For years, Colombian military staged combatant deaths by murdering civilians: report
For years Colombian security forces systematically killed civilians and presented the bodies as casualties of war to boost the military’s image in the fight against guerrilla groups, according to a…
Latin America less peaceful than a year before
Latin America emerged in 2015 as a less peaceful region than it was the year before, according to a new study on global peace released Wednesday. The general trend is…
Obama wants to give $1 billion to Central American gov’ts fighting massive corruption scandals
If timing is everything in politics, then scandals currently wracking Honduras and Guatemala could not have come at a worse moment.The Central American nations are in a crucial phase of…
“Historic” downpours leave at least six dead, 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua
Two weeks of heavy rains have left at least six people dead and more than 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua, emergency authorities in the country announced on Sunday.…
Mexican ruling party wins elections amid violence
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his allies retained a slim working majority Monday in the lower house of Congress following mid-term elections.The run-up to Sunday's poll was marked by…
Mexico has to vote this weekend amid candidate killings and ballot burnings
MEXICO CITY — One candidate for congress was at home near the capital when a group of gunmen stormed in and shot him dead at point blank range.A mayoral hopeful…
Nicaragua trains sex workers as judicial facilitators
Nicaragua's Supreme Court has made sex workers official representatives of the government and the judicial system.A pilot group of 18 sex workers have been provided with technical and…
Costa Rica recognizes the first same-sex common-law marriage in Central America
A same-sex couple from Costa Rica were granted a common-law marriage Tuesday, making them the first legally-recognized gay couple in Central America, the Tico Times reported. A judge at the…
