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John McAfee accuses Belize Government after house burns down
The chances were always slim that antivirus founder John McAfee would return to his former mansion in Belize and now he can’t. Last Thursday it burned down, more evidence according to McAfee, that he’s no longer welcome in the country. In a ...
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Mexican opposition dispute goes public threatening reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ...
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Mexican Foreign Minister in China Seeking Increased Cooperation
Beijing, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Antonio Meade, concluded his two-day visit to China today, with the hope that his requests for more cooperation, trade and investment will be well-received in Beijing's official media. Meade has acknowledged that the current level of relations between Mexico and China has still not reached its potential and it ...
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The Historic Conviction of US-Supported Guatemalan Strongman Rios Montt And What Comes Next
Allan Nairn , on the historic conviction of US supported Guatemalan Strongman, Rios Montt, for Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide, and the continuing legal battle to sustain the verdict, and expand the genocide investigation for indigenous justice in Guatemala. In a historic decision, Guatemalan strongman, and close US ally, General Efrain Rios Montt, was convicted by a Guatemalan court, ...
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Guatemalan Seismology Authorities Report 482 Tremors during 2013
Guatemala, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Since last January a total of 482 tremors have been registered in Guatemala, 460 of them without being reported as sensitive, revealed the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH). According to that scientific body, the earthquake of 5.8 degrees occurred on February 17 at Guatemala, department to which this capital ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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