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HAITI'S MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY PULLS OFF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ELECTORAL BOYCOTT.
June 25, 2009... A Haitian election has come and gone, to little notice. The June 21 election was the runoff of the first round in April to fill 11 vacant seats in the 30-member Senate. Few contend these days that Haiti, shorn up as it is by a massive UN peacekeeping presence, enjoys anything resembling...

GUATEMALA'S PRESIDENT APPEARS TO HAVE WEATHERED POLITICAL CRISIS, BUT STILL NO PROGRESS ON ROSENBERG MURDER.
June 25, 2009... "If I were a weak president, I'd have fallen," said Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom. Probably so. Since attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg was murdered shortly after producing a video accusing Colom of his impending assassination, the president has taken a hammering from opponents (see NotiCen,...

NEW SALAMANDERS AND OTHER BIOTREASURES DISCOVERED IN AN INCREASINGLY TOXIC COSTA RICA.
January 10, 2008... Costa Rica has added three more to the 40 species of salamander already known to live in this awesomely biodiverse country. Two of the newly debuted amphibians are pinky-sized members of the nocturnal Bolitoglossa genus, the third is a Nototriton, a dwarf, measuring only 3 cm (just over an...

GUATEMALA'S INCOMING PRESIDENT MUST BALANCE COMPETING BUSINESS AND SOCIAL AGENDAS.
January 10, 2008... A private-sector study has concluded that Guatemala will need billions in infrastructure investment, "in order" says the author, "not to be left behind and to remain competitive in the globalized world." The organization that commissioned the study, the Programa Nacional de Competitividad...

CUBA MOVING TO REFORM HOMOPHOBIC AND GENDER-DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES.
January 3, 2008... Nineteen-year-old Monica wore a traditional white gown, veil, and gloves and clutched a bouquet of roses as she prepared to plight her troth. So did her bride, Elizabeth, 28. The exchange of vows and rings on Dec. 26 in Havana marked the culmination of years of effort to bring Cuban custom...