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Caribbean & Central America - November 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Haiti drifts again toward uncertainty
Hopes that the historic March ‘El Rancho’ accord between the executive, the legislature and political parties [RC-14-04] would pave the way for long overdue legislative and municipal elections to take place in Haiti this year have proven misplaced. Back in July [RC-14-08] the government led by President Michel Martelly set 26 October as the date for elections for 20 of the 30 seats in the senate (ten of which have been empty since May 2012) and the entire 99-seat chamber of deputies, while municipal elections were set for 28 December. However, the new provisional electoral court (CEP) has declared that it is impossible to hold the vote due to the senate’s failure to approve necessary legislation. This raises questions as to what will happen in January 2015, when more legislative seats will become vacant, rendering it inoperative.
- Haiti drifts again toward uncertainty
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- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Health sector crisis exposes deeper problems
- REGION: Struggling for growth
- GUYANA: More time for Guyana to get its AML house in order
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- EL SALVADOR: Arena jettisons Quijano
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: EL SALVADOR
- COSTA RICA: Solís faced with strikes and unrest
- NICARAGUA: Change at the top of Nicaragua’s police force
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: NICARAGUA
- GUATEMALA: Justice concerns rumble on
- PANAMA: Varela picks a fight with his predecessor
- HONDURAS: Hernández’s war
- Mixed progress in efforts to crack down on child labour