Central America

Migrants arrive on a chartered flight from Brownsville, Texas in El Paso, Texas, US March 17, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

US flies deported migrant families back to Central America

The southern US border has drawn record numbers of migrants throughout the pandemic and after Central America was battered by a series of destructive storms

US Vice President Kamala Harris takes notes as she speaks via videoconference with Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to an increase in migration as she looks for ways to defuse a migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, US, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Global Economy

US unveils $310m in Central America aid to tackle migration

Migrant children play with Christmas presents -sent by fans of the FC Juarez soccer team- next to the Paso del Norte-Santa Fe international bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec.25, 2019. Photo: AFP/Herika Martinez
World+Biz

US facing biggest migrant surge in 20 years: Homeland Security

Women walk at an area affected by a mudslide after the passage of Storm Eta, in Purulha, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala November 6, 2020/ Reuters
Environment

Storm Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala

Eta, one of the most powerful storms to hit Central America in years, plowed into Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, battering roads and bridges in Honduras. Photo: Reuters
Environment

Death and destruction as Eta batters Central America