Central America

Generating terror in Guatemala December 2012
Nick Dearden traces the legacy of World Bank-funded development in Guatemala through massacres, massive public debt and continued poverty for the majority

Nicaragua: 21st century Sandinismo – or losing the revolution? August 2012
The left is split over the achievements and compromises of today’s Sandinistas, following the re-election of Daniel Ortega as president in November. Here we present two views

Central America: Taking a stand over land in Honduras August 2012
In post-coup Honduras, campesinos are having to fight biofuel barons for their land, reports Mike Gatehouse of the Latin America Bureau

US imperialism in Central America August 2012
Grace Livingstone gives an overview of overt and covert US military and intelligence interventions

Central America: Return of the death squads August 2012
Responding to drug-related violence is a convenient pretext for the region’s elites to achieve some rather different objectives, writes Annie Bird