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Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica cried out this Saturday in San José against the detention of clergymen in Nicaragua and alleged that the government of Daniel Ortega fears the Catholic Church for defending “justice” and “human rights.” Several dozen people arrived at the park in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral […]

Some 741,000 Salvadorans residing abroad are authorized to vote from this Saturday until February 4th over the internet to elect the president and deputies to Congress, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported. In the elections, President Nayib Bukele is seeking reelection, after Congress granted him a six-month leave of absence […]

Former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez (2012-2015) was released on conditional bail after eight years in prison after paying bail for two convicting sentences for corruption cases during his administration, his defender reported on Thursday. “Having satisfied the two economic bail bonds and substitute measures, he obtained his freedom last night,” […]

About 120,000 minors crossed the inhospitable Darién jungle, on the border between Colombia and Panama, as part of a record 520,085 undocumented migrants who sought to reach the United States in 2023, the Panamanian government reported on Monday. “2023 closed with 520,085 migrants who crossed the Darién jungle, of these […]

Pope Francis on Monday expressed his concern over the detention of at least 13 clergymen and two seminarians since December 20 in Nicaragua, where Daniel Ortega’s government maintains strong tensions with the Catholic Church. “I continue to follow what is happening in Nicaragua with deep concern, where bishops and priests […]

At least thirteen priests have been arrested since December 20 in Nicaragua, including a bishop, amid strong tensions between the Catholic Church and Daniel Ortega’s government, according to human rights activists, opponents and Nicaraguan media outlets in exile. Among those detained are Monsignors Silvio Fonseca, family vicar of the Archdiocese […]

More than 55,000 Guatemalans were returned by the United States this year, a record that exceeds that of 2019, when 54,500 were deported, after the last three repatriation flights arrived in the country on Friday, an official source reported. A total of 55,302 Guatemalans were expelled from US soil, 31,267 […]

The plane with 303 Indian passengers that was detained in France and was bound for Nicaragua highlighted the new route of African and Asian migrants through Central America, on their way to the United States, to avoid the dangerous Panamanian jungle of El Darién. The Airbus A340 of the Romanian […]

Nicaragua received a record $4.24 billion in remittances from its citizens abroad between January and November, primarily from the United States, a 46.8% increase over the same period in 2022, the Central Bank reported this Wednesday. This increase amounted to an additional $1.352 billion compared to the amount recorded in […]

Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother’s warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States — and wondered if he’d get out alive. Despite having a prosthetic leg, the 30-year-old Venezuelan had made it with his family as far […]