El Salvador
Central American, Caribbean blocs condemn attack on Ukraine
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Two blocs of Central American and Caribbean countries condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine...
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Mexican officials clear out migrant camp at Texas border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have cleared a makeshift encampment of migrants in the northern border city of Reynosa that...
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Biden to talk with Mexican president on Friday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold talks Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday to discuss...
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El Salvador extends emergency powers to fight gangs
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress on Sunday approved a month-long extension of emergency measures that...
Read moreVenezuelans lead growing number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama...
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El Salvador making it harder for murderous gangs to spread messages
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Waging a campaign against gangs responsible for El Salvador having one of the...
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Migrants stuck in Mexico hopeful U.S. will lift COVID-era expulsion policy at border
By Laura Gottesdiener and Lizbeth Diaz REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) -News the United States is poised to end a pandemic-related border...
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El Salvador boosts jail time for gang members after rash of murders
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's gang lords and their followers will face prison sentences ranging from 20 to 45...
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Biden says decision coming soon on COVID curbs at border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday a decision will come soon on whether to lift Title...
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El Salvador invokes emergency powers after surge in homicides
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress approved on Sunday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional...
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Violence to spur more migration from Mexico, Central America -Red Cross
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Waves of migration through Mexico and Central America, and people who go missing...
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Salvadoran court orders arrest of ex-president Cristiani over civil war atrocity
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A court in El Salvador on Friday ordered the provisional arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani...
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Mexican president says regional tour in May will include Cuba
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday he would visit several Central American countries and...
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Salvadoran women freed from jail after abortion convictions seek clemency for others
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Four Salvadoran women recently freed from prison after a judicial review of their...
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Bukele to propose granting Salvadoran citizenship to foreign investors
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday said he will send Congress a proposal to grant...
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Mexican authorities intercept more than 1,000 migrants in one day
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Thursday said they intercepted more than 1,000 migrants in the last 24 hours...
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El Salvador’s Bukele tells bitcoin-wary U.S. senators to stay out of internal affairs
By Nelson Renteria MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday asked U.S. senators to stay out of El...
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Migrants sew their mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to U.S. border
By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) -A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico's southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday...
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El Salvador frees woman jailed for homicide after miscarriage, says rights group
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Salvadoran authorities on Wednesday freed a woman who had served a decade of...
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Human rights groups voice concern about allegations of surveillance in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - International human rights groups called on Monday for authorities in El Salvador to open an investigation...
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