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Torrential Rains Bring Chaos to Central America

The heavy rains that are affecting Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador this week have left seven dead and thousands affected, mainly by flooding and...

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Costa Rican ICC Judge 

Russia issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Costa Rican Sergio Gerardo Ugaldo Godínez, a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), without specifying...

Tropical Storm Pilar Brings Heavy Rains to Central America

Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.  With maximum sustained...

Panama Bans New Mining Concessions Amid Protests

Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo on Friday announced a ban on new metal mining concessions, but maintained a contract with a Canadian company that has...

Latin America Seeing Exponential Growth in Renewables

Investment in renewable energies increased "exponentially" in Latin America over the past decade, which will allow its wind and solar market to double by...

Nicaragua Cracks Down on Catholic Groups

Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday shuttered the local chapter of the Franciscan religious order as well as 16 NGOs, many with ties to Catholic and...

Venezuelans, Cubans Lead Surge in Asylum Requests to OECD Nations

OECD migration indicators hit record highs in 2022, a year in which over six million new permanent immigrants arrived in the countries of this...

Biden Seeks Latin America Collaboration on Migration, Economy

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak about economic development and migration during a summit with leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean on November...

Protests in Panama Over New Contract for Canadian Mine

Panama's President, Laurentino Cortizo, approved on Friday, amid protests, a new contract with the Canadian company First Quantum Minerals for the operation in the...

Guatemala ex-police chief freed after Swiss court quashes conviction

Former Guatemalan police chief Erwin Sperisen, who had been sentenced to 15 years in jail for complicity in murders, walked free from prison on...

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