Central America

COMMENTARY This week offers more signs – including a South Florida poll – that President Trump's won his campaign to bend Latin America to his purposes.

Controversial coronavirus deaths like Carlos Henríquez's in El Salvador leave Latin American relatives in the U.S. feeling increasingly helpless.

COMMENTARYTuesday night the Trump Administration made the surprising if not stunning announcement that, for the first time ever, the U.S. is nominating an…

Like so many doctors around the world, pediatric surgeon Roberto Herrera was exposed to the new coronavirus back in early March.“Of course I was scared at…

President Nayib Bukele authorized officers to use lethal force against gang members who allegedly were responsible for dozens of murders while police were focused on the COVID-19 lockdown.

COMMENTARYWhile visiting Honduras this year, acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf called President Juan Orlando Hernández “a valued and…

Last week, the Democratic Super PAC Priorities U.S.A. launched a social media ad campaign that's created a lot of buzz in South Florida.It's called…

Police and army soldiers, carrying rifles and dressed in battle fatigues, entered the parliament building to show support for President Nayib Bukele's $109 million loan plan to better equip them.

It's hard to wrap your arms around everything that happened 2019 in Latin America and the Caribbean. It's even harder to find any good news — from the…

COMMENTARYI'm profoundly sad to say I’m not surprised – horrified, but hardly surprised – by Tuesday’s brutal massacre of innocent women and children by…

COMMENTARYLast Sunday a Honduran immigrant on my middle-aged soccer team asked me about an issue before our weekly game. And it didn’t involve Bengay for…

COMMENTARYRight now the western hemisphere – believe it or not, America – is dealing with behavior by federal politicians that's more outrageous than…