Jacobo García

The Haitian leader, who was assassinated on Wednesday at his home in Port-au-Prince, had gone up against senators, powerful businesses and Venezuela during his time in office

The head of state was shot while asleep at home by unidentified gunmen, with the government saying the “suspected killers” have been detained

The country is experiencing days of terror. The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has orchestrated the arrests of politicians, journalists, activists and former Sandinista leaders in a bid to retain power with elections due in November

The head of security and citizen protection in Mexico City gave EL PAÍS details of the brutal attack that killed his bodyguards and sent him to the hospital a year ago

The Mexican president has named the intellectuals who support him, as opposed to those who have been allegedly “co-opted” by corruption. EL PAÍS spoke to some to see how they feel about being identified as friends of the government

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

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