Twenty-five years after the Central American Peace Plan, many challenges remain to consolidating peace in the region—not the least of which is Nicaragua’s dubious commitment to rule of law.
Local Panamanians have doubts about a giant Canadian-owned copper mine.
Nancy López sits down to talk with Daniel Alarcón about her experience as a producer at Radio Ambulante.
As former contra collaborators reorganize in Miami, rumors of guerrilla rearmament are stirring old ghosts in Nicaragua.
Rising waters threaten to wash away El Salvador's mangrove forests and the meager livelihoods of local inhabitants.
Latin America now faces the challenge of coping with the potentially devastating impacts of climate change.
U.S. cuts $3 million in aid to Nicaragua, threatens $1.4 billion in loans over the next five years.
In the 16th century, Spanish explorers arrived in Panama in search of gold, silver and spices. Five hundred years later, it's not the Spaniards, but the Canadians who have come looking for riches.
The Ngobe, an indigenous people in Panama, are struggling to keep their land out of the hands of Canadian mining interests.
Precious metals and the rainforest are at stake in a battle between Canadian mining companies and local communities in Panama, a struggle that conjures up images of the Spanish Conquistadors.
Subsistence farmers in Panama turn activist to protect their land and their way of life from two Canadian mining giants that have other designs.
In Nicaragua, being a member of the ruling Sandinista party is a prerequisite for government work. Tens of thousands of fired employees are now petitioning for US Labor Department for help.
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