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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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El Salvador’s “War” on Gangs Successful, Minister Claims

The "parallel state" created by the gangs in El Salvador was destroyed with the "war" of President Nayib Bukele, but the state of exception...

Costa Rica’s Businesses Blame Central Bank for Job Losses

Costa Rica's productive sector blames the closing of companies and loss of jobs on the Central Bank (BCCR). Thirteen private sector groups and chambers...

Costa Rica’s President: Closing Darién to Migrants is Difficult

The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, said this Friday in an interview that he considers it complicated to close the Darién jungle to...