NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from June 2003

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from June 2003

EL SALVADOR: U.S. SEEN INTERFERING IN ELECTORAL PROCESS.
June 12, 2003... The US Embassy reacted quickly to recent polls showing that the Faribundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) was projected to be a likely winner in El Salvador's presidential elections next year (see NotiCen, 2003-06-05). US Ambassador...

HONDURAS GOVERNMENT IN STALEMATE WITH I.M.F.
June 12, 2003... Honduras will not sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month as scheduled, postponing the accord for a third time. The government announced a delay on May 25 owing to the failure of the Congreso Nacional (CN) to...

GUATEMALAN ELECTORAL SEASON BEGINS IN CHAOS AS RIOS MONTT SEEKS PRESIDENCY.
June 26, 2003... Efrain Rios Montt intends to run for president of Guatemala in elections scheduled for November 2003. If he runs for the office, it will be the first time he has run, but the third time he has attempted to run. If he wins, this will be his...

REGION IN CONFLICT OVER U.S. PRESSURE TO CONSOLIDATE MILITARIES.
June 26, 2003... Central American politicians have begun to respond to a U.S. call for reduction and reorganization of the region's military forces as "interference." In El Salvador, where emotions in some sectors are still raw over what is seen as an...

MINING ANGER IN HONDURAS.
June 26, 2003... [The following article by Paul Jeffrey is reprinted with the permission of Noticias Aliadas in Lima, Peru. It appeared in the June 3, 2003, edition of Latinamerica Press.] Not so long ago, the water in the Playa and Grande Rivers tumbled...