28/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Latin America - Panama bracing for ex-dictator Manuel Noriega's return
With Gen. Manuel Noriega's extradition from France set for Oct. 1, Panama could be forced to finally face its unpleasant past – and reflect on just how confident it feels about the future.
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09/07/2011 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua - How Nicaragua made the most of Hugo Chavez's riches
Nicaragua isn't sweating the news that Chavez has cancer because it wisely invested the millions of dollars it received from Venezuela.
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09/07/2011 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua - How Nicaragua made the most of Hugo Chavez's riches
Nicaragua isn't sweating the news that Chavez has cancer because it wisely invested the millions of dollars it received from Venezuela.
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19/06/2011 | Sociedad
A Panama historic district battles development boom
In a city that’s run out of room to grow, residents of a historic district wonder if the old seawall can hold back progress.
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15/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narco-Dividends: White Lobsters on the Mosquito Coast
Ever since the "white lobsters" started washing up on Nicaragua's Caribbean shore a decade ago, life for some people on this isolated and impoverished coast has become remarkably more affluent and globalized, with new mansions, speedboats and lucrative businesses dealing in international trade. Indigenous communities once neglected and marginalized by the state now have the option to self-finance their own development.
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05/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Eyeing Middle East, Nicaragua's Ortega quashes weekend protests
The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega organized a massive demonstration to dwarf an anti-Ortega march that was impeded by heavily armed riot police on Saturday.
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25/03/2011 | Frente Externo
In El Salvador, Obama lauds Funes as a model Central American leader
During his two-day visit to El Salvador, President Obama hailed center-left President Mauricio Funes as a leader who has strengthened democracy in a region beset by instability.
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24/03/2011 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua opposition unites to contest legality of President Ortega's candidacy
The four Nicaraguan opposition parties on November's ballot will present legal challenges to President Daniel Ortega’s candidacy for a third term in office.
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09/03/2011 | En Parrilla
Nicaragua, Costa Rica both see victory in Hague's ruling on border standoff
The International Court of Justice today ordered Costa Rica and Nicaragua to withdraw all troops, police, and security personnel from a contested border region.
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01/03/2011 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits
Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega is finishing his second term in office, the maximum allowed under the Constitution. But on Saturday he accepted the Sandinista Party's nomination to run again.
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09/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Border dispute with Nicaragua has Costa Rica rethinking its lack of army
The International Court of Justice is expected to rule any day on a Costa Rica-Nicaragua border dispute. The case has caused the 'Switzerland of Central America' to reexamine its commitment to disarmament.
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14/12/2010 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua to vote on bills tightening Daniel Ortega's grip on security, media
Nicaragua's legislature votes today on three proposed laws that, critics say, would give President Daniel Ortega sweeping new authority to create a domestic spy network and censor the media.
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24/10/2010 | Frente Externo
Panama's President: Trying on a Strongman Role?
When supermarket tycoon Ricardo Martinelli was running for president of Panama in 2009, he cleverly embraced the nickname his critics had given him — el loco (the crazy man) — and spun it into a campaign slogan: "We crazies are the majority!" By claiming ownership, Martinelli disarmed some of the less than flattering stories about his temperament and was swept into office with a convincing 60% of the vote.
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15/09/2010 | Frente Externo
Sandinistas demand removal of OAS ambassador to Nicaragua
The abrupt decision of President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista government to demand the removal from Nicaragua of Ambassador Pedro Vuskovic, the representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Nicaragua, is deepening concern about what is viewed as the increasing intolerance and anti-democratic tendencies of the Ortega administration.
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11/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia Pledges Massive Aid for Nicaragua
President praises former Cold War ally for offering “unconditional aid”.
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12/02/2010 | Transparencia
Nicaragua - Amnesty Bill Shows Depth of Corruption
An attempt by opposition Liberal lawmakers to pass a big-tent amnesty law that would include all ex-government officials from the past three administrations has produced audible moans from political pundits and a venomous counterattack by the ruling Sandinista Front.
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28/10/2009 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua - Anti-Ortega groups roll out hit-and-run tactics
President Daniel Ortega's move to have the Supreme Court scrap presidential term limits breathes new life into a budding clandestine protest movement.
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16/10/2009 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua's newest tycoon? 'Socialist' president Daniel Ortega.
Daniel Ortega's opaque business dealings, linked to Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, are blurring the lines between party, state, and first family, say critics.
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27/08/2009 | En Parrilla
Nicaraguans make proxy war of Honduran coup
In polarized Nicaragua, lawmakers are linking their domestic political agendas to the drama next door in Honduras -- and the specter of violence is growing.
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31/01/2009 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua Strongmen's Pact Under Strain
A decade after opening to harsh reviews in Managua, "El Pacto" — the tragicomedy that has defined Nicaraguan politics and disappointed audiences since 1999 — finally appears to be approaching its denouement.
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