Honduras registers 14 percent six-month trade gap Ortega orders cut of fifth of Nicaragua's state spending Costa Rica faces new challenge as tax income collapses San Martín bakery and restaurant to open in Dallas Colombia aims for cartel of coffee producer nations Mexico steps on the US-produced natural gas Costa Rica insurance market grows eightfold under deregulation Ortega slashes this year's Nicaraguan budget

Chile’s Falabella buys Mexican e-retailer Linio for $138 million Panama promotes agro exports to Europe and China Spanish law firm acquires regional practice Central America leads FDI growth in the continent

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: less radical than originally feared? Natural gas China and Taiwan co-exist in Central America Clean energy allocation