Deutsche Welle - The arrival of transnational dam-builders in Guatemala is threatening cultural and natural riches. DW met with activists in Berlin, who are asking Europeans to reexamine exactly what such "green energy" entails.

The Central American region connecting North and South America has traditionally been an area with intensive trafficking routes, of drugs, weapons and people.  Drugs trafficking routes over land and sea have existed for decades, transporting mainly cocaine from the Andean region to the United States and Mexico.  

The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted by acclamation a resolution that underscores "the importance of hemispheric and international cooperation to jointly tackling the world drug problem, by promoting and strengthening comprehensive policies and, where appropriate, the modernization and professionalization of government institutions."

El presidente de Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, planteó la necesidad de ser innovadores y progresistas en las estrategias que se ejecutan para contrarrestar los efectos negativos de las drogas, en el continente americano.  

The Institute of National Problematics of the University of San Carlos in Guatemala recently presented a new publication “Despenalization of drugs: Realities and Perspectives in Guatemala”. The new tendency towards legalization and/or decriminalization in the hemisphere stirred an internal debate about the need to revise drug policies in Guatemala towards policies with an emphasis on prevention... Read more

El pasado 6 de junio se reunieron en la ciudad de San José, los presidentes Luis Guillermo Solís de Costa Rica y Otto Pérez Molina en Guatemala. En la primera visita oficial de un presidente de la región al nuevo mandatario costarricense, ambos expresaron estar abiertos a promover el debate sobre las políticas de control de drogas, especialmente para la región centroamericana que en los últimos... Read more