LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 13 August 2018

Development: On 10 August Guatemala’s attorney general’s office (AG) and the United Nations (UN)-backed anti-impunity commission in Guatemala (Cicig) presented the supreme court (CSJ) with a request for President Jimmy Morales and national opposition legislator Nineth Montenegro to be stripped of their immunity from prosecution in order to be investigated.... Read More

Panama: Panama’s opposition Cambio Democrático (CD) party of former president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), who was extradited from the US in June to face charges related to his activities whilst in office, has chosen Rómulo Roux, a former foreign minister (2012-2014), as its presidential candidate ahead of the May 2019 presidential election.... Read More