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Costa Rica’s attorney general resigns as a sweeping bribery investigation heats up.

June 26, 2021

Emilia Navas, Costa Rica's attorney general, announced her resignation on Friday in order to prevent potential conflicts of interest amid a corruption probe in which...

El Salvador United States

El Salvador will get $115 million in funding from USAID to combat migration.

KEx

June 15, 2021

Samantha Power, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said on Monday that the United States will provide $115 million in collaboration...

El Salvador

Bitcoin is now an official currency in El Salvador, alongside the US dollar.

KEx

June 10, 2021

Will more countries follow suit and accept Bitcoin as legal tender? Due to its unpredictable price volatility, many have questioned whether Bitcoin is suited for...

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U.S. imposes Cuba, Nicaragua-related sanctions on people, companies

KEx

December 22, 2020

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan officials over their support for leftist President Daniel Ortega’s government. President Donald Trump’s administration has...

Nicaragua

Report: Ortega media enrich his family, entrench his hold on Nicaragua

KEx

November 24, 2020

In early 2010, Nicaragua’s Canal 8, an independent television network, had a new owner. Details of the deal – the identity of the buyer, the...

Central America

Tropical Storm Iota strengthens as it approaches Central America

KEx

November 15, 2020

Tropical Storm Iota is strengthening as it barrels toward Central America, with authorities urging communities to evacuate before it unleashes “life-threatening” flooding across a region...

Central America

Central America reels from tropical storm Eta, as death toll surpasses 100

KEx

November 6, 2020

The death toll from the calamitous storm Eta in Central America soared on Friday after the Guatemalan military reached a remote mountainous village where torrential...

Central America

Eta’s rains and flooding wreak ‘shocking’ devastation in Central America, 18 dead

KEx

November 6, 2020

Storm Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding in Central America, killing at least 18 people and turning streets into waist-high water channels, though 60...

El Salvador

Woman jailed under El Salvador’s harsh abortion law walks free from prison

KEx

September 23, 2020

A Salvadoran woman whom activists say was falsely accused of homicide after suffering a stillbirth has been freed from prison in a case that has...

El Salvador

Salvador vet’s painstaking surgery helps mutilated bird fly again

KEx

September 17, 2020

Veterinarians working for El Salvador's environment ministry hold a Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) after performing a feather transplant to enable it to fly again Marvin...

El Salvador

‘Justice prevailed:’ Salvadoran ex-colonel gets 133 years for priest slayings

KEx

September 12, 2020

Spain’s High Court sentenced a former army colonel from El Salvador on Friday to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit...

El Salvador

Salvador government probed over ‘negotiations’ with crime gang

KEx

September 9, 2020

Members of the "Mara 18" and "MS-13" gangs at El Salvador's Izalco maximum security prison in September 2020 Yuri CORTEZ AFP Prosecutors in El Salvador...

El Salvador

El Salvador prosecutor says he will investigate allegations of government pacts with gangs

KEx

September 5, 2020

El Salvador’s attorney general on Friday said he plans to investigate allegations that the government of President Nayib Bukele is negotiating with members of a...

Central America Mourning Nicaragua

Relatives bury Nicaraguan laborer whose death sparked migrant-work debate in Europe

KEx

August 29, 2020

Grieving relatives in northern Nicaragua on Friday buried the body of a Nicaraguan agricultural laborer whose death from a heat stroke in Spain this month...

Central America Education El Salvador

Why El Salvadoran sisters are attending online classes up a tree

KEx

August 28, 2020

University students Matilde (L) and Marlene Pimentel climb a tree on top of a hill to get a strong internet signal in order to take...

Cuba Panama United States

Panama abandons Cuban doctors plan under US pressure

KEx

August 27, 2020

Panamanian president Laurentino Cortizo said his government was "trying to come to an agreement" with Cuba to bring in a team of doctors to fight...

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UK to remove Belgium, Andorra and Bahamas from safe travel list

KEx

August 6, 2020

Passengers arriving into Britain from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will need to quarantine for 14 days due to concerns over rising COVID-19 infection rates,...

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Is luxury Dominican resort the refuge for Spain’s Juan Carlos?

KEx

August 4, 2020

The luxurious Casa de Campo complex in the Dominican Republic is used to welcoming the rich and famous Erika SANTELICES AFP Casa de Campo in...

El Salvador

Politics scuppers El Salvador deal for $250 million IDB loan

KEx

August 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to...

Bahamas Central America

Hurricane Isaias lashes Bahamas on path to virus-hit Florida

KEx

August 1, 2020

Locals try to rescue their belonging after the overflow of the Magua river caused by heavy rains caused during Isaias storm in the city of...

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Nicaraguans stuck at Costa Rica border after Managua bars re-entry on virus fears

KEx

July 24, 2020

Hundreds of Nicaraguans are stuck in limbo between Costa Rica and Nicaragua after their homeland refused to allow them back without proof that they are...

Costa Rica

Costa Rica to reopen two airports to tourists

KEx

July 24, 2020

Costa Rica will reopen two of its airports on Aug. 1 to tourists from the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada, the government said...

El Salvador

Ex-Salvadoran defense minister arrested for suspected role in gang truce

KEx

July 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO - El Salvador's former Minister of Defense David Munguia Payes speaks during a news conference at the National Congress in San Salvador, El...

Nicaragua Politics

Masked Ortega marks 41st anniversary of Nicaragua revolution

KEx

July 20, 2020

President Daniel Ortega and his wife Vice President Rosario Murillo wore masks at celebrations marking the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista revolution but the leader...

Bahamas Central America

Bahamas bans tourists from US, cites coronavirus concerns

KEx

July 20, 2020

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced over the weekend that the country will block American tourists from entry as U.S. coronavirus numbers continue to surge. He also...

COVID-19 El Salvador

El Salvador to postpone second phase of economic reopening, president says

KEx

July 20, 2020

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the...

Central America Panama

7 Panama youths found brutally murdered near lake

KEx

July 19, 2020

Panamanian authorities on Saturday were investigating the murder of seven young people near a lake about 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, a...

Panama

Panama extends suspension of international flights by a month due to coronavirus

KEx

July 18, 2020

Panama’s civil aviation authority said on Friday it will extend a suspension of international flights by another month due to the coronavirus crisis. The additional...