Full Coverage: Central America

29.09.2006 Federal forces will only exacerbate the situation in Oaxaca, where a teacher's strike has led to weeks of civil unrest, according to an international human rights organization.

29.09.2006 For trans-national mining conglomerates, like GlamisGold, it’s a business that pays: The worldwide demand for silver and gold is as keen as seldom before. In search of new gold veins they expand to Central America.

28.09.2006 On September 16, over one million people raised their hands in a vote to recognize center-left leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the “legitimate president” of Mexico... This act of civil resistance ushered in a new stage in an electoral conflict that has developed into an all-out battle for the country's future.

27.09.2006 "Jaguars, mexican gray wolves, peninsular bighorn sheep, and other endangered species need to cross their borderland habitat often, and this wall will crush their ability to survive," a conservation group has warned.
From: Center for Biological Diversity

22.09.2006 Two former warring rivals have set aside their differences to work through the political system to promote a common vision of peace and development.
From: Minority Rights Group International

21.09.2006 Romualdo Juan Gutierrez Cortez was pulled over as he was driving to his school in the rural Mixteca region. Police took him to Oaxaca de Juarez, the state capital, where he was held for days on false charges.

06.09.2006 Mexico's Felipe Calderon has been named president-elect. The party of the left, whose candidate was defeated by a razor-thin margin, has vowed to appoint a shadow government and continue their struggle in the streets.