Tag: Central America
Union: Ford backs out on vow to add new model at Ohio plant
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has backed out on a contract promise to invest $900 million at an assembly plant outside Cleveland for an...
Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine
SAN FRANCISCO — The last vacation Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez took together began with an ominous delay: a medical emergency on the cruise ship...
FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at US-Mexico border
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied...
Hondurans to vote in primaries amid corruption allegations
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one...
Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said ferries and cruise ships may soon be visiting the former Isla Marias prison, after the last island penal...
Mexican candidate gets ruling-party nod despite rape claims
MEXICO CITY — A candidate for a governorship in southern Mexico has been confirmed as the nominee of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena...
Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
GUATEMALA CITY — Families of some of the 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January began burying their remains Saturday...
Journalists’ group: 65 media workers killed in 2020
BRUSSELS — A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2020 while doing their jobs, according to the International Federation...
Remains of Guatemalan migrants return home
GUATEMALA CITY — The remains of 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January were returned to their native country Friday.
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El Salvador awaits what president will do with new power
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party dominated every aspect of this month's national elections and will take...
