Nicaragua Steps Back from PPP
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega s absence from the presidential summit in Mexico, could signal the beginning of Nicaragua s distancing from the Puebla Panama Plan, a project Mexican President Felipe Calderon is trying to resuscitate.

Nicaraguan Exports Rise in 2007
Exports from Nicaragua increased by 60 million dollars in the first three months of 2007 compared to the same period last year, according to the Nicaraguan Center for Export and Investment (CEI).

Belize Demands PPP Attend to Challenges
Belize Prime Minister Said Musa, pro tem president of the Puebla-Panama Plan, called Tuesday for his fellow Heads of State to pay more attention to challenges faced in the area.

Guatemalan Doctors Protest Privatization
Thousands of Guatemalan health workers marched in the capital and other cities on Tuesday to reject a plan aimed at putting these services in the hands of the private sector.

Insecure Guatemala Needs Big Changes
Rather than a change of authorities, Guatemala needs to reform institutional policies to solve the crisis of insecurity and violence that has hit the country, social leader Sandino Asturias said on Tuesday.