UNITED NATIONS September 25 El Salvador's Bukele slams censorship as he touts his country's turnaround: 'We have freed millions' El Salvador, once known as the "murder capital of the world," underwent a significant transformation after electing Nayib Bukele as president, allowing him to enact deep crime reforms.
OPINION September 12 Biden-Harris spurned offers from Latin American leaders to help close the border Far from saving Guatemala, the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of this small but regionally important pro-American neighbor has been appalling.
Central America September 9 National police director, fugitive banker among 9 dead in El Salvador helicopter crash El Salvador's police director, other top-ranking officials and fugitive banker Manuel Coto were reportedly killed in a military helicopter crash Sunday night.
OPINION September 2 Venezuela shows danger of dictators who use tech to control people Venezuela's President Maduro has secured power and abused people's rights with tech repression. To fight back against it, the US has to support global digital freedom.
Joe Biden August 29 Expert blasts Biden admin for reviving immigration program shut down for 'mass fraud': All about 'optics' A Biden administration push to revive a controversial immigration program that allows migrants to fly directly into the country can be attributed to political optics, one critic says.
IMMIGRATION August 27 Biden-Harris border policies wreak havoc on indigenous tribe, says expert: ‘Pushed aside and destroyed’ Panama's indigenous Embera tribe has had its traditional way of life threatened by three years of mass migration through tribal lands it holds near the infamous Darien Gap.
Central America August 22 Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who died in Texas in 2022 Guatemalan police have arrested 7 Guatemalans accused of smuggling more than 50 migrants from Central America and Mexico who died in 2022 after they were abandoned in a tractor trailer in Texas.
Central America August 20 Panama deports 29 Colombians on first US-funded flight Panama has deported 29 Colombians on what was reportedly the first flight paid for by the U.S.; the two countries signed an agreement last month to address immigration through the Darien jungle.
Kamala Harris July 26 Harris failed to combat ‘root causes’ of illegal immigration, former Border Patrol union chief says Border Patrol's former union president says Vice President Harris has not done enough to secure the U.S. border and has failed to identify the real root causes of migration.
Central America July 2 US to pay for flights to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north The U.S. will pay for flights and provide other assistance to Panama to help remove migrants; an agreement was signed during a visit to Panama headed by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas..