Tag: Central America
US to help Guatemala train its border protection force
<p>GUATEMALA CITY — The United States agreed Monday to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country’s borders and putting...
VW Mexico sets production suspensions over chip shortages
<p>MEXICO CITY — Volkswagen de Mexico said Monday it will suspend production of Jetta models in Mexico for two weeks next month and will...
Chicharito thrilled with hot start, youth soccer initiative
<p>LOS ANGELES — With five goals in only two games, Javier Hernández is off to a spectacular start to his second year with the...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Mexico
<p>CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight people dead and a string...
Harris meets virtually with Guatemalan president
<p>WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris told Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday that the U.S. is planning to increase relief to the Northern Triangle...
Mexico’s Zapatistas to visit Spain 500 years after conquest
<p>ALTAMIRANO, Mexico — The Indigenous rebels of the Zapatista movement said Monday that they are planning to send a delegation by canoes on a...
OAS rights group: ‘Critical’ levels of impunity in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexico is suffering “critical” failures in law enforcement and some of the worst levels of journalist killings outside a war zone,...
Biden’s first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises
WASHINGTON — As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reigning in the coronavirus during the early...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight people dead and a string...
OAS rights group: ‘Critical’ levels of impunity in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico is suffering “critical” failures in law enforcement and some of the worst levels of journalist killings outside a war zone,...