By: Insight Crime December 5, 2023 Despite her release, Dalila Johana Flores remains a symbol of the arbitrary acts being committed under El Salvador’s state of emergency. Johana, a 24-year-old…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
STATEMENT FROM THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) CONCERNING ARBITRAL AWARD OF 3 OCTOBER 1899 (GUYANA v VENEZUELA)
December 5, 2023 The International Court of Justice has today, 1 December 2023, ordered Venezuela not to take any action to challenge, disrupt or interfere with Guyana’s longstanding control and…
Is the ‘Pran’ System in Venezuela’s Prisons Finished?
By: Insight Crime November 21, 2023 The system that delegated power in Venezuela’s prisons to pranes, or criminal leaders, seems to be ending after a series of military takeovers of jails…
Declaration of the OAS General Secretariat on Indigenous Communities and the Transition Process in Guatemala
November 14, 2023 Within the framework of the work of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) in support of the transition process in Guatemala, the Secretary…
US State Department sanctions Guatemalans over election interference
By: Staff Writer November 10, 2023 The US State Department has sanctioned a dozen individuals from Guatemala by revoking their visas, in a latest move of how the country is…
Regional Hub for Exiled Journalists in Central America Presented at the International Day to End Impunity
November 10, 2023 UNESCO figures indicate that 69 journalists from ten countries were killed in the region between January 2022 to July 2023. Globally, the unresolved cases of journalist killings…
Central America is readying for war, but for who?
By: Staff Writer November 3, 2023 A recent report conducted by IBI Consultants for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund found that the Northern Triangle of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and…
OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Colombia Calls for Calm in Post-Electoral Stage
November 3, 2023 The Electoral Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Colombia observes with concern the increase in tension in the final vote counting phase in some…
Venezuela blames Guyana for trying to stop vote on Essequibo
By: Staff Writer October 31, 2023 President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that Guyana’s government filed an appeal before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, requesting that it…
Russian influence in Central America has “sharpened.”
By: Staff Writer October 27, 2023 A regional Think Tank says Russia has been tipping the election pendulum in Central America more heavily since 2013 their recent report indicates and…
STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE GUYANA-VENEZUELA BORDER CONTROVERSY
October 27, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes the decision of the Venezuelan National Assembly to conduct a popular referendum on defending Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo. CARICOM further notes…
OAS deploys Electoral Observation Mission for Colombia local elections
October 27, 2023 The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2023 elections of local authorities in Colombia began its activities in the country today. The…