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Monthly Archives: July, 2009

Free press watchdogs blow whistle on Honduras media crackdown

Honduras continues to clamp down on the media one month after a coup shook the nation, international free press and freedom of speech organizations...

Calderón trial reaching closure

The court case that´s jeopardized the career and legacy of a former president of Costa Rica and caused one of the country´s leading political...

Heredia train ready to roll… almost

Costa Rica´s Administrative Contention Court lifted an injunction on Monday morning that has blocked the much awaited opening of a railway between San José...

Amnesty: Nicaragua’s maternal death rate increases under total abortion ban

Nicaragua´s total ban on abortions is contributing to an increase in maternal deaths across the country by denying girls and women potentially life-saving treatment,...

Hondurans trickle over mountains to support Zelaya in Nicaragua

LAS MANOS, Nicaragua – With the unsigned San José Accord still in limbo and Honduras´ de facto government refusing to back down, exiled President...

Latin American presidents to descend on Costa Rica this week

As the region´s eyes continue to be fixed on the crisis unfolding in Honduras, at least six heads of state will arrive in Costa...

Costa Rica exports fall 14.2 percent in year’s first half, but some products see gains

The economic crisis continues to slow areas of the Costa Rican economy. In a report released by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office...

Costa Rica loses in shootout to Mexico in Gold Cup semifinals

Of the 42 games played thus far in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, maybe the best of them all was Thursday night, the semifinal at...

Ousted president Zelaya makes brief return to Honduras

Nearly four weeks after his ouster, Manuel Zelaya briefly set foot on his native Honduran soil Friday in a second chaotic attempt at returning...

Ortega’s Cult of Personality Dominates July 19

A major criticism of the reincarnated Sandinista government is that it has transmuted over the years from what was once a pluralistic revolutionary experiment...

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