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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...summarily lift a constitutional ban on presidential re-election so he can run again in 2011, even though most Nicaraguans oppose the change. In Panama, members of the powerful Arias family have so far been able to block the will of a relative who left some $50 million to poor children - the largest private gift in the nation's history. Even Costa Rica, once Central America's hopeful exception, has been rocked in recent years by corruption scandals involving Presidents. (Read: "Costa Rica's President: It's Not Easy Staying Green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Central America, Coups Still Trump Change | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...civics and progress for all. But even he concedes that "Honduras has to change after this." It's for that reason, Lobo claims, that he's moved his conservative National Party to the center. The next government should "reflect more Christian humanism. We've been too alienated from the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Central America, Coups Still Trump Change | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Without natural predators, the bacteria needed only a source of food to thrive. That would be phosphorous, which is abundant among the hills and three towering volcanoes around Atitlan. The situation is aggravated by government distribution of chemical fertilizer containing extra phosphorous to poor farmers who liberally apply it to their fields. Widespread deforestation allows the soil to leach into the lake during Guatemala's six-month-long rainy season. (See more about Guatemala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Guatemala's Most Beautiful Lake Turned Ugly | 11/29/2009 | See Source »

...Despite cons such as poor customer service and slow initial upload, online backup still protects your data better than something in your home because it's in a secure, off-site environment, safe from theft, fire, flood and other mishaps," Nagel said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing Up Files Online: It's Good to Mozy Along | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...imperfect circumstances. One of the latest figures to recognize the ballot is Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who had overseen talks to try and get Zelaya back into the presidential palace. With those attempts apparently failing, sanctions and isolation of Honduras now will only punish an already poor country, Arias said. "Why do we want to make Honduras into the Burma of Central America? Why do we want a second Hurricane Mitch?" he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zelaya Blasts Election as Hondurans Vote | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

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