Honduras

In 2022, traffickers from the Lacandona area in southern Mexico negotiated an extraordinary deal with the Army: the return of 100 kilos of cocaine in exchange for 33 soldiers they had kidnapped. EL PAÍS reconstructs the episode — a window, in reality, onto a 50-year conflict in one of North America’s natural jewels

Jair Bolsonaro’s son, who hopes to defeat the leftist president in the elections, sought a photo with the Republican to overcome a crisis and consolidate his candidacy

Between September and December 2024, 83 people disappeared along the Chiapas coast. There is still no leads, no findings, no arrests. Their families arrived in the country for the first real search in 16 months

The Honduran man had been separated from his family for more than three months. His lawyers had asked a court to release him, arguing that his permit was still valid

Internal intelligence documents reveal that 36% of those captured during the state of emergency were not profiled as criminals before the measure was implemented

Some 400 Hondurans expelled by the US are denouncing that authorities did not allow them to take their children with them and are asking their government for help in getting them back

A project guards the story of cruel losses and eventual victories of the LGBTQ+ community in the Central American nation

The Trump administration’s persecution is generating a massive return flow to Latin America driven by the fear of mass raids

The Inter-American Court has ordered the Honduran state to return control of Cayos Cochinos to its ancestral inhabitants after two decades of exclusion and threats

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