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September 6, 2008


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2008
July 04	Nicaragua	Women in Estelí fall prey of the sex trade
March 14	Region	New study dispels myths on youth gangs
February 29	Panama	Demonstrations end in death
February 29	Costa Rica	Indigenous people reject Diquís hydrolectric dam
February 01	Guatemala	2008: the year of popular consultations?
February 01	Guatemala	Court denies extradition in genocide case
February 01	Belize	Development at a crossroads
January 25	Guatemala	Have conservative think tanks won the battle of ideas?
January 25	Costa Rica	Citizens want more media space
January 18	Honduras	Outrage over electoral reforms
January 11	Region	More confidence in government, less in free market
January 11	Guatemala	On his way out, Berger slightly boosts minimum wage
January 04	Region	Labor unions demand a fairer EU Association Agreement
2007
November 09	Costa Rica	Poverty rate down
November 02	Panama	Tourist project angers indigenous communities
November 02	Guatemala	Clandestine abortions on the rise
October 26	Region	Indigenous people observe Day of Resistance
October 26	El Salvador	Medicines sold at rip-off prices
October 19	Costa Rica	Social agenda arises post-referendum
October 12	Honduras	Government fails to tackle child poverty
October 12	Guatemala	Xalalá construction up for auction
September 28	Guatemala	Little progress in fighting poverty
September 21	Guatemala	Elections yield disappointing results for Rigoberta Menchú
September 07	Panama	Oil spill exposes social injustice
August 17	Guatemala	Women demand a fairer share of political power
August 10	Guatemala	Lukewarm welcome for land dispute system
August 03	Honduras	Anti-mining protest ends in repression
August 03	Guatemala	International labor movement demands justice for murdered union leader
July 13	Guatemala	One more vote against mining
July 06	Guatemala	Has Menchú been co-opted by the elite?
May 18	Region	Why go to school?
May 04	Guatemala	Quiché rejects hydroelectric dam
May 04	Guatemala	Labor unions under fire
April 27	Costa Rica	Indigenous peoples face bleak future
April 13	Guatemala	Teachers quit strike, conditionally
March 30	Honduras	Cycle of corruption persists
March 30	Guatemala	Environmentalists accused of defamation
March 30	Guatemala	IDB's agenda hijacked by private sector
February	Guatemala	Menchú runs for president
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 24	Guatemala	Violent evictions of anti-mining protesters in El Estor
November 24	El Salvador	Interview with Dagoberto Gutiérrez
November 10	Guatemala	Increased remittances bring mixed results
November 10	Costa Rica	Debate over indigenous autonomy
November 1	Panama	Education system in crisis
October 20	Guatemala	Poor investment in health and education
October 13	El Salvador	Remittances continue their inexorable rise
October 06	Honduras	US deports unproductive inmigrants
October 06	Guatemala	Midwives' future uncertain
September 29	Costa Rica	The haves and have-nots of the information age
September 8	Nicaragua	Emigration and poverty threaten children's future
September 1	Honduras	Police reform suffers serius setbacks
August 23	Costa Rica	Women continue to earn lower salaries
July 28	Panama	Protests against media "gag laws"
July 28	Guatemala	Charity or PR campaign?
July 21	Region	Microfinances: soldiers in the fight against poverty?
July 21	Costa Rica	Indigenous peoples discuss CAFTA
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
June 30	Guatemala	Five Mayan languages at risk
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 9	Nicaragua	Church shifts leftward
June 9	Region	US migration reform: toward "social apartheid"
June 9	Honduras	Increase in inequality
June 2	Guatemala	NGOs and BANRURAL: strange bedfellows?
May 19	Guatemala	Child trafficing increases while adoption law stalls in Congress
May 19	El Salvador	State spending on education in decline
May 5	Guatemala	Indigenous revolt accused of short-termism
March 31	Honduras	University reforms given fresh impetus, despite internal struggles
March 28	Guatemala	Rural areas vulnerable to bird flu
March 28	Guatemala	Three community leaders and two congressmen assassinated in one week
October 14	Honduras/ Nicaragua	Abuses reported in Biosphere
September 30	Region	Millennium Development Goals a long way from being reached
September 30	Guatemala	Lessons from community organization in Totonicapán
September 23	Honduras	Slow progress in university reform
September 23	Guatemala	Elderly face precarious future
September 23	Guatemala	Identity: globalization and migration erase borders that were never fully established
September 16	Guatemala	Failed country or failed media?
September 9	Costa Rica	Economy grows but so does inequality and poverty
September 2	Guatemala	National survey on salaries reveals wide scale race and gender based discrimination
August 26	Honduras	Child labor situation worsens
August 26	Costa Rica	Minorities politician is people's choice
August 19	Honduras	New precedent set for integrating mareros
August 19	Costa Rica	Candidates tied in early election campaign
August 5	Honduras	Pro CAFTA campaign stifles opposition
August 5	El Salvador	CAFTA: no alternative?
August 5	Costa Rica	Opposition to DR-CAFTA holds firm
August 5	Guatemala	US employs cold war rhetoric to discredit CAFTA opponent
July 29	Panama	New proposalsto help the indigenous
July 22	Costa Rica	Delays in spending affect social services
July 8	Guatemala	Education: cornerstone of development?
July 1	Guatemala	95% say no to mining
July 1	Guatemala	Monopoly on information threatens productive communities
June 24	Guatemala	Popular consultations: in search of participatory democracy
June 24	Guatemala	Transparency: legitimizing the State vs. restructuring power
June 17	Guatemala	Unions denounce media slur campaign
June 10	Honduras	Poverty relief: money alone is not enough
June 10	Nicaragua	Nemagon legacy lives on
June 3	Panama	Getting around the "Gag Laws"
June 3	Guatemala	Compensation plan advances slowly
May 20	Region	Strong opposition in US threatens ratification of CAFTA
May 20	Guatemala	Towards a new New Left?
May 13	Region	Development Cooperation: from fellow traveler to gate keeper?
May 13	Guatemala	Dramatic fall in international bilateral aid
May 13	Costa Rica	Fears over future of preventative health
May 6	Region	New Pope widens divisions in Church
May 6	Region	Borders bursting at the seams
April 29	Guatemala	Government seeks to impose Land Registry Law
April 22	Belize	Corruption index worsens
April 8	Costa Rica	Woman to head Congress?
April 1	Guatemala	Public works concessions: the last battleground
April 1	El Salvador	Poverty plan or election strategy?
March 18	Guatemala	First racism case under way
March 11	Region	GM threat lies in store
March 11	Guatemala	Anti-union strategy continues in the maquilas
March 11	Belize	Industrial action forces reforms
March 4	El Salvador	Freedom of expression under threat?
February 25	Guatemala	Attacks continue against human rights groups
February 18	Nicaragua	Other sectors join teachers strike
February 11	Region	WSF sets 2005 plan
February 11	Honduras	Maras: repression without prevention
February 4	Guatemala	Spanish Embassy case re-opened
January 28	Costa Rica	Education system in the doldrums
January 21	Guatemala	Mining conflict claims first life
January 7	Costa Rica	Poverty increases
December 10	El Salvador	Reports of child abuse on the rise
November 26	Guatemala	Resurgence of a national Social Movement?
November 26	Guatemala	Progress in Youth Law debate
October 29	El Salvador	"Friendly Hand", "hard Hand"
October 29	Guatemala	Legal frame to fight hunger still pending
October 29	Panama	Protests fail to shake Torrijos´popularity
October 22	Guatemala	Doubts over ex PAC payments democracy
October 10	Panama	The forgotten poor
October 10	Region	HIV / AIDS data and treatment still patchy
October 1	Guatemala	Political gender equality demanded
October 1	Region	Governments reaffirm global war on hunger
September 24	Guatemala	Land Access Program: debts pending
September 17	Costa Rica	Cabinet resignations spark crisis
September 17	El Salvador	US Court sentences ex officer in Archbishop Romero's killing
September 17	Guatemala	Education Reform progresses, but slowly
September 10	Guatemala	10 killed in land eviction
September 10	Panama	Media independence questioned
August 27	Guatemala	Reproductive health- care in dire straits
August 20	Guatemala	Journalists criticeze role of the media
August 20	Panama	Economic inequity persists
August 13	Guatemala	Community radios to begin bilingual news
August 13	Region	US pressures CA on reproductive health
August 13	Region	"Catastrophic" situation facing immigrants
July 23	Region	Women absent in municipal leadership
July 16	Guatemala	Criminal violence: a growing challenge to democracy
July 16	Guatemala	Renewed push for Information law
July 9	El Salvador	Public forum to discuss anti maras law
July 2	Region	Hunger on the up
June 25	Guatemala	Unions: old demands and new goals
June 18	Costa Rica	Violence continues in La Carpio
June 11	Guatemala	Agreement ends national protest early
June 11	Nicaragua	Education reforms stalled by budget
May 28	El Salvador	Female heads of household on the up
May 7	Guatemala	National Health Coalition evaluates reforms
April 30	Guatemala	Maya University:debate continues
April 30	El Salvador	Women lose ground, says UNDP report
April 2	Guatemala	Mayans underrepresented
March 26	Guatemala	Student movement: from political decline to ideological reconstruction
March 12	Guatemala	USAC in process of growth, modernization
February 20	Honduras	Small farmers battle global forces
January 9	Guatemala	Labor Ministry raises wages without enforcement
January 9	Guatemala	Mayans and congress receive TV channels


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