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Caribbean & Central America - April 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)
GUATEMALA: First Lady's bid for the presidency now hitch free?
Marriage may be the one institution in Guatemala to have suffered a
knock to its credibility following the announcement by President Alvaro Colom
and First Lady Sandra Torres, that the two had decided to divorce in order to
allow Torres to stand as presidential candidate for the centre-left ruling
Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza and its right-leaning ally, Gran Alianza
Nacional (Gana), in the September contest. The move is an explicit attempt to
sidestep the constitutional ban on candidates related to the incumbent running
for the top job. While sparking outrage from conservative sectors, the
announcement could be construed as a boost for institutional process in
Guatemala, assuaging fears that President Daniel Ortega's illegal bid for
re-election in Nicaragua's November vote might have set a regional
trend.
- Martelly wins weak mandate with landslide victory
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Fernández ends speculation over re-election
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- CUBA: Putting US remittances to good use
- BARBADOS: Preparing to backslide on debt-to-GDP ratio?
- GUYANA: Moving towards an election
- POINTERS
- EL SALVADOR: Obama visit spotlights new priorities
- REGION: Crime's knock-on effect on health and education
- GUATEMALA: First Lady's bid for the presidency now hitch free?
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: GUATEMALA
- NICARAGUA: Ortega's controversial choice of running mate
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: NICARAGUA
- HONDURAS: Another Bolivarian twist
- COSTA RICA: Chinchilla, stood up by her own party
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: COSTA RICA
- PANAMA: Judiciary back in the spotlight
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: PANAMA
- Cafta-DR at five