UN warns of immigration ‘crisis’ as women flee Central America
The U.N.'s top refugee official warned Western Hemisphere governments to prepare for a new surge of illegal immigrant women fleeing Central America and parts of Mexico, where they are being…
New president of Guatemala wants to track teachers with GPS devices; give poor kids smartphones
Basking in the glory of a landslide in Guatemala's presidential election, a former comedian with no government experience has some unorthodox policy plans: he will tag teachers with GPS trackers…
President Solis is now by far the least popular president in Central America, according to Gallup survey
Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solis is by far the least popular president in Central America after the ouster of former Guatemala president Otto Perez Molina, according to the latest…
Jailed former president of Guatemala blames Joe Biden for his ouster
Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it…
Television comedian elected president of Guatemala
A former TV comedian with no previous government experience has won Guatemala’s presidential election.…
US investigates Venezuelan oil giant
U.S. officials have launched an investigation to find out if Venezuela’s leaders used Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), a state-owned oil and natural gas company, to embezzle billions of dollars through…
What Trudeau’s win could mean for Canada’s Latin America mining empire
Canada has for years grown its mighty mining empire in Latin America while largely ignoring global complaints of rampant violence, kidnapping, extortion and environmental damage at its lucrative gold, copper…
Doctors from Costa Rica, Cuba to examine comatose student shot in the head by Mexican police
Calixto Machado, of the Cuban Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, and Costa Rican neurologist Mauricio Chinchilla are to arrive in Mexico next Monday.The experts will try to determine the chances for…
