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Mass Protests Challenge El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Policy and Prison System

Around 2,000 Salvadorans demonstrated this Sunday in San Salvador to demand the release of their family members "unjustly" imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang...

Trial Begins: Three Honduran Generals Face Justice Over 2009 Coup Violence

General Romeo Vásquez, who led the 2009 coup d'état in Honduras that overthrew leftist president Manuel Zelaya, and two other former military chiefs appeared...

Former Honduras General Hospitalized Before Protest Death Trial

Honduran General Romeo Vásquez, who is due to stand trial Friday for the death of a protester following the 2009 coup, was transferred to...

Nicaragua Continues NGO Crackdown With Save the Children Ban

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has shut down Save the Children International and 14 other NGOs in a mounting clampdown on rights and religious groups,...

Honduras Parents Demand Justice for Son Killed in 2009 Coup

The parents of a young man killed after the 2009 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras demanded on Monday a conviction for...

Honduras Arrests Former Military Chief for 2009 Protest Death

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Honduras, General Romeo Vásquez, was arrested this Sunday as the alleged perpetrator of the military-led...
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Panama Trial Begins for Ex President Martinelli in Odebrecht Scandal

Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli, who has sought asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy, and about twenty others will be tried starting Monday in Panama...

Costa Rica Coffee Crisis Labor Shortage Leads to Major Crop Loss

Costa Rica's coffee industry faces losses of up to 10% as Nicaragua's strict new immigration laws and unseasonable rains disrupt the crucial harvest season....

Costa Rica 5G Ban Strains Diplomatic Relations with China

Relations between Costa Rica and China have grown increasingly strained after the Central American nation's decision to exclude Asian companies from its 5G network...