Yearly Archives: 2015

CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS  -  Authorities at the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua have strengthened health checks at the border with Honduras due to the presence of paralytic bovine rabies in the department of Lempira. Although health authorities have given assurances that the outbreak now poses no risk to Nicaragua, preventive...

TODAY PANAMA - The Presidency has ordered the withdrawal of the draft law which proposed levying $0.05 per liter of gasoline, that would have been used to finance the payment of pensions and retirements. From a statement issued by the Government of Panama: The president, Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez instructed the...

COSTA RICA NEWS - An initiative presented by Antonio Álvarez Desanti of the PLN party in Costa Rica aims to force all restaurant chains to include nutrition information on their food menus. The measure would apply only to franchise operations with five or more locations and aims to raise awareness...