Guatemala

Gloria Deus, Andromeda, Nauxea, and dozens of performers claim their art as a political act in a country where the LGBTQ+ community is threatened by discriminatory laws and violence

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

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the candidate for the Seed Movement – a center-left political party – affirms that, in the runoff election scheduled for August, he will seek alliances with ‘all who have a constructive attitude and who are against corruption’

The UNE party nominee touts her ‘defense of children and families’ while attacking her progressive opponent, Bernardo Arévalo

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal says that former first lady Sandra Torres for the conservative UNE party has 15.7% and Bernardo Arévalo of the leftist Seed Movement has 11.8%

Former first lady Sandra Torres had nearly 15% of the vote with 77% of ballots counted. The big surprise was the strong performance by Bernardo Arévalo, the son of a former president, who might face her in an August runoff

With a hundred exiles and the rapid erosion of the separation of powers, Sunday’s contest is crucial in Central America, where leaders like Bukele and Ortega are seizing power and restricting rights

As many as 13% of eligible voters plan to cast null votes Sunday, according to a poll published by the Prensa Libre newspaper

Zamora’s ‘El Periodico’ newspaper was known as fiercely independent and published investigations about corruption in the administrations of Giammattei and his predecessors

The Salvadoran president’s formula has become well-known to citizens across Latin America, and the tough-talking, Bitcoin-loving leader enjoys approval ratings the envy of any world leader

Three journalists from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala provide a first-person account of what it’s like to continue reporting on reality despite the authoritarian onslaught in the region and the criminalization of their work

For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence

One of the 12 police officers accused of murdering 17 migrants and two smugglers in 2021 in northern Mexico changed his story a few months after the incident. In his testimony, to which EL PAÍS has had access, he acknowledges the massacre and says that more agents were involved

The little girl from Panama had heart problems and was being held with her family in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for migrant crossings

The National Institute of Migration has closed its emergency office in Tapachula and stopped issuing transit permits as the U.S. warns illegal entry will be met with deportation

EL PAÍS accompanies three Venezuelan migrants as they cross mountains, banana plantations and private properties to get to Tapachula, the epicenter of migration in Mexico’s far south

The city of Tapachula has become a bottleneck where those seeking to travel north are stuck for months as they wait for a temporary permit that will allow them to continue their journey to the U.S.

Under the agreement, Mexico will continue to accept migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua who are turned away at the border

Authorities in the state of Mexico arrested eight people in an operation that also uncovered infrastructure for the illegal extraction of gasoline, hydrocarbons and water

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the fire was started by migrants inside the facility in Ciudad Juárez, near the U.S. border, after learning they would be deported

Doctors Without Borders has identified sexual violence as one of the most heinous problems in Mexico and Central America