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Nicaragua’s New Legal Reforms Target Opponents and Critics

A package of legal reforms recently approved in Nicaragua is seen by experts and opponents as an attempt to "legitimize" the persecution of critics...

Suspects Arrested in Honduran Environmentalist Juan López Murder

The alleged murderer of environmentalist Juan López, who had been denouncing the pollution caused by an open-pit iron oxide mine in a nature reserve...

Guatemala Dismantles Major Migrant Trafficking Ring Involving Police

Guatemalan authorities dismantled a migrant trafficking network destined for the United States on Tuesday, which included police officers, according to Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez.The...

Honduran Ex-President’s Son Receives Reduced Sentence in U.S. for Drug Trafficking

The son of former Honduran president Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014), who was serving a 24-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking, has...

Humberto Ortega, Brother and Critic of Nicaragua’s President, Dies

General Humberto Ortega, former Minister of Defense and brother and critic of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, died on Monday in a military hospital in...

Panama Rejects Russian Influence in Central American Politics

Panama, which will assume a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in January, lamented on Sunday the decision of the...
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Locust Plague Threatens Crops in Mexico and Central America

The International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA), based in San Salvador, issued an alert on Wednesday regarding a locust infestation affecting...

NGO urges protection for family of murdered Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez

A Honduran organization demanded protection on Wednesday for the family and colleagues of environmentalist Juan López, who was murdered on September 14. The 46-year-old...

Costa Rica’s Tourism Industry Divided: Low-Cost Flight Bill Advances

The Legislative Assembly approved, in the first debate, a bill to promote low-cost flights between Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, supported by...