Mike Gatehouse
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Jamaica, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisations (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that further measures are needed to comply with the commitments Jamaica accep...
As Guatemala enters an election year Barbara Schieber gives a run down of the canditates and pitfalls of this years process.
Prime minister announces a revised death toll of 316,000 from last year's devastating quake in the Caribbean nation.
Tensions for Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic as immigrant is shot dead by patrol.
Mexico requests extension of it's credit with the IMF as precautionary measure during the current economic crisis.
The earthquake shook everything but the system: One year on from the earthquake that devastated Haiti, it may still take a decade just to clear the rubble if work continues at its present pace.
As 2010 drew to a close Calderón acknowledged that it had been the bloodiest on record; as the fight against the drug lords continues. (English/Espanol)
Haiti: Sexual Violence Against Women Increasing. As the aid effort in Haiti continues Amnesty issues a new report, discussing the threat of sexual violence women face on a daily basis.
As we enter a new decade Gerardo Torres Zelaya looks at the path of the left in Latin America and the roots of popular resistance which have grown in the last 10 years.
As a state of siege in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, continues, due to the problems with drug gangs operating there; Annie Bird analyses the long term involvement of organised crime in the Guatemalan state.