Central America

Panama Copper Mine, a multi-billion dollar investment with environmental complaints and poor oversight

The controversial Panama Copper Mine project -in which the powerful international group First Quantum Minerals has invested US$10 billion

March 2, 2023

Nicaragua joins El Salvador and Panama’s stock market

The Nicaraguan Stock Exchange completed the process of integration to the stock market that El Salvador and Panama have been...

March 2, 2023

Panama reiterates that the only admissible marriage is between a man and a woman

Panama's Supreme Court of Justice has refused to recognize same-sex marriage as a human right, finding that mentions in its...

March 2, 2023

Migration to the US hits coffee harvest in Central America

The El Encanto farm, nestled in a mountain in central Honduras, is working with half the coffee pickers it needs...

March 1, 2023

Nicaragua’s dictatorship bans Catholic Church from holding Easter processions

According to Catholic Church sources in Nicaragua, the national police have banned celebrating religious processions during

February 26, 2023

Ortega calls Catholic Church an “organized mafia”

Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, has demanded democracy within the Catholic Church, calling it an "organized mafia", after Pope Francis

February 23, 2023

Thanks to Bukele’s security reforms, January was the safest month in El Salvador’s history 

El Salvador's popular government is shaping 2023 as the safest year in more than 200 years of history after removing...

February 21, 2023

Fitch upgrades Guatemala’s rating to BB

Fitch Ratings raised its rating for Guatemala from BB- to BB with a stable outlook, in an upgrade that reflects...

February 20, 2023

“Volcano bonds”, the controversial bitcoin bet of El Salvador’s president

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele plans to issue bitcoin debt papers to oxygenate public finances, but his offer of so-called...

February 20, 2023