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Caribbean & Central America - February 2018 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Introduction
In recent years, the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have taken key steps in fighting corruption and creating a culture of accountability.... Read More
Central America
In recent years, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have taken key steps in fighting corruption and creating a culture of accountability.... Read More
Having taken office for a second consecutive term on 27 January under rather inauspicious circumstances, President Juan Orlando Hernández has indicated that he will make only gradual changes to his conservative cabinet.... Read More
The encouraging news that acute malnutrition fell by 9.1% last year to 12,138 cases, coupled with two anniversaries (the 21st anniversary of the Guatemalan peace agreement in December and the second anniversary of the inauguration of Jimmy Morales as president in January) has led to various reviews of the current condition of the country’s indigenous communities.... Read More
It came late, but it finally happened.... Read More
Kenia Porcell, Panama’s attorney general, has revealed details of a new corruption scandal involving local construction companies; but some campaigners still accuse her of taking a “selective” approach to prosecuting wrong-doers.... Read More
Caribbean
Dr Keith Mitchell, Grenada’s prime minister and leader of the ruling New National Party (NNP), has named 13 March as election day.... Read More
The territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, under which Venezuela claims nearly 160,000 square kilometres of Guyanese territory to the west of the Essequibo river, has been referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres.... Read More
*** POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR JAMAICA.... Read More
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