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El Salvador’s Mega-Prison Life for Gang Members

"Here we are persevering day by day": shaven-headed, sometimes tattooed to the head, more than 12,000 alleged gang members from El Salvador coexist in...

Jailed Nicaraguan Bishop Alvarez Released and Re-Arrested

The jailed Nicaraguan Catholic bishop Rolando Alvarez was released but then re-arrested after refusing to leave the country, a diplomatic source in Managua said...

Honduras Launches Offensive to Regain Control of Prisons

Hundreds of military police officers entered two maximum-security prisons in Honduras on Thursday as part of an offensive against gang members launched on Monday...

Woman in El Salvador faces 30 years in prison for abortion

An emergency in her pregnancy landed Esme in the hospital. She lost the baby and is now trying to avoid a definite 30-year prison...

Honduran Environmentalists Released from Jail for Fighting Against Mining Company

Six environmentalists imprisoned for fighting against a mining company exploiting an iron oxide deposit in a forest reserve in northeastern Honduras, in the so-called...

Ex-Guerrilla and Student Leader Critical of Ortega Sentenced to Prison in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's former vice-chancellor Víctor Tinoco and student leader Max Jerez were sentenced on Monday to 13 years in prison for threatening the integrity of...

Nicaraguan Revolutionary Hero Dies In Jail As Ortega Political Prisoner

Hugo Torres was a revered Sandinista guerilla leader that helped overthrow former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza and the only revolutionary that participated in the...

Relatives of opponents imprisoned in Nicaragua say mistreatment persists

Ortega, 75, in power since 2007, is seeking his fourth consecutive term, with no rivals to put his reelection at risk.

Costa Rica’s San Lucas Island: A Former Prison that is a National Park

Few things on earth manage to surprise the masses nowadays, but a Costa Rican prison once described as “hell on earth” making the transition...

NGO reveals serious torture and sexual abuse of prisoners in Nicaragua

In addition to the mistreatment suffered in prison, they faced harassment and persecution from authorities after recovering their freedom.

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Costa Rica Faces Water Supply Challenges Amid Severe Drought

In a press conference the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), the government entity responsible for water supply in the country, announced...

Costa Rican Hotels Shine in Travel+Leisure’s Best 100 List

According to Travel+Leisure’s most recent publication, the Four Seasons Resort Peninsula Papagayo and Silvestre Nosara Hotel & Residences, located in Guanacaste, are among the...

Costa Rican Colon Surges Against US Dollar: Causes and Implications

A question many of us are asking right now is: How is the colon appreciating so rapidly vs the dollar? Since June, 2022, the...

Costa Rican Court Upholds Nutritional Warning Labels on Food

In a significant ruling on Tuesday, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica struck down a controversial provision implemented by the Ministry of Health that...

Nicaragua Cancels Legal Status of 15 More NGOs

On Tuesday, Nicaragua canceled the legal status of 15 more NGOs, including a foundation of the now-defunct Guardabarranco duo, which was part of the...
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