Carlos S. Maldonado

Guerrero is one of the states hardest-hit by organized crime violence. Clashes between criminal groups for control of public transportation routes and drug trafficking are common

The country’s president warned there will be no let-up on his war on criminal groups as a massive security deployment aims to cut off the province of Cabañas

The president of the Central American country has imposed a ‘state of exception,’ which gives him unprecedented powers. He has removed citizens’ rights, imposed censorship and consolidated an authoritarian system. Bukele argues that these measures are necessary to put an end to rampant violence

The maximum security mega-complex will be located in a Caribbean archipelago. ‘The idea is for criminals to lose touch with everything,’ says the government

Biden said that he will not impose trade sanctions on Mexico despite the slow progress in conservation efforts, although he has left the door open to action within the framework of the USMCA free trade agreement

The Salvadoran president formalized his candidacy for re-election this Sunday, despite the fact that the Constitution prohibits him from doing so. Amid criticism for his authoritarian model, he has defended himself, saying ‘I am not a dictator’

Tense days are unfolding in the Central American nation following a court ruling to review the unexpected outcome of the initial round of voting

The former leader has taken refuge in Nicaragua, where he has been granted citizenship. He claims the sentence is ‘unfair’ and lacks evidence

The president ordered the mobilization of more than 5,000 military and 500 police officers in a new show of force. ‘They will pay dearly for the assassination of our hero,’ he warned

The foundation nurtures aspiring young writers with tutors and mentors like Irene Vallejo, Sergio Ramírez, Juan Villoro and Javier Cercas

The Mexican author and screenwriter discusses his new novel ‘Extrañas’ and his passion for writing, which he developed as a child. ‘My life is dedicated to writing’

As a part of the memory recovery process, a group of trans women is denouncing the rapes the ‘white brigades’ and police officers committed between 1965 and 1990. ‘We lived through a horrible panic’

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross for Mexico and Central America warns about the disproportionate use of force against migrants. In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he lays out the measures that the authorities must take to avoid further tragedies

The technocrat president of El Salvador has transformed into an authoritarian despot with no regard for the rule of law and human rights

The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’

The Nicaraguan justice system has also stripped journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Bishop Silvio Báez, feminist Sofía Montenegro and human rights defender Vilma Núñez of their citizenship

The Nicaraguan leader said it was his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo, who contacted the US Embassy in Managua to request the transfer of 222 dissidents to Washington

The millionaire businessman and former army chief has presented himself as a strategist and conciliatory figure within the Sandinista regime, despite disagreements with his brother, President Daniel Ortega

Authorities have issued yellow and orange warnings with subzero temperatures, heavy rain, sleet and frost forecast in nothern and central areas

The country’s cultural authorities have determined that 38 objects, which are set to be auctioned on November 20 on the Dutch website Catawiki, are national ‘archaeological monuments’

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