US flag will rise over embassy in Cuba as part of day-long ceremony on Friday
Email this page By Pamela Dockins August 13th, 2015 (VOA) U.S. Marines will hoist the American flag outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana Friday, marking the ceremonial re-opening of the diplomatic…
LGBT in El Salvador: Beatings, intolerance, death
In a country known for having one of the highest murder rates in the world due to endemic gang violence, the penal system does not specifically recognise crimes motivated by…
Sexual violence plagues young women attempting to flee Central America
A brutal pattern of sexual violence affects thousands of girls and young women who flee from Central America to enter the United States, reveals a review of legal documents and…
US Coast Guard unloads record $1 billion worth of cocaine seized off Central America coast
The U.S. Coast Guard dropped off more than $1 billion in cocaine in San Diego on Monday that was seized in one of the most successful seasons of patrolling off…
Worst drought in more than a century forces Panama Canal to reduce cargo limits
The Panama Canal said it will lower the maximum allowable draft of ships passing through the inter-oceanic waterway starting Sept. 8 due to an El Niño-triggered drought.The measure will affect…
Cuban dissidents report 90 detentions after protest in Havana
Some 90 dissidents, among them members of the Ladies in White, were detained for several hours after staging a protest in a Havana park.Opposition members Antonio Gonzalez-Rodiles, his girlfriend Ayler…
US lifts credit, aid restrictions after Nicaragua resolves cases of seized properties
The United States announced this week that it has lifted restrictions that required the Nicaraguan government to seek an annual waiver to receive access to international credit and bilateral assistance.…
Can the Mexican government be trusted to investigate El Chapo’s jailbreak?
Narco kingpin Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman’s escape from Mexico's highest security prison last month was so audacious it could have come straight out of Netflix.…
