LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 15 February 2018

Development: On 14 February the head of Guatemala’s health ministry (MSPAS), Carlos Soto, said that his ministry had ended an agreement signed with the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig), the attorney general’s office (AG), and comptroller general’s office (CGC).... Read More

El Salvador: The public opinion institute at El Salvador’s Universidad Centroamericana (IUDOP) has released its latest survey on voting intentions ahead of the 4 March legislative and municipal elections which shows a preference for the right-wing opposition Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena).... Read More

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

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

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

COSTA RICA | Widening fiscal deficit.... Read More