Can a gang truce model in El Salvador translate to Honduras, where the violence is worse, the drug trade is more lucrative and the government is weaker?
After news that Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla postponed an annual speech in Nicoya to celebrate a national holiday, Broad Front Party presidential candidate José María Villalta had strong words for the leader.
The new report from the U.N. Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean adjusted its growth estimate down to 3 percent from 3.5 percent last April.