The February 14 fire that claimed more than 350 lives in a Honduran prison revealed the grave overcrowding in the region's jails and raised questions about modernizing Central America's justice system.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's upcoming visit to Honduras on August 12 "certainly gives impetus toward others viewing this as a situation that said, 'Look, the Honduran people have suffered enough, we have to find a way to bring Honduras back into the community of democracies in the region,'" says COA's Eric Farnsworth.
"We are losing Central America. It's time to fight to win it back," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth in The Miami Herald.
Nearly two years after Honduran head of state Manuel Zelaya was forced into exile, a deal signed with current President Porfirio Lobo allows for the ousted leader's homecoming and the country's return to the OAS.
A dispute over a piece of land in the San Juan River delta has ramped up tensions between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. AS/COA Online takes a look at the roots of the Central American row.
Central American leaders gathered in San Salvador July 20 to coordinate strategies for stemming the rising tide of violence caused by organized crime, particularly in the “northern triangle” of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
One year after the coup in Honduras, the situation remains largely unsettled both domestically and internationally, writes AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini in Folha de São Paulo.
