemala	Rios Montt´s brush with the law
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 19	Nicaragua	Drug traffickers’ paradise
March 12	El Salvador	Firt round Arena win possible
March 12	Guatemala	USAC in process of growth, modernization
March 12	Panama	US slams justice system
March 12	El Salvador	Firt round Arena win possible
March 5	Panama	Elections heat up
February 20	Region	Gun culture ever stronger
February 20	Honduras	Small farmers battle global forces
February 20	Costa Rica	IDB loan receives mixed reviews
February 20	Guatemala	Market forces drive adoptions
January 23	El Salvador	Election campaigns criticized
January 23	Honduras	Maduro asked to re-organize government
January 23	Nicaragua	US embassy renews role in politics
January 23	Region	CAFTA negotiations wrapped up
January 9	Guatemala	Economic elite prepares for government
January 9	Guatemala	Mayans and congress receive TV channels
January 9	Nicaragua	Twenty years for Aleman


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