Central America

Since declaring a state of emergency in March 2022 following a surge in gang violence, El Salvador's...

MEXICO CITY — El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator," ...

Bernardo Arévalo walked into NPR's studios in Washington, D.C., with no security and two aides. It w...

SAN MARCOS DE COLÓN, Honduras — The presidential race in Guatemala is in limbo even as the country's...

One of Guatemala's most prominent journalists has been sentenced to six years in prison for money la...

A court in Guatemala has provisionally suspended businessman Carlos Pineda, who is one of the leadin...

Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is in prison this week. He may be the...

MEXICO CITY — A day after banishing most of its political prisoners to the United States, Nicaragua ...

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has released 222 political prisoners and put th...