Yearly Archives: 2015
El Salvador Homicides Skyrocket After Gang Truce Unravels
CENTRAL AMERIA NEWS (InsightCrime.org) Following the collapse of a controversial gang truce, El Salvador saw homicides spike by 57 percent in 2014. Now that the president has come out against reinstating the truce, the country faces a difficult way forward in terms of lowering violence.
According to figures from El...
Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy Support Scientific Mission in the...
LATIN AMERICA NEWS (Dialogo-Americas) Support from the Chilean Military allowed a team of scientists to conduct the Union Glacier Scientific Expedition 1,080 kilometers from the South Pole from November 15 to December 15.
A party of 33 Military officers from the Chilean Air Force, Navy and Army supported the efforts...
Cost of Building Permits Rises in Panama
TODAY PANAMA - On January 2 the tax paid for building permits issued by the municipality of San Miguelito rose by 40%.
In the last 15 years the cost of building permits in the Municipality of San Miguelito has not been reviewed or adjusted, according to representatives of the entity....