Costa Rica carries out nationwide raids on drug-trafficking gang
Costa Rican authorities on Tuesday carried out 40 early morning raids across the Central American country against a major crime...
May 25, 2021Section
Central America
Salvadoran Assembly approves US$1.29 billion for “food sovereignty” and coffee rescue
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved this Tuesday, May 25, two trust funds for...
May 25, 2021
Mining becomes bone of contention between Panama environmentalists and developers
"Bread for today and hunger for tomorrow", as defined by environmentalists who demonstrated this Tuesday in Panama City against mining,...
May 25, 2021
Puerto Rico Senator fears new crisis due to worker discontent in electricity sector
Thomas Rivera Schatz warned Tuesday that if the problems and discontent in Puerto Rico's electricity sector are not adequately addressed,...
May 25, 2021
Nicaragua harassment of media and journalists increases, six months before elections
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An investigation for alleged money laundering against opposition presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios has increased...
May 25, 2021
Panama accumulates 374,356 cases of Covid-19 and 6,346 deaths (May 24)
Panama registered Monday 235 new cases of covid-19 and 14 deaths due to the disease, to reach 374,356 confirmed infections...
May 25, 2021
Panama agrees another US$150 million with IDB for MSMEs
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) subscribed this Monday a loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for US$150...
May 24, 2021
Chamorro says opposition unity is “imperative” to defeat Nicaragua’s Ortega
Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro said Monday that the unity of the various opposition forces, currently fragmented, is "imperative" to...
May 24, 2021
Migrants pin their hopes on Mexico with record number of asylum applications
In the face of political uncertainty in the United States, migrants from Central and South America are pinning their hopes...
May 23, 2021