The thin ridge that links the two Americas is a miniature world. It concentrates a lot of diversities, more than we can imagine in any other region in the world. During the journey, we will follow the Inter-American Highway from Panama City to the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua. This is the narrowest ridge of […]
As Americans feel more comfortable taking to the skies-United Airlines is giving them more places to go. The airline is boosting its service to cities in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. United plans to add nearly 150 flights to warm-weather destinations across the United States. It will fly 137 more flights […]
Foster parents in California are being asked if they can take in unaccompanied Central American children who have recently crossed the southern border. Automated emails and phone calls from the state’s Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) have asked foster parents if they can take anywhere from one to 26 or more children. Facts Matter is […]
The White House considers sending cash payments to Central America to stem migration. A top Republican says it’s an insult to the millions of Americans who are out of work.
Former President Donald Trump predicts that Republicans will take back Congress in 2022. Trump also has a prediction for the presidency in 2024.
Attendees at a Save America Summit in Miami, Florida call for election integrity and ending Big Tech’s censorship. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) made an appearance and again, denied allegations against him.
TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY—The death toll from storm Iota is slowly rising in Central America as authorities on Thursday said they had recovered more bodies buried in landslides triggered by flooding that swept through the already waterlogged region earlier this week. Nearly 40 people were killed across Central America and Colombia, and the toll is expected to […]
TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY—Storm Iota unleashed devastating floods across Central America on Wednesday in areas already waterlogged, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in a disaster that could spur migration to the United States. More than 30 people were killed and the toll in the impoverished region was expected to rise as rescue workers […]
MANAGUA, Nicaragua—A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota became a very dangerous Category 4 storm as it swept over the western Caribbean early Monday, approaching the same part of Central America battered by a similarly powerful Hurricane Eta just over a week ago. Forecasters said Iota’s maximum sustained winds had reached 155 mph and were growing stronger, potentially […]
TEGUCIGALPA/GUATEMALA CITY—The remains of Hurricane Eta dumped more torrential rain across large parts of Central America early on Friday after days of devastating floods and landslides that killed dozens of people. Eta wrought chaos after plowing into Nicaragua on Tuesday with 150 miles-per-hour (241 kph) winds and unleashing torrents of rain on isolated and impoverished […]
WASHINGTON—Record-setting numbers of illegal immigrants during March saw Border Patrol facilities reach such overcapacity that agents were forced to release some migrants within hours of apprehending them—often dropping them at local bus stations. Border Patrol apprehended 92,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border in March—consisting of 53,000 family units, 30,000 single adults, and 8,900 unaccompanied […]
WASHINGTON—Huge groups of Central Americans have brought U.S. border security to its knees as an estimated 100,000 illegal immigrants will overwhelm the system this month. Border Patrol agents arrested 3,974 illegal aliens along the southwest border on March 19 alone. Detention facilities are bursting at the seams, and even local NGOs are struggling to handle […]
More than 25 Central American migrants died in an accident in southern Mexico on March 7. Twenty-nine others were injured. The truck they were traveling in lost control and overturned in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is the usual entry point into Mexico for migrants traveling from Guatemala, the Associated Press reported. The region […]
Central American migrants hope to reach the U.S. border. They occupied a train headed in that direction in Mexico, but the train company refuses to move and the migrants refuse to leave. “We will not move from here until the train leaves. We know we can’t travel on these (train cars), we are putting pressure […]
Migrants from Central America said they won’t be stopped by President Donald Trump’s wall. These migrants face a long and difficult journey on their way to the United States. Many of them are from Honduras, Salvador, and Guatemala. They must first cross Mexico, where they will face military and migrant patrollers. There, many of them […]
