Abstract: Costa Rica is not only an attractive tourist destination, but also the Latin-American country with the highest number of migrants in relation with its total number of inhabitants. Most of these migrants are from Nicaragua. Half of those migrants are women and are concentrated in the urban areas of […]

Abstract: A couple of Central American countries are about to build two grand projects, hoping this will guarantee the big economic impulse this region needs to emerge from poverty. Nicaragua plans to build an interoceanic canal across its territory. Guatemala on its side, plans to build a dry canal. Both […]

Abstract: The government of Nicaragua announced in January of this year a campaign that is being called, in short, “Vivir bonito” (“Living pretty”). The initial 14 point plan doesn’t specify the concrete measures that this campaign will execute, although the goal expressed is the desire of the government for Nicaraguans […]

On Wednesday, November 7th, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook the San Marcos Department along the Guatemalan Pacific Coast. The largest such quake in Guatemala since 1976, the tremors were felt from Mexico D.F.  down to San Salvador. International news sources report the death toll at nearly fifty, while hundreds have been […]