El Salvador: Bukele looks set for landslide election win on gang crackdown
SARAH KINOSIAN and NELSON RENTERIA, of Reuters, report ahead of Sunday’s election…
Migration: Hunger, joblessness drive record numbers of Guatemalans to US
With few job opportunities and food harvests hit by climate change, more young Guatemalans are leaving poor farming communities in search of a better life in the United States. ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Guatemala takes back 106 unaccompanied children and teen migrants
Guatemala City Reuters More than 100 children and teen migrants from Guatemala were flown home on Wednesday after being found in a truck trailer in Mexico headed to the US, one of the largest recent returns of unaccompanied minors back to the Central American country. The flight to Guatemala City brought back 106 youths ages […]
Mexico seeks to curb ‘abuse’ of asylum system by migrants who do not plan to stay
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico’s overwhelmed asylum agency is strengthening efforts to weed out high numbers of applicants who “abuse” the system while passing through Mexico to reach the United States, Mexico’s top asylum official said on Monday. Mexico has the world’s third highest number of asylum applications after the United States and Germany, reflecting growing […]
A changing religious landscape: Evangelicals now outnumber Catholics in three Central American nations – but some question the numbers
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA reports on the changing religious landscape in Central America…
Camino de Costa Rica: Central American trail opens a path to cash for nature and people
TIM GAYNOR, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Camino de Costa Rica coast-to-coast route provides rural people with an income – and a stake in protecting nature…
Julia kills 14 in Central America as it churns toward Mexico
San Salvador, El Salvador Reuters The death toll from tropical storm Julia rose to at least 14 on Monday, officials said, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico. Salvadoran authorities reported the deaths of nine people as of […]
Caught in a political battle: Thousands of asylum seekers sent on buses from US border to New York, Washington
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL, of Associated Press, report on how migrants have become caught up in a fight over US immigration policy…
Essay: Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
US-based professor of geography, JOSEPH NEVINS – in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the reasons behind the growing number of deaths on the US-Mexico border…
Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico days after Texas tragedy
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Thousands of people set off on foot from southern Mexico early Friday morning, undeterred in their efforts to reach the United States even after the deaths of at least 53 migrants in Texas this week highlighted the dangers facing many migrants. The group, mostly of young men from Central America, Venezuela and […]