Political Risk

In its seven months in office the government of president Zelaya has faced more than 140 different protests ranging from taxi-drivers to teachers to health workers and other public... 2006-08-14

While the political violence that characterised the 1980-1992 civil war and its immediate aftermath is largely a thing of the past, criminal violence is now a dominant feature of... 2006-07-17

Herty Lewites, the former mayor of Managua, who had broken away from the Sandinista party to present himself as candidate for the presidency, has died from an unexpected heart attack.... 2006-07-17

The planned expansion of the Panama canal is on its way through the legislature, where the government of president Martin Torrijos has a comfortable majority. On the request of the... 2006-07-17

Within hours of president Oscar Arias completing a month in office, thousands of public sector workers took to the streets in the first massive protest faced by the new centre-right... 2006-06-14

President Saca has begun his third year in office with a strong, although slightly diminished, positive rating among the population. However, he has shown no sign of a change in policy,... 2006-06-14

Five candidates have now officially lined up for the all-important presidential contest in November, which promises to be the closest the country has ever seen. The latest opinion... 2006-06-14

May 1 saw the inauguration of a new legislature in El Salvador, following the March 12 elections. As things stand, president Tony Saca's Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA),... 2006-05-17

The differences that divided Oscar Arias and Otton Solis during the hard-fought presidential battle are as difficult to overcome as ever. After a series of meetings between the two... 2006-04-11

Partial results from the March elections in the autonomous regions of the Atlantic coast give a clear lead to the Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) with 40.3% of the vote,... 2006-03-15