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Haiti hospitals struggle to treat thousands injured in quake

At least 1,297 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti over the weekend, the country's civil protection agency said Sunday.

What do we know about the assassination of Haiti’s president?

Despite a series of arrests by Haitian police, confusion still reigns about the assassination of President Jovenel Moise a week ago.

Haiti president assassinated at home, wife wounded

Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in a gun attack at their private residence

Vice President Campbell discusses goal to ‘defend the rights of all, to speak for those who are silent’

Vice President Campbell called for building equitable, just and non-discriminatory societies. 

Government charters flight to bring Costa Ricans home from Puerto Rico

When it arrives in Costa Rica, the flight will be met at a government air base in Alajuela by officials and passengers' families.

UPDATED: Tropical storm causes deaths, flooding in Costa Rica and region

"This is a critical situation, the likes of which Costa Rica has not faced for many years," President Luis Guillermo Solís said in a video message.
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Guatemala Issues Historic Apology for Black Market Adoptions

Guatemala's president on Friday offered an official apology to one of the many families whose children were taken away and adopted abroad in a...

Central American Countries Declare Emergency as Dengue Deaths Rise

A hundred people have died this year from a dengue outbreak in Central America, where the most affected country is Guatemala, with half of...

Maritime Patrols Intensify as Panama Tightens Border Control

Panama reinforced maritime surveillance on Thursday, after closing some passages in the Darién jungle to control the arrival of migrants traveling to the United...