ABC News - Prosecutors in Honduras say a decomposed, bullet-riddled body found near the border with Nicaragua has been identified as the purported leader of a shadowy Nicaraguan resistance group. Prosecutors' spokesman Melvin Duarte says relatives of Santos ... Read more
Showing posts with label Central America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Central America. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 17
Wednesday, January 4
Sidestepping Ahmadinejad in Managua
Honduras WeeklyPresident Porfirio Lobo has confirmed that he will attend the January 10 inauguration of President Daniel Ortega, who was re-elected on November 6, 2011, to a second consecutive term of office as leader of Nicaragua. ... Read more
Monday, January 2
Nicaragua Plans to Extend San Juan Dredging Operations
 Dredging Today | Dredging Today Nicaragua plans to extend dredging operations in the San Juan River to remove sediment dumped by Costa Rica with the construction of a road in the South Bank, Government sources certified on Friday. The commander Eden Pastora also said that the ... Shhhhh! The People Might Hear Us! Inside Costa Rica Topics in this story: Mission Network NEws (press release) |
Tuesday, December 27
Nicaraguan Bishop Calls For Direct Dialogue Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica
 Inside Costa Rica | Inside Costa Rica - Nicaragua filed suit before the ICJ for Costa Rica to immediately suspend construction of its road and the serious environmental damage it is causing, and pay the Nicaraguans for such damage, particularly those caused in the navigability of the river ... Read more |
Thursday, December 22
Nicaragua files proceedings against Costa Rica with UN court
 KUNC | Expatica Netherlands Nicaragua on Thursday filed proceedings with the UN's highest court against Costa Rica over a road near their disputed border Managua says is causing serious environmental damage, the court said Thursday. "Nicaragua contends that Costa Rica is carrying ... Read more Regional court to hear Nicaragua-Costa Rica caseeTaiwan News |
Tuesday, December 20
Mexico's Senate ratifies Central American trade pact
Fox News - Mexico City – Mexico's Senate has ratified a trade accord aimed at expanding and diversifying the country's trade ties with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The Senate unanimously approved the deal Thursday in its last ... Read more
Regional court to hear Nicaragua-Costa Rica case
 Inside Costa Rica | eTaiwan News - AP The Central American Court of Justice has agreed to hear a Nicaraguan complaint about Costa Rica's highway construction near the river marking the two countries' border. The president of the regional court says Costa Rica has 10 days to respond to ... Read more |
Sunday, December 18
Costa Rican Politics may throw Ecotourism Under the Bus
Mexidata.info - Claiming that she was acting to protect Costa Rica's 'heritage', she (Laura Chinchilla) ordered the construction of a road along 120km of the river bank (see photo). The road runs as close to the river as is physically possible, cutting right through a 60,000-hectare protected area that only 18 months ago was designated a ‘Wetland of International Importance' by Costa Rica itself. Read more
Wednesday, December 14
Costa Rica road project continues despite Nicaragua protest
Tico Times - President Laura Chinchilla said Tuesday afternoon that the construction of a 150-kilometer road south of the Río San Juan will continue as planned, despite protests from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. “My government will continue to execute the ... Read more
Monday, December 5
Costa Rica submits case against Nicaragua to International Court of Justice
Tico Times - Costa Rica presented its case against Nicaragua to the International Court of Justice on Monday, denouncing its northern neighbor in a document titled the “True Activities of Nicaragua in the Border Area.” The document outlines Costa Rica's arguments ... Read more
Thursday, October 27
Central America Slowly Learning the Value of Disaster Prevention
 UN News Centre | Central America Slowly Learning the Value of Disaster Prevention Inter Press Service The latest tragedy to strike Central America was Tropical Depression 12-E: at the time of writing, a total of 91 fatalities had been recorded, while more than a million people suffered some form of losses and damages in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua ... American Red Cross Commits $200000 in Relief and Support to Central America PR Newswire (press release) Aid agencies seek funds for El Salvador flood crisis Reuters AlertNet UN agencies step up assistance to flood-ravaged El Salvador UN News Centre PreventionWeb (press release) -Expatica Switzerland all 22 news articles » |
Sunday, October 23
Tropical depression forms near Honduras, Nicaragua
 Central Florida News 13 | CNN International The depression -- the 18th of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season -- was located off the Nicaragua/Honduras border late Sunday afternoon, forecasters said. The government of Honduras issued a tropical storm watch from Punta Castilla eastward to the ... Weather disturbance threatens Honduras, Nicaragua Reuters Africa Tropical Depression 18 forms in southern Gulf of Mexico Palm Beach Post (blog) |
Saturday, October 22
Central America Hit Hard by Floods, Landslides
 Boston.com | Blogcritics.org (blog) El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have declared states of emergency, and the United Nations approved an emergency grant of $50000 for relief in El Salvador, the country worst hit by the rains. There 34 people have died, 52000 have been ... 100 Killed in Central America Flooding Voice of America Pulling for Central America amid change Chicago Tribune |
Saturday, October 15
Deadly storm hits Central America
 BBC News | BBC News In Guatemala, at least 13 people were reported killed with four victims in Nicaragua and one in El Salvador. Guatemala issued a "red alert" and reported at least a dozen landslides on roads and eight badly damaged bridges. As rains drenched Central ... 23 die as hurricane rains hit C America China Daily 23 die as hurricane rains hit Central AmericaTwoCircles.net |
Wednesday, July 28
Friday, July 23
Nicaragua Rejects Reinstatement of Honduras in SICA
MANAGUA - The President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega considered ridiculous and absurd the decisionadopted in El Salvador by four Heads of States of the isthmus to reinstate Honduras in the Central American Integration System (SICA). Read more
Central American leaders approve Honduras' return to OAS, SICA
Central American leaders Tuesday agreed to readmit Honduras to two major regional organizations at a summit held in El Salvador. During the summit, the presidents of the member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA) approved Honduras' return to the Organization of American States (OAS) and SICA. Read more
Wednesday, April 21
Nicaragua’s Ortega May Restore Ties With Honduras
Source: www. businessweek.com - By Blake Schmidt - April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he may restore ties with Honduras, strained by a coup last year that ousted its former president, before the May 18 Madrid summit between Latin American and European countries. Read more
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