Honduras

Xiomara Castro imposed a state of emergency similar to El Salvador’s, restricting rights and deploying the army in the streets, but criminal groups control large areas of one of Central America’s most violent countries

EL PAÍS travels to La Esperanza, the town where the Honduran activist was murdered on March 2, 2016, for opposing a hydroelectric project that threatened the resources of Lenca communities. A decade later, her legacy of justice remains alive as her family and colleagues continue fighting to ensure the crime does not go unpunished

After fighting in Iraq, he served 16 years in prison before being placed in immigration detention and eventually deported: ‘I have the right to be buried in a national cemetery, but not to live in America’

Every day, people who have died in the US arrive at La Aurora Airport in a final migratory journey surrounded by scams, injustices, bureaucracy, and the unwavering will of their families

Under the US president’s approach, the region is once again subject to a relationship shaped by coercion and strategic calculation

The president describes the conservative politician’s government — who won with the backing of Donald Trump — as a ‘de facto’ administration resulting from ‘monstrous electoral fraud’

The arrest of Maduro for alleged drug trafficking contrasts with the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of the same crime

Thousands of beneficiaries from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras will have to leave the country in the coming weeks

Trump’s new National Security Strategy places the main geopolitical focus on the Americas and calls on the region to help curb immigration, drug trafficking, and China’s influence

Hondurans, gripped by uncertainty due to the close election results, have differing opinions over the former president’s pardon

Convicted of associating with criminals who paid him bribes, and of possessing an arsenal of firearms, the former president was released from prison after being pardoned by Trump

Salvador Nasralla has declared victory on social media, while Nasry Asfura is urging caution. The US president is trying to sow doubt by accusing authorities of manipulating the results: ‘If they do, there will be hell to pay!’

With votes from about 43% of polling places counted early Monday, the National Party presidential candidate had 40.54% support in an election marked by distrust and polarization

Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Torres warned during a meeting that unrest could erupt if the ruling party loses and Washington recognizes an opposition victory

A recent study found that these endangered areas are home to up to 46% of the global populations of 40 species that nest in North America but spend most of the year further south

The US president says he could work together with Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of the National Party to ‘fight the Narcocommunists’

The United States, which has designated the gang as a terrorist organization, will support polygraph interrogations to identify those responsible for the jail break

For the third consecutive year, Colombia was the country with the highest number of homicides. In Guatemala, cases have increased fivefold, according to the latest Global Witness report

Official data reveals that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown has focused on the southern states over the past five months

Trump’s policies have destroyed the traditional map of migration. Arrests of people in transit on their way to the northern border have dropped to historic lows. Now families are returning to their countries of origin or adapting to life in Mexico

The Mexican national team is getting closer and closer to winning its tenth trophy in the competition

EL PAÍS reconstructs the last movements of a group of 40 migrants from Cuba, Honduras and Ecuador who disappeared on December 21, 2024, in San José El Hueyate, on the coast of Chiapas. Six months later, no authorities have begun to search for them.

Mexico could win its tenth Gold Cup, breaking its own record

Authorities are intensifying family separation with a wave of arrests outside courthouses, leaving children alone and communities broken

Worker arrests could complicate the housing crisis and drive up costs in an industry already struggling with labor shortages

In addition to the layoffs at the storm monitoring agency NOAA, several USAID programs aimed at disaster risk management have been suspended