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Nicaragua: Ortega’s regime orders the closure of another university, the 22nd since 2021

In a new onslaught against dissidence, Nicaragua ordered the closure of the private university Rubén Darío and the seizure...

Moscow and Managua agree to cooperate on the non-energy use of peaceful nuclear technologies

Russia and Nicaragua signed an agreement on cooperation in the non-energy use of peaceful...

Guatemala prepares for general elections on June 25

BY Nehomar Hernández* Guatemala is getting ready for elections in which a new president of the Republic, mayors in 340 municipalities, and 160 deputies to...

Panama’s GDP grows 10.8 percent in 2022

The Panamanian Government assured today that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was 10.8 percent in 2022, as...

How Honduras blackmailed Taiwan and sold out to China

By Raquel Hoshino On Saturday, March 25, Honduras cut its ties with Taiwan, ceasing to recognize the island, and confirmed...

Taiwan recalls its ambassador to Honduras over officials’ visit to China

The visit of a Honduran delegation to China to discuss the establishment of diplomatic...

Panamanian government forecasts at least 5% economic growth in 2023

Panama's Minister of Economy and Finance, Héctor Alexander, assured today that his country's economy would grow at least five percent this year, the ministry said in a press release. According to information for Alexander, the Panamanian...

Panama issues US$1.8 billion global bonds in the international market

The Panamanian Government informed yesterday about the issuance of a global bond for US$1 billion in the international market, maturing in 2054, and about reopening a global bond for US$800 million, maturing in 2035, to...

Central America’s ‘maras’ spread to Spain and Italy

The maras, criminal structures created by Central American migrants from poor neighborhoods in Los Angeles and which, more than 30 years later, the presidents...

Nearly five million people suffer from food insecurity in Haiti 

Food insecurity affects 4.9 million people in Haiti. This is according to a report presented Friday (Mar. 17) by the "Comissão Nacional de Segurança Alimentar do Haiti" (CNSA), the National Commission for Food Security. The figures show...

Panama’s nominal GDP grows 13.5 percent in 2022

Panama's nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached US$76.5 billion in 2022, 13.5 percent more than the previous year, informed Thursday the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR). The entity pointed out that economic...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"