What Everybody Ought to Know About Honduras’ Failing Democracy
On global rosters of failing states, Honduras doesn’t even crack the top 50, yet by many grim measures the troubled Central American republic is barely clinging to its status as a functioning country....
View ArticleHonduras: 10 Political Flops and Failures of 2012
Here’s a list of the top 10 political flops and failures of Honduras in 2012. Original Article Text From SITENAME via Google Translate: Honduras: The 10 Fiasco of 2012 The fiascos of this year have...
View Article6 Reasons Why 2013 Might Suck for the United States
Superstitious or not, one thing is certainly clear: the last year that ended in 13 was a horrific year for the people of the United States. In fact, 1913 was one of the worst years of the 20th Century....
View ArticleMexico Poised for a Year of Prosperity
Mexico is doing rather well in many areas, and today it stands poised to take a leap of prosperity — as long as its new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, manages to harness the favorable conditions the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Fleeting Economic Liberty
Recently the Heritage Foundation noted the U.S.’s fifth consecutive decline in its annual Index of Economic Freedom. Now countries such as Chile and Mauritius can outdo the red-white-and-blue when it...
View ArticleCosta Rica Tax Takes Aim at Foreign Investors
Costa Rica will increase the tax on foreign investors, levying a rate of up to 38 percent, if they seek to transfer profits from share and bond investments overseas, in a bid to stem potentially...
View ArticleHow Thousands of Businessmen Are Shaping Nicaragua
An article by Humberto Belli Pereira in Prensa Nicaragua captures the potential beneficial economic shifts tourism and foreigners can bring to Nicaragua, a country ruled by a leftist party whose...
View ArticleIs Honduras on the Brink of Needing a Bailout?
There is an abundance of signs of deterioration in the Honduran government, where both fiscal and political crises are feeding off each other, which is causing some experts to predict the nation is on...
View ArticleRafael Correa Re-elected for Third Term as President of Ecuador
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, a dynamic but polemical leftist who has spent heavily on the poor, confidently celebrated his second re-election on February 17th even before the first official...
View ArticleHow Mexico Got Its Game Back (But Might Lose It Anyway)
Over the past few weeks, a flurry of glowing headlines around the world were announcing that Mexico will eclipse Brazil, and perhaps even India and China, as the world’s most promising economic star....
View ArticleWhat National Geographic Can Teach Us About the Battle Waging in Ecuador’s...
Along Ecuador’s eastern border with Peru sits Yasuní National Park; with close to one million hectares, Yasuni is the largest expanse of protected lowland tropical forest in the country. More...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Your Borders…Tips on Becoming an Expat
Making the decision to become an expat is a daunting task. There are many complex issues which must be considered, but it can also be an amazing life-changing experience. Canada AM has gathered a few...
View ArticleA Few Things the Media Won’t Tell You About Ecuador
Ecuadorian President Correa has put humans above capital to create a nation worthy of its nickname “the jaguar of Latin America.” What is driving this nation to move their economy away from reliance on...
View ArticleBelize Takes Stand to Protect Barrier Reef from Oil Drilling
Belize’s Supreme Court has declared offshore oil drilling contracts issued by the Government of Belize in 2004 and 2007 null and void, halting the government’s immediate effort to allow offshore oil...
View ArticleHonduras Needs a Bailout Plan
Just as several European countries have done, Honduras must prepare itself to ask for a bailout. What little the country does collect goes to current expenditures such as salaries, wages, and...
View ArticleBelize to Start National Bank
The Belize government is to launch a national bank that Prime Minister Dean Barrow said should place pressure on commercial banks to reduce lending rates to consumers in the future. Original Article...
View ArticleCentral America Should Take Notice of Costa Rica
Costa Rica has become Central America’s premier success story, making it the target of visits by the heads of state of world powers. Original Article Text From VOXXI: Costa Rica takes center stage in...
View ArticleCosta Rica Considers Moving Over to the Dollar
Economist and former Minister of Finance, Manuel Hinds, spoke in Costa Rica about the myths and realities of dollarization, urging the country to embrace the U.S. dollar as its national currency to...
View ArticlePanama Holding Out on FATCA Agreement
Panama’s banks are up in arms that the nation’s Minister of Economy and Finance has not signed its FATCA agreement with the U.S. Bankers say this puts them in a dangerous spot, but the Minister refuses...
View ArticleNicaragua Threatens to Claim Guanacaste
In the latest outburst from Managua, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega threatens to appeal to a world court to “recover” the northwestern Costa Rican province of Guanacaste. Original Article Text From...
View ArticleHere’s Why Nicaragua Thinks it Owns Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Nicaraguan President Ortega is set on taking back Guanacasste for Nicaragua, which was annexed to form part of Costa Rica in 1824, about three years after Central America’s independence from Spain....
View ArticleU.S. Funding Honduran Navy Bases
Honduras, a small, poverty-stricken nation rife with corruption and violence, stretches the width of the isthmus. Now, with U.S. funds the nation has built one Navy base and plans to build two more in...
View ArticleNicaragua Bids “Adios” to Presidential Term Limits
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front party will seek to change the constitution by year-end to remove presidential term limits, lawmakers said on Monday....
View ArticleYet More Worries for Expats over Obamacare
January 1st, 2014, is when the national health care plan, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) goes into full force. Here’s what expats need to know. Original Article Text From The...
View ArticleTax Forms After You Renounce Your US Citizenship? Yep!
If you are an expat who has officially renounced your U.S. citizenship you may have to file IRS Form 8854 each year after you completed the renunciation process. Original Article Text From Greenback...
View ArticleSandinistas Take a Power Grab in Nicaragua
The Marxist Sandinista movement is poised to assume lasting control of Nicaragua through constitutional amendments that would enshrine President Daniel Ortega as a dictator. Original Article Text From...
View ArticleWorld Court Says NO! to Nicaragua
The International Court of Justice gave Nicaragua two weeks to remove all equipment and personnel from the disputed Isla Calero, or Isla Portillos, near the Caribbean coast. Original Article Text From...
View ArticleSocial Media Exposes the Lush Life of Mexican Drug Cartel Families
The sons and daughters of Mexico’s most renowned outlaws just can’t refrain from posting photos of their lavish lifestyles online: Fat bundles of cash. Original Article Text From McClatchy DC :...
View ArticleHonduras: A Nation Hanging by a Thread
Elections in Honduras are over, but in a country notorious for its corruption alongside stark economic inequality and extremely fragile democratic institutions, can it survive? Original Article Text...
View ArticleNicaragua’s President Moves Closer to Indefinite Power
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega moved closer to indefinite re-election Tuesday after his allies in the National Assembly approved constitutional changes that opponents say are designed to keep the...
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