Associated Press- Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine. Now reverberations from a drug raid that locals say killed four innocent people are being felt from the sultry jungles… read more »
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May 11, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: On Mother’s Day in Havana and Washington
In the U.S., Mother’s Day is a hallmark of our spring calendar, so we wanted to wish a happy holiday to every mother who reads and enjoys the weekly blast. As you will read below, the organization called Save the Children has released its annual Mothers Index Rating and has… read more »
May 11, 2012
Cuba mulls legalising gay marriage
Telegraph- Mariela Castro, the country’s premier sexologist, made the remarks one day after US President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage, but said Cuba still needs to be “more revolutionary” in its treatment of gays. Ms Castro said she “has the hope that this year” parliament will pass legislation to… read more »
May 1, 2012
Latin America Opens Up to Equality
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, The New York Times- Quietly and against the odds, women are stepping up the political ladder in Latin America, moving ahead of the United States when it comes to political empowerment and closely matching much of Western Europe. The Latin America-Caribbean region, once a caldron of machismo… read more »
May 1, 2012
Hugo Chavez says Venezuela should quit OAS rights body, which has criticized his government
Associated Press- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that his government should pull out of the Organization of American States’ human rights body. Chavez said in a televised speech that he’s asking a newly created Council of State to take up his proposal to immediately withdraw from the Inter-American Commission on… read more »
April 27, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Florida’s Foreign Policy and the eternal cynicism of the sunshine mind
In Florida, relations with Cuba are serious business. Ask Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen, publicly shamed and forced to apologize to save his job for talking about Fidel Castro’s longevity. Or worse, ask Airline Brokers Company, a Coral Gables-based travel provider that recently helped fly 340 pilgrims to Cuba for… read more »
April 25, 2012
Building on success: How El Salvador is trying to keep gang violence down
Hannah Stone, Christian Science Monitor-After a truce between warring gangs cut murders in El Salvador by half last month, the government is moving to consolidate its security gains through work opportunities for ex-gang members – but this will prove more difficult than brokering the peace deal. Last week, El Salvador’s government announced… read more »
April 15, 2012
El Salvador marks murder-free day
Reuters- No one was murdered in El Salvador on Saturday in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years for the Central American country plagued by violent drug gangs, according to officials. “After years when the number of murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day,… read more »
March 30, 2012
Over the last decades, the Catholic Church has moved from the margins in Cuba’s national life to a more influential role. This progress has been mostly defined by decisions taken in Cuba. But it has also been propelled forward by Pope John Paul II’s trip in 1998 and now by… read more »
March 30, 2012
Informe Mensual: El Salvador, Marzo del 2012
El tumultuoso proceso electoral de medio período de la Asamblea Nacional y las municipalidades de El Salvador concluyó de forma ordenada el 11 de marzo con pocos problemas serios. En el transcurso de los días siguientes, se retiró la propaganda de las campañas, los salvadoreños se prepararon para disfrutar de unas largas vacaciones de Semana Santa en la playa y la clase política se sumió en un análisis postelectoral de victorias y derrotas. En el seno de la Asamblea Legislativa, surgieron de inmediato las negociaciones, a medida que los dos partidos mayoritarios (ARENA y el FMLN) —ninguno obtuvo una mayoría— se lanzaban a buscar votos entre las agrupaciones políticas más pequeñas para garantizarse el éxito en torno a diversos asuntos críticos que les esperan. Ahora que ya finalizaron las elecciones del 2012, empezó de inmediato la contienda presidencial del 2104, en tanto los esperanzados candidatos compiten inmediatamente por quedar bien situados.
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