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UN Documents Killings, Disappearances and Torture by Honduras Security Forces in 2025

Honduras security forces committed serious human rights abuses in 2025 while the country operated under a state of exception, the United Nations human rights...

Cuba Charges Six in Deadly Boat Clash With Terrorism Offenses

Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six survivors from a U.S.-registered boat intercepted in territorial waters with terrorism offenses, the Attorney General's Office announced. The...

Guatemala Attorney General Porras Fails Bid for Constitutional Court Seat

Guatemala's sanctioned Attorney General Consuelo Porras fell short in her attempt to secure a position on the Constitutional Court, receiving no votes in the...

Heavy Military Security Surrounds El Mencho Burial in Mexico

Soldiers, National Guard troops and police formed rings of security around a funeral home and cemetery as the body of alleged Jalisco New Generation...

Panama Canal Monitors Maritime Trade After Iran Conflict

The Panama Canal Authority said Monday it is tracking changes in global shipping patterns after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered retaliation and...

Guatemala Issues Orange Alert for Volcano Eruptions and Ashfall

Guatemalan officials issued public warnings today amid ongoing explosive eruptions at two major volcanoes, prompting heightened monitoring and safety measures across affected departments. Authorities...

Panama President Shrugs Off China Retaliation Threats After Canal Port Takeover

Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday brushed aside the possibility of Chinese reprisals after his government moved to take control of two ports...

Cuba Says US Will Cooperate After Intercepted Boat Leaves Four Dead

Havana said Thursday that Washington is willing to help investigate a clash between Cuban coast guard forces and a boat coming from the United...

Guatemalan journalist Zamora says his country’s justice system is a criminal structure

Prominent Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora says the justice system in his country operates like a criminal structure, and he said he was prepared...

Why France Failed to Build the Panama Canal in the 1800s

A French historian says France’s failed 19th-century attempt to build the Panama Canal was as significant and daunting for the French as going to...
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Women in Costa Rica Struggle More to Find Jobs Than Men

Women in Costa Rica continue to participate in the labor market at lower rates than men, according to the most recent statistics from the...

Coco Gauff retires with left arm injury as Alexandra Eala advances at Indian Wells

Coco Gauff was forced to retire from her third-round match at Indian Wells on Sunday, sending Alexandra Eala into the round of 16 after...

United States Advances Major Economic Pact With Cuba

The Trump administration is preparing an economic deal with Cuba that could be announced soon. President Donald Trump said Saturday that Cuban officials want...

Women march in Venezuela for freedom of female political prisoners on Women’s Day

Under the slogan They Count, hundreds of activists and relatives of female political prisoners marched this Sunday in Caracas as part of International Women’s...