Central American Politics
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.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
The Sandinistas' repeated defense of anti-democratic regimes and its sadly servile relationship with Russia and Venezuela is an embarrassment that's harmful to the country's standing in the world.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Zach Dyer summarizes the most recent results of Mitofsky approval ratings of Latin American presidents at The Tico Times.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
As president-elect Sanchez Ceren looks set to take the reins of power on June 1st, we are beginning to get a sense of what his administration is going to look like.