Operation Anti-octopus, the first of the major anti-corruption investigations carried out under Miriam Germán’s administration, will face its first litmus test starting Monday, because after the accusation is filed, a judge will evaluate the evidence and determine whether they are sufficient to send Juan Alexis Medina and the other...

While the U.S. funnels some $310 million to Central American lands, officials and experts are divided about whether those tax dollars are being diverted to fuel a “leftist revolution” or drive much-needed reforms in corrupt local legal systems. The State Department says the funds are meant to promote democracy and border security....

President Joe Biden on Tuesday banned members of the Nicaraguan government from entering the United States as he issued a broad proclamation in response to an election that Washington has denounced as rigged in favor of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Biden’s travel ban applied to all of Nicaragua’s “elected...

France is willing to discuss autonomy for the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe if it is in the interests of the people who live there, government minister Sebastien Lecornu says. Guadeloupe and the nearby French island of Martinique have seen several days of protests against COVID-19 measures that have spilled over into violence....

Nicaragua’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denis Moncada, announced today the definitive exit of the Central American nation from the Organization of American States (OAS), after the continuous signs of interference of the regional forum. From the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in this capital, the diplomat communicated that,...

México. The Latin American meeting, with the presence of delegations from the 22 episcopal conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, and also some invited cardinals from Europe and Asia, was inaugurated yesterday by Miguel Cabrejos, president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (Celam). In the meeting he called for courage and...

Mexican authorities found 600 migrants hidden in two trailers traveling in the state of Veracruz, the country’s National Migration Institute said. The migration agency said in a statement Friday that 145 women and 455 men were found in boxcars moving toward Mexico’s border with the United States. About 400 of the migrants...

Mercedes de la Caridad Jimenez, a 14-year-old adolescent living in Havana’s El Vedado district, returned to “Guerrilleros de America” secondary school on Monday as the island nation bounces back to normal. Nationwide, some 612,000 sixth graders, secondary school pupils and high schoolers came back to classrooms for...

Cuba. In a press conference held from the House that bears his name, the Office’s communication director, Magda Resik, announced the details of the strategy that, in its conception, enhances the heritage, artistic and social approach as well as the return of face-to-face activities. The Galician International Colloquium, testimonial...

The presidents of Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday asked for U.S. assistance in stemming the flow of thousands of migrants crossing the dangerous jungles that divide Panama and Colombia as they make their way to the United States. Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo hosted a meeting with Costa...