Central America

US October 24

Guatemalan migrant wanted for child abuse, violence against women, abuse of power ousted from US: ICE

Romeo Pop Sacui has been removed from U.S., according to ICE, which reported that he was wanted in Guatemala for child abuse, violence against women, and abuse of power.

POLITICS October 23

GOP lawmaker warns Cuban blackouts are an admonition against a Kamala Harris presidency

Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez, R-Fla., who represents part of Miami and the Keys, drew a connection between the crises facing Cuba and the politics of Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders

CRIME October 11

Family sues after finding out on TikTok funeral home sent mom's body to wrong country

A family in New York City is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother Carmen Maldonado's casket to Guatemala for burial instead of Ecuador.

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.