Full Coverage: Central America

26.07.2006 Reversing the process of deforestation--a feat rarely accomplished--has been achieved by a Costa Rican environmentalist, whose inventive policy of economic incentives for maintaining forests has decreased illegal logging at a rapid rate.

18.07.2006 Killings of women in Guatemala have risen for the fourth consecutive year as the government fails to effectively investigate and punish those responsible, according to a report published today.

14.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 13 (OneWorld) - A judge in Spain has issued arrest warrants for eight former Guatemalan officials, including a former president, Efrain Rios Montt for crimes committed during what is known by many as the Guatemalan Genocide.

12.07.2006 Vanuatu, Colombia and Costa Rica top a new global measure of progress, the "Happy Planet Index", with Central America emerging as the best region, thanks to relatively good life expectancy, high life satisfaction and above-average ecological impact. Self appointed world leaders score badly, with UK coming 108th in the list, the US 150th and Russia 172nd. Zimbabwe ranks as unhappiest country.
* Happiness is...a tiny island in the Pacific

11.07.2006 Dr. Juan Manuel Canales has spent 25 years assisting poor peasant and indigenous communities in El Salvador and Chiapas, on the Mexico-Guatemala border, to demand their right to healthcare. He's been given this year's Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights.

07.07.2006 A full vote count is a minimum requirement for restored faith in the system, but considering the irregularities that took place before and during Mexico's elections Sunday, the country's polarized citizenry is unlikely to quietly accept the results they've been handed, says regional expert Laura Carlsen.

06.07.2006 People living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries who are in urgent need of an improved version of the drug lopinavir/ritonavir continue to be denied access to it by its sole manufacturer, says a medical humanitarian organisation.

05.07.2006 A Corte de Constitucionalidade (CC) guatemalteca outorgou um amparo provisório ao general Efraín Ríos Montt, o que significou suspender audiências judiciais programadas para que prestasse depoimento ante um juiz e fiscal espanhóis.

04.07.2006 Dans une entrevue accordée à Alternatives, le porte-parole de l’Armée zapatiste de libération nationale (EZLN), le sous-commandant Marcos, analyse l’opération de terreur contre les habitants d’Atenco et dresse les perspectives de l’Autre campagne à la veille des élections mexicaines.