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The amount of land granted for mining has now surpassed 2 million hectares, having doubled between 2021 and 2023 to around 1.8 million. This rapid expansion in mining activity…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287043
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Nicaraguan lawmakers approved a Chinese loan for a new airport last month, negotiations with Honduras over an FTA are progressing and the new government of Guatemala -- Taiwan’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286056
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The sector will nevertheless remain mired in uncertainty for some time to come due to grassroots opposition, government efforts to overhaul sector regulations, and mining…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285505
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Morales’s comments follow the attorney-general’s filing of a request with the Supreme Court on June 12 to remove his immunity from prosecution in connection with the fire…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221614
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Quarantine measures imposed across Central America’s Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) come amid falling trends in violent crime, and speculation that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253018
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Numerous large caravans of Central American migrants have formed in recent weeks, with more than 6,000 people coalescing in Mexico City earlier this month. The growing frequency…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239948
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One major step to that end was the agreement in August to increase cooperation to tackle gang activity with the creation of a trinational force.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213870
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Prospects for Mexico and Central America in 2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206918
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Protesters in Guatemala City set fire to Congress on November 21 as the unrest intensified. Faced with increasing violence, President Alejandro Giammattei agreed to withdraw the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257926
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The move, designed to ease migrant outflows from the sub-region by improving work opportunities and living standards, forms part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to…