Mike Allison
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 07:30
In many ways and like most years, 2015 was a mixed bag for Central America's Northern Triangle.
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 06:52
Guatemala's Supreme Court ruled that Congress could strip Roxanna Baldetti of her immunity as they investigate her ties to the recent discovery of a $100 million-plus customs fraud case involving her private secretary.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:46
Year end homicide statistics are starting to trickle in and it looks likes a mixed year. The worst performing country was El Salvador where authorities claim that homicides increased by 57% in 2014 compared to the previous year. With 3,912 homicides, the country's homicide rate finished at approximately 63 per 100,000.
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 06:21
Tracy Wilkinson takes a look at Guatemala, once a leader in war-crime prosecutions, at a standstill for the Los Angeles Times. In it, he looks at what has happened to Claudia Paz y Paz and Yassmin Barrios since the groundbreaking trial of Efrain Rios Montt in 2013.
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 08:25
According to this article from El Periodico, Reyes was expelled from El Salvador after completing a ten-year prison sentence for his involvement in the murder of 237 people.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 06:27
It obviously doesn't serve the interests of the US or Guatemala if the different US agencies are not on the same page.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 00:00
While it's difficult to know what would have happened had Saca not run at all, it's hard to imagine that the FMLN would not have been able to pick up enough of his votes to walk away.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 00:00
President number three, Francisco Flores, appears to have tried to skip town on Tuesday stowing away in a bus headed for Guatemala.
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 00:00
LIDER's Manuel Baldizon heads the pack of candidates with 34%. This is unsurprising given his second place finish in 2011