El-Salvador: troops surround town after killing of a policeman
At least 5,000 soldiers and 500 police have surrounded a town in northwestern El Salvador. They want to arrest those...
May 18, 2023Section
Central America
How Puerto Rico seeks to lure Wall Street and put bankruptcy behind it
By Jim Wyss and Michelle Kaske A little more than a year after emerging from bankruptcy, Puerto Rico's top officials...
May 18, 2023
The Bukele effect: at what cost have El Salvador’s homicides been reduced?
The Salvadoran government recently celebrated 365 non-consecutive days without homicides, a fact it called unprecedented in Central American history. The...
May 17, 2023
The US alerts on the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
The regime of Daniel Ortega has intensified its attacks against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church, according to a report prepared by...
May 16, 2023
Dominican Republic: tourism boom continues
Cumulative tourist arrivals in the Dominican Republic increased by 35.7% in the first four months of the year compared to...
May 15, 2023
Dominican Mining announces cease of operations at Cerro Maimón due to labor stoppage
The Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom), a branch of Australian Perilya, announced the suspension of operations at the Cerro Maimon mine,...
May 15, 2023
Nicaragua: Ortega’s regime revokes political prisoners’ lawyer registration
The Nicaraguan Supreme Court of Justice this week definitively revoked the license of Yonarqui de los Ángeles Martínez García, a...
May 15, 2023
El Salvador registers 365 days without homicides
President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday (11) that El Salvador has added 365 days without homicide since he began his...
May 14, 2023
Guatemala invites tenders for 5G services
It is the fifth country in Latin America to hold a spectrum auction for 5G services, following Brazil, Chile, Uruguay,...
May 12, 2023