Nov 03 Hurricane Eta slams into Nicaragua as Category 4 storm By Associated Press The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta has moved ashore in Nicaragua with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: U.S. imposes sanctions on Belarusian officials In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials for their roles in the country’s disputed presidential election -- and the violent crackdown that followed. The move came soon after the European Union had… Continue watching
Jun 24 Honduras president shows improvement after testing positive for COVID-19 By Associated Press Doctors at Honduras' Military Hospital say President Juan Orlando Hernández is improving after being placed on oxygen a day earlier. Hernández tested positive for COVID-19 last week and a day later was hospitalized with pneumonia. Continue reading
Jan 21 Mexico begins flying and busing migrants back to Honduras By María Verza, Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their… Continue reading
Oct 25 Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than… Continue reading
Sep 25 U.S. signs asylum agreement with Honduras By Colleen Long, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The U.S. has now signed agreements with all three countries in the area known as the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Continue reading
Aug 19 U.S. sued over Honduran man’s suicide after he was separated from his family By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The lawsuit alleges Marco Antonio Muñoz "yelled and screamed in desperation" as he was "dragged" away from his wife and child inside the Border Patrol's processing center in McAllen, Texas. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 9:32 Will U.S.-Mexico deal reduce immigration? A report from 2 borders President Trump announced Friday that he had struck a deal with Mexico both to stem the flow of immigrants from Mexico into the U.S. and to avoid levying tariffs on Mexican imports. Nick Schifrin talks to the NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz,… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 4:28 Why Trump wants to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen recently declared a "compact” with El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, aiming to reduce their migration to the U.S. But since then, the Trump administration said it will cut aid to those countries, including to programs… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 10:27 Honduran migrants deported from the U.S. often face a grim fate By Marcia Biggs, Julia Galiano-Rios The deadly stranglehold of gang violence in Honduras drives tens of thousands of desperate residents to flee north to request asylum in the U.S. But few receive it, often due to a lack of documentation of the persecution they faced… Continue watching