NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from November 2003

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from November 2003

GUATEMALA'S FEARED E.M.P. IS GONE, BUT THE THREAT REMAINS.
November 6, 2003... The Estado Mayor Presidencial (EMP) has ceased to exist in Guatemala. The official end to the organization came on Oct. 28, when the official organ of the government published the law creating the Secretaria de Asuntos Administrativos y de...

COSTA RICA: ICE MELTS UNDER PRESSURE.
November 6, 2003... Costa Rica's President Abel Pacheco has caved in to pressures from the US to open the country's telecommunications monopoly, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) to private investment. On a recent visit, US Trade Representative...

CUBA: MOVE TOWARD A SOUTHERN TRADE BLOC COULD SWEEP CUBA INTO MERCOSUR.
November 19, 2003... While President George W. Bush attempts to increase enforcement of sanctions against Cuba, recent elections elsewhere in the region have brought to power leaders who are moving quickly to reincorporate Cuba into the Latin American community....

REGION: PUBLIC SECURITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEES-- CHALLENGES IN GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR.
November 19, 2003... By William D. Stanley Associate Professor of Political Science, UNM This week's first-round presidential election in Guatemala, and preparations for the January elections in El Salvador, highlight the remarkable political and electoral...

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCES NEW MEASURES AGAINST CUBA.
November 20, 2003... President George W. Bush has been searching for ways to harden Cuba policy enough to satisfy suspicions in the Cuban- exile community that he has withdrawn from any serious attempt to overthrow President Fidel Castro. As the result of a recent...

RIGHT FAVORED AS SALVADORAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF.
November 20, 2003... By David Holiday from San Salvador Following last March's legislative and municipal elections, in which the opposition Faribundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) party surpassed the Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA) in actual...