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US slaps visa restrictions on 93 Nicaraguan officials
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on dozens of Nicaraguan officials, accusing them of having “undermined democracy”…
Former President Figueres takes early lead in Costa Rica polls
Costa Rica’s former President Jose Maria Figueres has taken an early lead in the Latin American country’s national…
DO YOU KNOW? El Salvador is world’s first country to make Bitcoin an official currency
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Announcing the…
Record numbers of young Guatemalans migrate north, leaving families in limbo
It was the early hours of a brisk October night when a van rolled up to María de…
Can a new government dig Honduras out of its hole?
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – When the first female president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, takes office on January 27, she…
Honduran leftist, teamed with TV host, gains in race to be first woman president
Leftist Xiomara Castro has a shot at winning an election on Sunday, to become Honduras’ first female president…