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Panama Canal Seizure Threat Sparks UN Complaint and Port Audit

Tico Times - January 22, 2025

Latin America

Trump Threatens Panama Canal Takeover During Inauguration Speech

Latin America

Panama Trial Begins for Ex President Martinelli in Odebrecht Scandal

Guatemala

Guatemala Fuego Volcano Spews Massive Ash Clouds and Rock Fragments

Guatemala

Guatemala Supreme Court Blocks Journalist Zamora’s Return to Prison

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The Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala (CSJ) suspended on Monday the revocation of house arrest for journalist José Rubén Zamora, preventing his return...

Latin America

46 Journalists Forced into Exile from Nicaragua in 2024, Report Shows

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At least 46 journalists had to leave Nicaragua for exile in 2024 and four were detained, according to a report published this Monday in...

El Salvador

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

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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...

Honduras

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

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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...

Honduras

Former Honduras General Hospitalized Before Protest Death Trial

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

Latin America

Nicaragua Continues NGO Crackdown With Save the Children Ban

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