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Pax Americana: Same difference

By his own account, America’s mission in Venezuela is to seize control of the world’s largest oil reserves

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.  Photo: Barbara Debout/AFP

Bitcoin now legal currency in Central African Republic

A bill that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the Central African franc and legalised the use of cryptocurrencies has been unanimously adopted

Seeking purpose: Writer Valeria Luiselli’s experience as a translator for unaccompanied child migrants to the United States profoundly affected her, resulting in two books. (Alfredo Pelcastre/Coffee House Books)

Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

Thousands evacuated from Roman Catholic Cathedral after 6.6 magniuted hits Nicaragua.

Second strong earthquake rattles Nicaragua

Nicaragua has been hit by a 6.6 magnitude strong earthquake, the second in as many days.

Floods, mudslides kill 124 in El Salvador as Ida rages on

A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America on Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 124 in El Salvador.

El Salvador’s ex-rebels win power through the ballot box

El Salvador’s former Marxist guerrillas finally won power through the ballot box after a tight election victory over their right-wing civil war foes.

Inmates keep phones in bowels in El Salvador jail

Four prisoners in an El Salvador jail hid cellphones, a phone charger and spare chips in their bowels so they could coordinate crimes from their cells, prison officials said on…

Hurricane Stan’s storms leave death and destruction

Hurricane Stan knocked down trees, ripped roofs off homes and washed out bridges in south-eastern Mexico, but it was the storms it helped spawn that were far more destructive,…

Tropical Storm Stan hits Central America

Heavy rains and floods from Tropical Storm Stan hit Central America over the weekend, killing 15 in El Salvador, four in Guatemala and four in Honduras, authorities said on…

Thousands flee as El Salvador volcano erupts

El Salvador’s largest volcano, dormant for more than a century, shook the ground as it woke up on Saturday, hurling out hot lava rocks and forcing more than 2Â 000 people to…

Volcano erupts in El Salvador

Western El Salvador’s Ilamatepec volcano shot burning rock, gases and ash high into the air on Saturday, sending frightened residents scurrying from surrounding areas.…

‘No one expected a hurricane’ in El Salvador

Hurricane Adrian was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Friday in El Salvador, quickly losing wind speed but still packing torrential rains and flash-flood…