Latin American environmentalists under attack Earlier this year, a 51-year-old Mexican man named Isidro Baldenegro López was shot to death in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. Mr. López was a...
Honduran environmentalist’s murder resonates a year later "The government doesn’t want to get to the bottom of the killing because it involved people from the government itself." Silvio Carrillo always...
El Salvador’s unstoppable gangs El Salvador has a population of a little more than 6 million people, less than New York City. But the violence in the small Central American country...
Is fair trade really fair? Note this program was originally released July 9, 2015. You see the label on coffee, chocolate, t-shirts and even gold, “Fair Trade.” The...
TV star, ex-first lady contest Guatemala poll After corruption protests topple a president, Guatemalans are looking for change Voters in Guatemala will choose a new president Sunday, and the...
Guatemala’s turning point election After a massive corruption scandal rocked Guatemalan politics this summer, Central America's most populous country goes to the polls Oct....
Gunmen kill two journalists in Guatemala Gunmen have killed two journalists and critically injured a third in a city park in a regional capital in western Guatemala. Danilo López, of...
Disappearing languages get lifeline from technology Once seen as a threat, the Internet is now an aid for endangered tongues The spread of the Internet has accelerated the global use of English. And...
Child sex trafficking scars Latin America From foreign tourists to local women, a diverse group exploits the region’s children. It was a local Colombian beauty queen who had recruited many...
‘Disinformation’ fuels US child migrant crisis Obama seeks $3.7 billion to address wave of children from Central America. President Obama has put a price on the costs of the wave of child...
