The Dominican Republic registers the largest inflows of foreign direct investment in its history
By Fátima Romero Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dominican Republic reached a record US$4.010 billion in 2022, representing an...
May 25, 2023Section
Central America
Panama Canal imposes restrictions on shipping due to drought
By Laura Curtis, Ruth Liao, and Michael McDonald The severe drought affecting the Panama Canal is forcing container ships to...
May 25, 2023
Daniel Ortega delivers new Russian buses to transport cooperatives in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega led the ceremony of delivery of the buses to the country's transport cooperatives on Wednesday, May...
May 25, 2023
Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez has spent more than 100 days in isolation in a maximum security prison
The bishop of the Nicaraguan town of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, has paid dearly for the "audacity" of dissenting from...
May 24, 2023
Panama: trial begins against former president Martinelli for alleged money laundering in purchase of newspapers
The trial against former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) and 19 other people, in a process of alleged money laundering...
May 24, 2023
Costa Rican government proposes reforms to improve its fiscal situation
Costa Rica's Minister of Finance, Nogui Acosta, presented yesterday a program with reforms in tax collection to improve the country's...
May 19, 2023
Panama sends 49 tons of cocaine to the United States for incineration
Panamanian authorities sent today by plane from Panama to the United States a shipment of 49 tons of cocaine confiscated...
May 19, 2023
El-Salvador: troops surround town after killing of a policeman
At least 5,000 soldiers and 500 police have surrounded a town in northwestern El Salvador. They want to arrest those...
May 18, 2023
How Puerto Rico seeks to lure Wall Street and put bankruptcy behind it
By Jim Wyss and Michelle Kaske A little more than a year after emerging from bankruptcy, Puerto Rico's top officials...
May 18, 2023