A new report has called on the U.S., Mexico and Canada to increase their formal resettlement and family reunification quotas for refugees fleeing “extreme violence” in Central America.
Several Latin American countries are considering relaxing their laws on abortion, including El Salvador and Chile, which have some of the world’s strictest legislation on the procedure.
Honduras is notoriously the most deadly country for land rights activists, including the farmers fighting to retain their land from the palm oil industry. Now, some of those farmers have sued a branch of the World Bank over hundreds of human rights violations.
Two weeks after the U.S. State Department announced its approval of a $55 million aid package for Honduras, the Central American country continues to display signs of unbridled impunity and a failing justice system.
El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have agreed to cooperate on fighting criminal gangs and drug traffickers, presidents of Central America’s…
The White House has announced it will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to…
Two consecutive years of drought have led to some 3.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in El Salvador,…
Just two weeks after the killing of Honduran environmental rights activist Berta Cáceres, her colleague, Nelson García, was shot dead…
We dedicate this year’s International Women’s Day to Berta Cáceres – internationally recognized indigenous Lenca leader, grassroots feminist and environmental justice activist…
Honduran indigenous and environmental activist Berta Cáceres was killed in her home last night by two gunman days after receiving…