Media Coverage

President Nayib Bukele on February 4 secured a thumping victory in El Salvador's elections after voters cast aside concerns about erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce gang crackdown that transformed security in the Central American country. Provisional results on February 5 show Bukele...

The European Union on February 2 imposed sanctions against five individuals from Guatemala for undermining democracy, the rule of law, or the peaceful transfer of power in Central America's most populous nation. The listings include the attorney general of Guatemala, Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta De...

Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal has upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned for later this year. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary...

Kenya is going to push ahead with plans to lead a UN-approved security mission to Haiti, despite a court in Nairobi last week blocking the deployment, Kenyan President William Ruto told Reuters on January 30. The international force is aimed at tackling rampant gang violence in the Caribbean nation...

There were nearly 5,000 homicides counted in Haiti last year, more than double than in 2022, a United Nations report said on January 23, as the country endures rampant gang violence amid the near-collapse of its political institutions. The small Caribbean nation, the poorest in the Western...

Ecuador's police on January 22 said they have captured the leader of Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra and that Ecuadorean authorities will return him to Colombia. News of the capture comes amid a military offensive launched by Ecuador's government to combat criminal gangs. President Daniel...

Venezuela's attorney general on January 22 said 14 arrest warrants were issued against civilians and former military personnel for allegedly conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. On January 15, Maduro told legislators who back the government that conspiracies against him and...

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has denounced a series of protests scheduled to begin the week of January 15 as a “threat to democracy,” as tensions continue to simmer in the South American nation. Boluarte’s remarks came on the eve of what is being called the third “Toma de Lima” or “Taking of...

Peru’s prosecutor’s office has formally requested 34 years in prison for former President Pedro Castillo, who was dramatically removed from office and arrested after his attempt to dissolve Congress in late 2022. On January 12, the public prosecution office wrote on social media that it sought the...

Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala's president in the early hours of January 15 after a chaotic inauguration that was delayed for hours by a last-ditch attempt by Congress opponents to weaken his authority. The latest in a series of legislative setbacks triggered by...