NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from August 2002

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from August 2002

REGION: COFFEE PRICE CRUNCH UNDERMINING REGIONAL ECONOMIES.
August 1, 2002... Falling world coffee production will not boost record low prices now throwing agricultural workers out of work and Central American economies out of kilter. The International Coffee Organization (ICO) in London reported recently that world...

HAITI: PRESIDENT ARISTIDE MAKES CONCESSIONS TO OPPOSITION IN EFFORT TO END POLITICAL CRISIS.
August 1, 2002... Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of the Fanmi Lavalas party recently signaled his intent to end a political crisis that was initially started by opposition allegations of fraud in the elections of May 2000. Aristide has agreed to a...

REGION: STOCK MARKET FREEFALL IN U.S. THREATENS CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIES.
August 1, 2002... By Rodrigo Perez [The author is a staff writer for Inforpress Centroamericana, published in Guatemala] Falling investor confidence in the stock market and the financial scandals surrounding US companies like Enron and WorldCom will...

OPENING THE CANOPY: CENTRAL AMERICAN FORESTS FACE THREATS OF GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
August 8, 2002... By Jill Replogle, Inforpress Centroamericana [The author is a staff writer for Inforpress Centroamericana, published in Guatemala] The narrow land corridor connecting the northern and southern halves of the American continent has...

CUBA GAINS AFFILIATION, LOSES FUNDS.
August 8, 2002... On July 19, European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy announced that the EU would not include Cuba in an aid agreement adopted at Cotonou, Benin Republic, in June 2000 (see CubaSource, 2000-10-20). The EU has demanded that Cuba make...

NICARAGUA: HONDURAS AND COLOMBIA CLAIM NICARAGUA'S PLANNED OIL EXPLORATION IN CARIBBEAN VIOLATES TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES.
August 8, 2002... The Nicaraguan government's recent announcement that it was taking bids from US oil companies to explore for oil in the Caribbean has brought it into renewed border conflicts with the governments of Honduras and Colombia. The Honduran...

CIVIL DEFENSE PATROLS RETURN SEEKING COMPENSATION.
August 22, 2002... Members of the disbanded Civil Defense Patrols, (Patrullas de Auto-Defensas Civiles , PAC) have reorganized to demand money for services rendered to the Guatemalan Army during the civil war that ended with the signing of peace accords in...

U.S.-SPONSORED POLICE ACADEMY PROPOSED FOR COSTA RICA.
August 22, 2002... By Frank Jack Daniel [The author is a staff writer for Inforpress Centroamerica, based in Guatemala] In June, Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco made his first trip to the US in an attempt to drive forward support for negotiating a...

EL SALVADOR: TORTURE VICTIMS WIN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST SALVADORAN GENERALS.
August 22, 2002... On July 23, a US federal jury in West Palm Beach, Fla., ordered two retired Salvadoran generals to pay US$54.6 million to three Salvadoran victims of torture. The two generals--former Minister of Defense Jose Guillermo Garcia and former...

NICARAGUA: COUNTRY NEAR UNITY ON ALEMAN INDICTMENT.
August 29, 2002... Efforts to bring former President Arnoldo Aleman to justice have accelerated recently (see NotiCen 2002-04-04). Nicaraguan special prosecutor Ivan Lara announced his intention to prosecute Aleman for fraud against the state and to see that...

GUATEMALA: HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN CRISIS; CUBA SENDS HELP.
August 29, 2002... By Jill Replogle [The author is a staff writer for Inforpress Centroamericana, published in Guatemala] A recent 11-day strike in two of Guatemala's largest public hospitals sounded an alarming reminder of the sad state of the country's...

VENEZUELAN OIL SHIPMENTS TO CUBA WILL RESUME IN SEPTEMBER, BUT FACE CHALLENGES FROM FORCES OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ.
August 29, 2002... Venezuela's Minister of Production, Industry, and Commerce Ramon Rosales announced July 22 that the state-owned oil monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) would resume oil shipments to Cuba Aug. 1. The shipments were cut off in April by...