ECUADOR: ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNMENT'S BREAKPOINT
- Confrontation in the Asamblea Constituyente
- A recycling government
BOLIVIA: PRESIDENT EVO MORALES BEGINS SECOND TERM
- Foreign relations pose challenges
- Economic indicators give Morales a boost
HONDURAS: PRESIDENT PORFIRIO "PEPE" LOBO'S COMPLEX UNDERTAKINGS
- Elections held despite warnings of nonrecognition
BELIZE: COASTLINE FACES IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE
- Fishing industry in jeopardy
- Sanctions are insufficient
- Communities not taken into account
DRUG VIOLENCE UNABATED DESPITE ARRESTS, DEATH OF KEY CARTEL LEADERS
- Beltran Leyva organization dealt big blow
- Michoacan cartel La Familia challenges Zetas
- Drug violence claimed 8,000 murder victims in 2009
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX QUESTIONED BY BUSINESSES
- IETU revenues much smaller than anticipated
