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‘Completely unusual’: Haiti blocks flights used by migrants going to US southern border

‘Completely unusual’: Haiti blocks flights used by migrants going to US southern border

There were no charter flights from Port-au-Prince to Nicaragua last January. Three daily flights that began in late July had grown to 11 flights a day, said one analyst.

  • by Danica Coto and Evens Sanon

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‘Looking for Pedro’: Smugglers send migrants to specific locations in New York City

‘Looking for Pedro’: Smugglers send migrants to specific locations in New York City

At the airport in Nicaragua, the migrants all knew in advance to ask for a man who is featured in a popular TikTok video thanking Mauritanians who come to the United States for trusting him.

  • by Jay Root
This is one of the Americas’ most deliciously contentious dishes

This is one of the Americas’ most deliciously contentious dishes

This rice and beans dish can have some heat. Gallo pinto is the national dish of Costa Rica, but it’s also the national dish of Nicaragua.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Facebook busts Nicaragua government’s fake news operation

Facebook busts Nicaragua government’s fake news operation

It said it had been active for five years, was primarily operated by staff of the country’s telecoms watchdog, out of the postal service headquarters.

  • by Elizabeth Culliford
Hurricane Iota's devastation comes into focus in storm-weary Nicaragua

Hurricane Iota's devastation comes into focus in storm-weary Nicaragua

Mirna Wood, vice president of the Miskito ethnic group, was in Tegucigalpa collecting donations for her community ravaged by Eta when Iota hit.

  • by Carlos Herrera
Hurricane Eta slams Central America

Hurricane Eta slams Central America

At least three people have been reported killed in Nicaragua and Honduras with the storm expected to reach across to Cuba and Florida, US, this weekend.

  • by Oswaldo Rivas
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'We're really afraid': Major Hurricane Eta pounds Nicaragua

'We're really afraid': Major Hurricane Eta pounds Nicaragua

One of the most powerful storms to hit Central America in years has struck Nicaragua, battering homes and essential infrastructure and threatening to unleash deadly flooding.

  • by Oswaldo Rivas
US court rules 400,000 immigrants can be forced to leave

US court rules 400,000 immigrants can be forced to leave

The decision effectively strips their legal status, rendering them deportable and leaving their 200,000 children in limbo.

  • by Miriam Jordan
Nicaragua releases more than 2800 inmates amid pandemic

Nicaragua releases more than 2800 inmates amid pandemic

The government said in a statement that it was releasing the prisoners to house arrest as a gesture for upcoming Mother's Day.

Trump joins 'Ostrich Alliance' of loser leaders

Trump joins 'Ostrich Alliance' of loser leaders

Germany, on the other hand, has followed expert advice, but then Chancellor Angela Merkel is herself a scientist.

  • by Trudy Rubin
Nicaragua lifts newsprint ban on embattled La Prensa newspaper

Nicaragua lifts newsprint ban on embattled La Prensa newspaper

"The newsprint has been liberated!" read the headline on Saturday's front page.

  • by Ismael Lòpez Ocampo and Mary Beth Sheridan

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