Central America
Mexican president says to speak with Biden about climate change
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would be speaking with his U.S. counterpart Joe...
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El Salvador body to investigate complaints about government’s bitcoin purchases, ATM kiosks
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Court of Accounts, which oversees its public resources, will investigate a complaint about the...
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Cuban leader visits Mexico for new Latin America ‘pink tide’ summit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attended a lavish military parade at Mexico's 200th anniversary of independence on Thursday,...
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UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations
MANILA (Reuters) - The United Nations children's agency UNICEF has urged education authorities to reopen schools as soon as possible...
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‘We are not criminals’: migrants protest in southern Mexico
By Lizbeth Diaz TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants stuck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Wednesday...
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Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for...
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Thousands of Salvadorans march against President Bukele
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Thousands of Salvadorans took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against President...
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Gunmen kidnap 20 foreigners, likely from Haiti and Venezuela, from Mexico hotel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a hotel in Mexico's central San Luis Potosi state on Tuesday and kidnapped some...
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Nicaraguan political activist shot in Costa Rica, in critical condition
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A Nicaraguan political activist who opposes the government of President Daniel Ortega is in critical condition...
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Honduran presidential hopeful Asfura holds narrow lead in new poll
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ruling party presidential candidate Nasry Asfura remains the favorite ahead of the November election, a CID-Gallup...
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Olaf, now a tropical storm, brings heavy rains to Mexico’s Baja California Sur
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Olaf was downgraded to a tropical storm and was packing maximum sustained winds of near 70 mph...
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Taiwan says China using Honduras election to ‘create controversy’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan accused China on Friday of seeking to use the Honduran election to "create controversy" and undermine...
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Migrants denounce Mexico’s crackdown amid bilateral talks in Washington
By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S.-bound migrants, mostly from Central America and the Caribbean, said on Thursday that...
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“Feeling free”: women criminalized by Mexico’s abortion bans celebrate ruling
By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - When a nurse arrived at Martha Mendez's bedside in a Mexican hospital carrying...
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Strong Acapulco quake aftershocks unnerve Mexican resort’s residents
By Uriel Sanchez ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) -Shaken residents slept in cars and on the streets of Mexico's famed Acapulco beach...
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Mexican abortion ban punished poor women, top justice says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican Supreme Court's unanimous decision on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion will principally help poorer women, who...
Read moreMexico vaccinates Honduran migrants in southern border city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dozens of Honduran migrants received COVID-19 vaccines in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Wednesday,...
Read more‘Apocalypse’: rare lightning adds to quake awe in Mexico
(Reuters) - A rare natural light show flashed across the night sky during a powerful earthquake that shook Mexico City...
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Mexico’s top court decriminalizes abortion in ‘watershed moment’
By Lizbeth Diaz and Laura Gottesdiener MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is...
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Salvador street protest breaks out against bitcoin adoption
By Wilfredo Pineda SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people marched in El Salvador's capital on Tuesday to protest...
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