Amendment expanding powers, scrapping presidential term limits takes effect in Nicaragua
Email this page MANAGUA, February 12, 2014 (AFP) – Nicaragua scrapped presidential term limits on Tuesday, paving the way for Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega to seek reelection in 2016. Ortega…
Israel joins Costa Rica as Pacific Alliance observer state
Email this page With additional editing by Inside Costa Rica staff. February 11, 2014 (AFP) – Israel has been accepted as an observer state to the Pacific Alliance, a trade…
N.Korean sailors to head to Cuba after Panama arms flap
Email this page PANAMA CITY, February 12, 2014 (AFP) – Thirty-two sailors held since July after their North Korean ship tried to move undeclared weapons through the Panama Canal will…
Panama president blames former canal chief for crisis
Email this page PANAMA CITY, February 10, 2014 (AFP) – Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli Monday blamed the Panama Canal’s former administrator for the current crisis surrounding its massive expansion project…
Argentina on verge of “collapse” says US senator Marco Rubio
Email this page WASHINGTON, February 7, 2014 (AFP) – Argentine President Cristina Kirchner’s government was accused by a leading Republican senator Friday of risking a credit default given its currency…
Spanish-led consortium suspends work on Panama canal
Email this page MADRID, February 7, 2014 (AFP) – A Spanish-led consortium said Friday it has halted work on expanding the Panama canal, which handles five percent of world sea…
Panama says canal work suspended, company denies
Email this page PANAMA CITY, February 6, 2014 (AFP) – A dispute over a $1.6-billion cost overrun in the Panama Canal’s expansion took a new twist Wednesday after a…
Official says Panama Canal work suspended; source denies the claim
Email this page PANAMA CITY, February 5, 2014 (AFP) – An international consortium in charge of widening the Panama Canal Wednesday suspended work on the troubled project, canal administrator Jorge…
