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Judge's aide, guards in Guatemala cases killed

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - An assistant to the judge handling the case of a man who blamed his death on Guatemala's president has himself been killed by gunmen. National police spokesman Pablo Castillo says court employee Mark...

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Nicaragua holds Parlacen rotatory presidency

MANAGUA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Nicaraguan parliament member Jacinto Suarez Wednesday assumed the one-year presidency of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) at a ceremony held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Suarez said he...

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POLITICS-CENTRAL AMERICA: Falling Out and Falling Apart?

SAN JOSÉ, Sep 1 (IPS) - The late June coup d'état in Honduras was a body blow to political integration in Central America. The institutions of the regional integration process have been incapable of reacting to the event,...

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Nicaraguan official rejects Honduran interim gov't

MANAGUA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Honduran interim government would not be recognized by the international community, Jacinto Suarez, Nicaraguan deputy to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) said Monday. Suarez said...

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Panama reaffirms its withdrawal from Central American Parliament

PANAMA CITY, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Panamanian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela reaffirmed Friday his country's decision to withdraw from the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and asked other member countries to respect...

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Panama leaves 5-nation body

Panama’s foreign minister says his country will quit the Central American Parliament. Juan Carlos Varela called the group “part of the pastâ€_ and said it had contributed little to resolving the region’s problems. The...

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Panama vows to quit Central American Parliament

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Noriega’s daughter lets rip with curse

A flash of temper and an obscenity in reaction to journalist's needling PANAMA. The ceremony in which Sandra Noriega Siero received her credential as legislator of the Central American Parliament did not go smoothly, after the...

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