NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from December 2004

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from December 2004

THE MISSION ENDS: MINUGUA LEAVES GUATEMALA.
December 2, 2004... MINUGUA is gone. The acronym for the UN Verification Mission in Guatemala has become a household word throughout the country, and the institution for which it stands has been the international guarantor of the security of many of those...

NO REGIONAL CONSENSUS ON A CENTRAL AMERICAN OAS CANDIDATE.
December 2, 2004... The candidacy of former Salvadoran President Francisco Flores (1999-2004) for secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) has run into problems of sufficient gravity to put his aspirations in serious doubt. Central America...

STEMMING THE EBB OF ISTHMUS FORESTS.
December 16, 2004... By 2010, Costa Rica, known for its forests and woodlands, will have a wood shortage. The illegal felling of trees will increase. The country will be importing wood at a cost of US$500 million, and reforestation as an economic and social...

CUBA WINS SOME, LOSES SOME IN RECENT SUMMITS.
December 16, 2004... Two Latin American summits this year contrasted Cuba's fortunes in negotiating with the European Union (EU) and with its neighbors. During the Third Latin America-Caribbean-European Union (ALCUE) Summit in May, Cuba was unable to get much...

ELECTIFYING THE ELECTORATE TO SAVE THE GOVERNMENT: TOP PRIORITY FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S PRESIDENT LEONEL FERNANDEZ.
December 16, 2004... The Dominican Republic has been suffering an electricity shortage that now threatens, implied second-term President Leonel Fernandez (see NotiCen, 2004-05-20), to bring his government down. Blackouts have become a way of life in the country,...