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Trump Officials Tour Salvadoran Prison Housing Deported Venezuelans

US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, visited the maximum-security prison in El Salvador on Wednesday where more than 200 Venezuelans deported by Donald...

How The Panama Canal Authority Empowers Rural Farmers

Yalisbeth Gill raises chickens and Liduvina Rivera grows coffee in Las Gaitas, an agricultural area 50 kilometers west of the Panama Canal. Despite the...

El Salvador Parents Beg Bukele to Stop Sending Minors to Adult Prisons

Parents with children in juvenile detention in El Salvador are calling on gang-busting President Nayib Bukele to scrap a plan criticized by rights groups...

Panama Activists Rally Against Reopening of Major Copper Mine

About 200 activists demonstrated this Sunday in the capital of Panama against the possible reopening of the largest open-pit mine in Central America, owned...

Guatemala Busts Traffickers as 88 Migrants Head for U.S. Border

Guatemalan police intercepted a bus on Sunday carrying 88 irregular migrants heading to the United States, primarily Haitians and Cubans, and arrested two alleged...

Panama Court Halts Cobre Mine — President Mulino Pushes Restart

The President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, on Thursday lashed out at environmentalists who oppose a possible reopening of a Canadian‑owned open‑pit copper mine,...
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Costa Rica Faces Economic Risks from Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs

United States President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new tariff program today, dubbed "Liberation Day," which imposes a universal 10% tariff on all imports...

Costa Rica Faces Rising Crime and Distrust in Government

Insecurity and crime have soared to unprecedented levels in Costa Rica, emerging as one of our country's most pressing issues, according to a new...

El Salvador President Welcomes Deportees As Trump Alliance Grows Stronger

The combative president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has become a key partner for the provocative migrant deportation policy of his American counterpart Donald...