The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is closely monitoring a surge in the detention of Panama-flagged vessels at Chinese ports.Officials link the increase to Panama’s...

El Salvador

Human Rights Watch Urges El Salvador to End Bukele’s State of Emergency

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The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to end the state of emergency it has maintained...

Guatemala

Guatemalan Court Halts Construction of Maximum-Security Prison

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A Guatemalan appeals court provisionally suspended construction of the El Triunfo maximum-security prison on Saturday, one day after President Bernardo Arévalo laid the first...

Cuba

Cuba Aid Sailboats Arrive in Havana After Disappearance at Sea

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The two sailboats transporting humanitarian aid to Cuba arrived in Havana yesterday after a long journey from Mexico during which they disappeared and were...

Latin America

Venezuela’s Maduro Breaks Silence From Brooklyn Prison After US Arrest

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Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro said he is doing well in a message published Saturday on social media, the first since he was captured...

El Salvador

500 Prisoners Die in El Salvador Custody During Bukele Anti-Gang Crackdown

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A Salvadoran human rights organization says at least 500 people have died in state custody since President Nayib Bukele launched his anti-gang offensive four...

Guatemala

Guatemala Begins Building Maximum Security Prison for Gang Members

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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo placed the first stone Friday for a new maximum-security prison in the eastern department of Izabal that will hold more...

Latin America

Panama Remote Robotic Stroke Procedure Drawing International Attention

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A remote robotic stroke procedure carried out in Panama is drawing international attention from specialists who see it as a possible way to get...

Cuba

Cuba Children’s Heart Hospital Faces Hard Choices as Fuel Crisis Deepens

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Doctors at Cuba’s main pediatric cardiac hospital are facing heartbreaking dilemmas as a U.S.-imposed fuel blockade puts even more pressure on the island’s fragile...