Guatemala’s US Trade Deal Hangs on a July Tariff Deadline
The Guatemala trade deal signed Jan. 30 activates when a 150-day 10% tariff expires July 24—but a new forced-labour duty...
July 1, 2026Section
Central America
The IMF Hands Honduras $242 Million, With Strings on Its Power Company
An IMF board cleared a Honduras IMF disbursement of 242 million dollars, rewarding fiscal discipline while pressing reform at the...
June 30, 2026
Guatemala Buries 68 War Victims, 44 Years On
Guatemala reburied sixty-eight victims of its civil war, mostly Maya civilians killed in 1982, as a new government promises reparations...
June 30, 2026
Costa Rica’s Biggest Drug Raid Hit Hotels and Holiday Rentals
Costa Rica ran its largest drug operation ever, seizing hotels, holiday rentals and ranches used to launder cartel cash in...
June 30, 2026
Bladex, The Panama Trade Bank Few Foreigners Know Maps Its Next Decade
Bladex, the Panama bank that finances trade across Latin America, set out a plan to 2030, aiming to grow its...
June 26, 2026
Why Attacks on Panama-Flagged Ships in the Black Sea Matter
Two Panama-flagged ships were attacked in the Black Sea in a week, prompting a rare avoidance warning. The world's biggest...
June 25, 2026
Guatemala Ports Law Stalls as Quetzal Congestion Bites
Guatemala ports reform cleared 118-124 votes but 28 amendments froze progress. Puerto Quetzal has 23 ships waiting as 9.2M tonnes...
June 25, 2026
IMF Warns Costa Rica’s Famous Health System Is Running Out of Money
Costa Rica's health system reserves could run dry by 2029 and pension funds by the mid-2030s, with the health gap...
June 24, 2026Honduras Bets on an Energy Reform to Stop a $600 Million Yearly Drain
Honduras moves to split its bankrupt power utility ENEE and court private capital, a reform Washington and global lenders back...
June 24, 2026