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Central America

Conflict & Justice
Gangs seize roads leading to Haiti’s capital as police continue to lose control
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Immigration
Closing the Darién Gap with a barbed-wire fence
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close-up shot of Honduran President Castro wearing a mask
Leaders
Honduras’ first female leader faces tough times
Yellow sign on beach warning people to stay out of water because of pollutants, in Tijuana River Valley
Environment
Pollution from Tijuana River contaminates marine border areas
A black and white headshot of author Roberto Lovato
Books
A Salvadoran American’s memoir ‘comes full circle’ on a family history of violence, struggle
Rainforest biotic pump
Environment
Rainforests are ‘worth more alive than dead,’ according to science — and economics
Several people are shown on the beach next to large floating rafts with wooden tops.
Borders
Free passage is a way of life for Mexicans and Guatemalans on the border
several people with backpacks around a bus entrance. A young girl is held and looks toward the camera.
Immigration
Trump’s aid cuts to Central American countries could total $700 million
Flamingos have enjoyed a resurgence in Florida over the last 50 years. Notice that the young flamingo in the middle is gray and not the iconic pink. Flamingos gain their pinkish color over time through their diet — mainly shrimp.
Science
New study sheds light on the debate over the origins of flamingos in Florida
A biting midge pollinates a cacao flower on the Goodman Cacao Estate in Killaloe, Australia.
Food
Giant chocolate industry depends on tiny insects for survival
“I don't want to have to do this,” Victoria Barrett says. “It's just I feel like it obviously needs to be done. It's frustrating... Sometimes I feel like people my age are fighting the hardest when we didn't even start this in the first place."
Global Politics
This 18-year-old from New York is suing the Trump administration over climate change
family sitting on steps in front of building
Conflict
Why 80 asylum-seekers are marching to the US southern border, even though they’ll probably be turned away
Simone Biles of USA celebrates winning gold in the women's individual all-around final.
Sports
Belizeans celebrate Simone Biles’ victory at the Rio Games
Manuel sought help from the migration project after his daughter was injured in a car accident on her way north to the US.
Development
The Migration Project helps Guatemalan families find missing loved ones
Guatemalan rapper Rebeca Lane is on a Central American tour designed to showcase women's hip-hop in the area.
Music
This Guatemalan rapper thinks hip-hop can unite all women
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Education
This Kansas high school student must pay back $3,000 after smugglers helped him leave Guatemala
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Development
Meet the undocumented workers who rebuilt New York and New Jersey after Sandy
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Music
The love affair between Mexican Americans and Morrissey isn’t that surprising
The Mexican polka-influenced band, Polka Madre.
Geo Quiz
The music of this European region is unexpectedly popular in Mexico
Graffiti of the letters "MS", which stand for the street gang Mara Salvatrucha, photographed in San Salvador on April 22, 2014. Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Calle 18 are rival gangs that started in Los Angeles but now have a heavy presence in El Salvador.
Conflict
Gang violence awaits a teen from El Salvador after his failed attempts to reach the US
Migrant family crossing US-Mexico border on train
Justice
Why would any parent send their kids on the deadly trip to cross the Mexico-US border? Here’s why.
A migrant traveling to the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico in 2006. This fiscal year, US officials have detained more than 52,000 unaccompanied minors and 39,000 women with children along the US-Mexico border.
Global Politics
These two Guatemalans say they had little choice but to head north
A Honduran child sleeps at an immigrant shelter in Chiapas, in southern Mexico. His is traveling with his family from his impoverished and violent neighborhood to northern Mexico or the US.
Conflict & Justice
Central American migrants become prey on their journey north to the US
The ruins of the town of Valdivia in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. The town was destroyed by a tropical storm in 1998.
Environment
Mexico experiments with adapting to climate change naturally — and on the cheap
Infographic explaining that countries in Africa have, on average, first births are in their late teens, early 20's
Health & Medicine
How old were you when you had your first child?