Roque Planas
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 06:54
A $750 million U.S. economic aid package for Central America was touted last year as a way to slow migration into the U.S. by making one of the world’s most violent regions more prosperous. But the March assassination of indigenous land-rights activist Berta Cáceres has shined an international spotlight on the Honduran government’s abysmal human rights record, casting doubt on whether it can meet conditions for claiming a large chunk of the aid money.
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:56
The missing 43 students and escape of "El Chapo" Guzmán may partly explain why the U.S. is slashing aid to Mexico.
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 06:28
The Mexican army monitored the movements of 43 students who later went missing for hours before the students were first attacked, and was present when many of them were abducted, according to an investigative report published Sunday in the Mexican magazine Proceso.
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 06:25
Dozens of children and teenagers in Laguna Salada who were born in this country say they left the hospital without proper documentation.
Friday, April 3, 2015 - 08:10
Felipe de la Cruz received a call from his son, Angel Neri, the night of Sept. 26, saying he and fellow college students were being attacked by police after stealing buses. De la Cruz urged his son to stay calm, thinking the cops would simply detain him. Instead, police in the city of Iguala killed three of Angel Neri de la Cruz’s classmates from a teachers' college in the nearby town of Ayotzinapa, and abducted 43. Angel Neri survived the attack. The remains of only one of his missing classmates have been identified.
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 06:19
Mexico's federal police collaborated with local forces in the September attack on 43 students whose disappearance and presumed killings have led to mass protests in the country, according to an investigative report published Sunday in the Mexican magazine Proceso.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 07:23
Alex Sánchez's life story offers a dramatic example of how U.S. policy has failed both in Central America and in its own communities of color for decades
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 00:00
The shooting that left Camacho on life support for days before passing away on Saturday shined a spotlight once again on Puerto Rico's out-of-control violence, fueled by a recent surge of drug trafficking.
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 00:00
While 2008 was a historic year for the U.S., its voter participation pales in comparison to Latin America, where the turnout rate for presidential elections often exceeds 75 percent.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez may have won the Venezuelan presidential election on Sunday, but in El Salvador he faced an overwhelming electoral defeat.