NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from August 2003

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from August 2003

GUATEMALA: SIGNS OF A NEW SOLIDARITY AGAINST F.R.G. AND EFRAIN RIOS MONTT.
August 7, 2003... Efrain Rios Montt appeared at the headquarters of the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) the morning of July 31 to exercise the right given him by the Corte de Constitucionalidad (CC) to stand as a candidate for the presidency of Guatemala. He...

NICARAGUA NO MATCH FOR MAS CANOSA IN BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
August 7, 2003... Cuban-American exile leader and international entrepreneur Ricardo Mas Canosa has been declared persona non grata in Nicaragua after he won a large lawsuit against the Nicaraguan telecommunications industry, involved himself in the country's...

REGION HOST TO CONJUNCTIVITIS EPIDEMIC.
August 7, 2003... An outbreak of conjunctivitis is sweeping the region, causing widespread suffering and economic loss. Honduran health authorities issued a cautionary alert asking all persons affected with the disease to stay away from workplaces and schools...

REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING THEIR YOUNG AS ELECTION PLOY.
August 28, 2003... A war on youth has broken out in at least three Central American countries. In Honduras, an elite police unit, known as Cobras, arrested a number of young people alleged to be members of violent groups following congressional passage of a law...

HONDURANS PROTEST PRIVATIZATIONS AND DRACONIAN YOUTH LEGISLATION.
August 28, 2003... The Honduran Congress, in a historic measure, passed legislation to privatize water services. The Servicio Autonomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (SANAA) will continue water distribution in the short term, but private businesses or...

CUBA: EXILE LEADERS TURN ON PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FOR PERMITTING RETURN OF HIJACKERS TO CUBA FOR TRIAL.
August 28, 2003... The repatriation to Cuba of 12 alleged hijackers last month has set off the most vigorous debate on US immigration from Cuba since the Elian Gonzalez case (see NotiCen, 2000-07- 13). Because immigration is a core element of US Cuba policy, the...