By: Staff Writer November 22, 2024 Tropical Storm Sara swept through Belize and Guatemala, leaving heavy flooding and one confirmed death in Honduras. Sara, the last named storm for the…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Proposed Constitutional “Reform” in Nicaragua
November 22, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) rejects and repudiates the initiative for a “reform law” of the Constitution presented by the Nicaraguan dictator…
Ministers of Labor from the Americas Gather in Bogotá to Shape the Future of Work
October 25, 2024 The XXII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) was officially inaugurated today in Bogotá, Colombia, bringing together the high-level authorities of Labor from across the Americas.…
Power Play or Peace? AGC’s Role in Colombia’s Fragile Negotiations
By: Insight Crime October 22, 2024 The strength of Colombia’s powerful AGC criminal group will pose a serious challenge in nascent peace negotiations, according to a recent report, raising concerns…
Violence Against Women Is Being Used as a Weapon of War in Colombia. Again
By: Insight Crime October 15, 2024 In Quibdó, Colombia, local criminal gangs have put women in their crosshairs because of their links to rival groups, resorting to gender-based violence as…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Situation in Venezuela
October 15, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) calls on the international community to promote international justice for the commission of crimes against humanity in…
OAS General Secretariat Condemns Kidnapping and Torture of Minors by Venezuelan Regime
October 11, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) condemns in the strongest terms the atrocities committed by the Venezuelan regime against dozens of children and…
OAS Observation Mission for the Selection of Judges in Guatemala Concludes Fourth Visit
October 11, 2024 The Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the Selection of Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and Courts of Appeals and other…
Tren de Guayana Gang Expands Into Southern Venezuela Mining Towns
By: Insight Crime October 8, 2024 Tren de Guayana, one of Venezuela’s oldest illegal mining groups, allegedly has used ties to President Nicolás Maduro’s administration to push out other criminal…
Belize Assumes the Chair of the Permanent Council
October 8, 2024 The Permanent Representative of Belize to the Organization of American States (OAS), Lynn Raymond Young, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council, a position that he…
Women Artisans from Darién Receive Capital from the Ministry of Government of Panama to Strengthen Livelihoods thanks to the MIRPS Fund administered by the OAS
October 4, 2024 Seventy-five Panamanian women from the Association of Ipetí Emberá Artisan Women (AMARIE) received the first of two installments of seed capital from the Ministry of Government of…
Statement from the OAS Observation Mission for the Selection of Judges in Guatemala
October 4, 2024 The Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the Selection of Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and Courts of Appeals and…