Carlos Salinas Maldonado

Violence and misery forced them from their homes. Risking everything, they climbed aboard the infamous freight train that ferries the undocumented through Mexico to the US — a journey that cost them their limbs and their hopes. Now, with the help of prosthetics, they are working to rebuild their lives

President Daniel Ortega welcomes more Russian military personnel and equipment to be stationed throughout Nicaragua

Authorities initially thought the site was a crime scene, but anthropologists discovered that it is a ‘tzompantli,’ or altar, from over a millenia ago

Despite decades of institutional silence, a judge continues to fight to bring to trial those responsible for killing nearly 1,000 peasants in El Salvador in December 1981

Chile, Nicaragua and Honduras will elect presidents, Argentina goes to the ballots in a crucial legislative poll and Venezuela will hold a regional vote with the presence of opposition candidates

A young female pugilist’s terrible death has sparked doubts about whether she was fit to fight in Canada

Home to turtles, sharks and whales, the newly expanded Cordillera de Coiba zone has nine mountain ranges under the ocean’s surface, with some seamounts more than 3,000 meters tall

A huge sinkhole has caused a family to lose their home in Santa María Zacatepec. While the authorities and scientists investigate the phenomenon, the small village has become a tourist attraction

A decade on, a court has ordered her release, but because the public prosecution will appeal the ruling, she still remains behind bars

Head of religious group and four others held after burning a young woman thought to be possessed

Early results show overwhelming victory for former guerrilla and his wife in questioned election

Sandinista government’s increasingly tough line leaves thousands stranded in camps in Costa Rica

Managua accuses San Jose of violating international laws by allowing them to cross over Families are trying to reach the United States through Central America and Mexico

Critics say leader is violating Constitution by naming wife and children to posts

Farmers block roads to demonstrate against $50bn project to link Pacific with Caribbean

Police and military launch a witch hunt in the communities of the opposition

The nation of six million reported 46 female murder victims in the first three months of 2014

William Vahey committed suicide after officials in Nicaragua discovered images of young boys

A team of international experts in Managua wants to determine what sparked the tremors

Seismic activity may be from first major crustal plate movements since 1972’s devastating quake

Managua asks The Hague justices to map out Caribbean waters belonging to both nations

Indigenous communities say Nicaraguan government has left them at mercy of illegal settlers