El Salvador
El Salvador orders arrest of ex-president Sanchez Ceren in graft probe
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former president Salvador Sanchez Ceren and nine...
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El Salvador ‘House of Horrors’ killings shock nation numbed to violence
By Cassandra Garrison and Nelson Renteria CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador (Reuters) - Neighbors knew something was wrong in that squat green...
Read moreSalvadoran soldiers charged with deaths of four Dutch reporters in 1982
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Human rights organizations on Friday filed a criminal complaint against 25 El Salvadoran...
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Violence in Haiti could slow efforts to fight pandemic, says PAHO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A spate of violence in Haiti could hinder the Caribbean country's response to the coronavirus pandemic,...
Read moreMexico watchdog says migrants overcrowded, no masks or medicine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's human rights commission (CNDH) has accused migration authorities of keeping nearly 90 people in overcrowded...
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El Salvador attorney general seizes opposition party assets in corruption case
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The attorney general's office in El Salvador on Friday seized some assets of...
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Salvadoran woman, freed after 10 years in prison on abortion charge, seeks new footing
(Corrects region of country to Central from South America) By Liamar Ramos SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Sara Rogel, a Salvadoran...
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El Salvador’s Bukele seeks 20% minimum wage hike, orders food handouts
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Thursday requested a minimum wage hike of 20% from August, citing...
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Central American officials blacklisted by U.S. as part of corruption crackdown
By Nelson Renteria, Sofia Menchu and Ted Hesson SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Central American presidential aides, top judges and former presidents...
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El Salvador’s appointment of new judges raises fears of power grab
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Lawmakers in El Salvador on Wednesday voted to keep the head of the...
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Honduran mother of migrant boy abandoned in Mexico contacts authorities
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The mother of a toddler whose disappearance sparked international media attention appeared on Wednesday...
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Mexican authorities search for relatives of abandoned migrant boy
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities on Tuesday were searching for the relatives of a boy, thought to...
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El Salvador authorities find body of woman who disappeared in March
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's authorities on Tuesday found the body of a woman who had...
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Mexican authorities find 2-year-old boy abandoned near migrant truck
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Monday found a boy thought to be about 2 years old alone near...
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