El Salvador Extends State of Exception as Arrests Hit 50,000
Government defends the measure as helping to dismantle ‘terrorist structures’ amid criticism from human rights groups.
El Salvador’s Congress has approved a one-month extension to a state of exception used...
EEU Considers Creating Industrial Park in Cuba’s Mariel
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on Friday outlined the initiative, which has been under discussion by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the executive body of the EEU bloc.
Cuba...
Costa Rica Prepares Plan to Regularize Status Of 200,000 Mostly Nicaraguan Migrants
Costa Rica is readying a plan to regularize the status of some 200,000 migrants, largely from the Central American country's northern neighbor Nicaragua, authorities told Reuters on Wednesday.
The plan...
“Citizens’ Commission Against Corruption” Created in Panama
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo announced the implementation of the executive decree establishing the "Citizens' Commission against Corruption."
The commission members "will be able to file complaints before the Public Prosecutor's...
World Leaders Condemn Attack Against Cristina Fernandez
On Thursday night, a Brazilian man attempted to assassinate Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner as she was entering her residence in the La Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where...
WHO Recommends Two New Lifesaving Medicines to Treat Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines on the viral disease, published on Friday.
The recommendation...
