Figures on registration of children and teens on their way to the United States reflect that more families now undertake the journey together, and show a marked increase in Venezuelan nationals
The businesswoman says she was rejuvenated via an illegal gene therapy tested on mice. Scientists are dubious of her claims
Statements made during the campaign by the president-elect augur a dark outlook for a large part of this demographic group
Projects in different countries explore how artificial intelligence can guide women who experience gender-based violence, in addition to collecting information about this problem
The Department of Homeland Security warns of the risk that they may be subject to human trafficking and suffer exploitation or forced labor
According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), violence has weakened states, increased the cost of doing business, and costs the region 3.5% of GDP
Illegal trade is endangering two-thirds of key habitats for 196 species. A new study explains how prohibitionist policies lead to deforestation
In Mexico, at least 125 people have died from high temperatures since March, while records were broken in Honduras and Guatemala. Citizens of the region could experience between five and six of these scenarios throughout their lifetimes
From Colombia’s north coast to Mexico, corals, mangroves and turtle nests are threatened by the massive influx of floating seaweed
New documentary ‘Toshkua’ follows this Honduran woman as she works to find her son, Marco Antonio Amador. He disappeared 11 years ago between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, two cities in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas
The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 40 years in prison and a potential maximum of life. Sentencing was set for June 26
In the face of multiple global crises that disproportionately affect women, integrating the commitment to inclusion and equity into public budget planning in Latin America and the Caribbean is key for regional development
US authorities claim that the ex-leader worked ‘hand in hand’ with violent criminal organizations, such as the Sinaloa Cartel, to send cocaine into the United States
A 27-year-old Honduran man — who got entangled with the gangs when he was a child — now works so that children in his country have alternatives. He shares his story with EL PAÍS
Carlos Hernández’s documentary portrays some of the reasons that have led 19,000 children and adolescents a year to seek a better life in the United States
Faced with the dilemma of resisting or migrating, Central American farmers are testing crops that allow them to adapt to prolonged droughts and torrential downpours
The arrival of Venezuelans on the Honduran border has multiplied. So far this year, almost 500,000 people have crossed through the dense rainforest of the Colombia-Panama border, double the number from the previous number year
Today, bananas have lost their capacity for extortion in favor of agroindustries and open-pit mining concessions, but above all drug trafficking
Regional leaders are more concerned with lessening the impact on their own nations than complying with pressure from the Biden administration to keep migration levels in check
Ten months ago, President Xiomara Castro decreed a state of emergency, inspired by neighboring El Salvador’s security policy. Since then, murders have decreased… but the control of gangs and drug-trafficking groups persists. Reports of torture are also growing in Honduran prisons, which are now administered by the military
EL PAÍS accompanies Doctors Without Borders on a pilot project in Honduras that has released the ‘Aedes aegypti’ variety with Wolbachia bacteria to combat the disease at a time of record cases in America
At least 91,000 immediate family members were detained last month, the highest figure since May 2019
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
The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries
The country has started a Nayib Bukele-inspired mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last week that killed 11 people
The carnage in Tuesday’s riot was the worst atrocity at a women’s prison in recent memory, something President Xiomara Castro called “monstrous”
China’s official CCTV says Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Honduran counterpart Enrique Reina took part in the inauguration of the embassy on Sunday morning
