Central Americans’ hopes for Biden end at the Mexico-US border
Many migrants are making the perilous journey, dreaming of a chance at a life in America under the new president of the United States. But this is what really happens when they get there
Many migrants are making the perilous journey, dreaming of a chance at a life in America under the new president of the United States. But this is what really happens when they get there
The confessions of two drug lords during their trial in New York have damaged the presidency of Juan Orlando Hernández amid claims the political elite accepted bribes to provide protection
The showman president of El Salvador is causing a furor in the central American country. But the international community is keeping a wary eye on an unprecedented phenomenon, whose election success on Sunday has empowered him to reform the judicial system and the Constitution
Speaking to EL PAÍS, Jovenel Moïse blames the opposition and powerful figures in the country’s economy for attempting to remove him, vowing to remain in power for another year
The coastal area shared by Mexico, Guatemala and Belize is one of the most porous and little-known regions in the southern America border. Via three feature articles – in Xcalak, a remote Mexican village that lives off the cocaine that washes up from the sea; in Blue Creek, the powerful economic engine of the Mennonites; and in Puerto Barrios, the dark Guatemalan port in the Atlantic – this special report describes the enigmatic reality that exists just a stone’s throw from some of the biggest tourist attractions in the world
At San Francisco Gotera prison, 1,600 inmates have exchanged violence for love preached in the Bible
The government of López Obrador is backing a project that will see migrants assimilated in Mexico and the US incentivize private investment in the south of the country
It is not just at the border that children are being separated from their parents – adults who have a whole life in America are also being deported
The eruption of the Volcán del Fuego on Sunday has left 99 dead and almost 200 missing
Residents of Escuintla flee in fear after new activity from the Volcán de Fuego on Tuesday
The recent volcanic eruption in Guatemala has left at least 69 dead and affected thousands more
Ex-leader of Michoacán self-defense militia talks about current state of nation and future plans
Estimates put the number of femicides in this key industrial and political region at 263 in 2016
A year on from the activist’s murder, dam project she was battling against is still set to go ahead
Non-partisan demonstrations throughout the country bring thousands out to demand “respect” and “dignity”
Juan Francisco Patrón, a senior figure in the Beltrán Leyva cartel, was holed up in residence in Nayarit
Following a migration deal with the US, deportations of Central Americans fleeing violence have soared
Corruptour aims to show participants economic fraud is not inevitable and can be stopped
Health officials under Javier Duarte, who has been missing for three months, acquired counterfeit HIV tests and gave distilled water to kids with cancer
Army brought in to outskirts of capital to restore order, as unrest spreads throughout country
Politicians, business leaders and consumers mobilize against a proposed hike of between 14% and 24%
War between drug cartels has made Mexico’s tiny Pacific tourist state the country’s bloodiest region
State Attorney’s internal audit details confessions under torture and efforts to protect police and army
Large sections of the US-Mexico border are divided by a three-meter-high barrier
City is backing 007-inspired Day of the Dead parade in bid in attract visitors and income
Shock ‘no’ vote in Colombia plebiscite has given Álvaro Uribe a massive political boost
Widely known in Latin America, use by criminals of this incapacitating substance is spreading