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Caribbean & Central America - March 2018 (ISSN 1741-4458)
NICARAGUA: Nicaragua’s security success and challenges ahead
Central America’s Northern Triangle, comprising El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, is the most violent region in the world (outside of war zones), an infamous distinction it has held for the past several years – as most recently highlighted by the Geneva-based NGO Small Arms Survey’s latest report, ‘Global Violent Deaths, 2017’. Yet, Nicaragua continues to boast among the lowest homicide rates in the region. Here we consider the reasons for this apparent achievement.
- Introduction
- EL SALVADOR: The limits of mano dura
- GUATEMALA: Finding the formula for growth
- PANAMA: The long road to 2019
- COSTA RICA: Corte-IDH ruling on gay marriage exposes divisions
- NICARAGUA: Nicaragua’s security success and challenges ahead
- CUBA: Economic policy paralysis cripples Cuba
- GUYANA: The good news still keeps coming
- BELIZE: Government suffers electoral setback
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Browne goes for early election
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- Economic Highlights