NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs articles from November 2006

NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs archives from November 2006

NICARAGUA OUTLAWS THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; WOMEN'S LIVES JEOPARDIZED.
November 2, 2006... A doctor terminating a pregnancy in Nicaragua to save a woman's life, or for any other reason, can now look forward to a ten-to-twenty-year prison sentence. The woman who has the abortion faces four years. On Oct. 26 the Asamblea National...

CUBA ORGANIZES TOTAL MOBILIZATION TO FIGHT DENGUE OUTBREAK.
November 2, 2006... Long respected as a leader in health care for its own people and exporter of medical services to deprived populations worldwide, Cuba now faces a domestic epidemiological challenge, the eradication of dengue fever on the island. In September,...

A REGIONAL TURNING POINT; ORTEGA WINS PRESIDENCY IN NICARAGUA.
November 9, 2006... Daniel Ortega had the presidential elections won with an irreversible lead after a power outage stopped the counting Nov. 6, with 61% of the votes counted. But the losers would not give up, the Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) would not declare...

REGION SENDS A SURPRISED PANAMA TO SECURITY COUNCIL.
November 9, 2006... The stalemate for the Latin America nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council has ended; the winner by consensus was a genuinely surprised Panama. The selection ended a proxy battle between US-backed Guatemala and the vehemently...

HEALTH CRISIS IN PANAMA AS MANY DIE FROM CONTAMINATED GOVERNMENT MEDICINES.
November 16, 2006... The mysterious deaths of 42 people in Panama became a full-blown health crisis when it was discovered that government-made cough and anti-allergy syrups caused the illnesses and subsequent deaths. Health Minister Camilo Alleyne said that the...

RISING REMITTANCES NO SUBSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN GUATEMALA.
November 16, 2006... The amount of money Guatemalans send home from their jobs in the diaspora, mainly the US, has reached a record high, but recent reports say the way in which that money is spent provides little help for the country's development (see NotiCen,...

REGION DECLARES END TO CORRUPTION BY 2010, BUT THE DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION IS QUESTIONED.
November 30, 2006... Guatemala hosted the 12th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in the capital Nov. 15-18. The biennial affair first convened in 1983 and has since become the most prominent international forum for anti-corruption exchanges. Some...

NICARAGUA'S PRESIDENT-ELECT SIGNALS HOW HE WILL GOVERN.
November 30, 2006... Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega has been busy since his comeback re-election signaling friends and foes alike how he intends to govern. His first of several trips outside Nicaragua was to Guatemala, to discuss Central American unity...