Maria Martin
Stories
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International court case pits mining interests against Indigenous land rights
Batteries for electric cars are creating demand for more nickel — and a court case brought by an Indigenous community near a Guatemalan nickel mine could have broad implications.
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Ex-paramilitaries in Guatemala sentenced to prison for raping Indigenous women
Judges in Guatemala City on Monday found five men guilty of raping three dozen women some 40 years ago — during the height of the violence in Guatemala's long civil conflict.
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Alejandro Giammattei, Guatemala's President-Elect, To Take Office
Guatemala inaugurates a new president Tuesday who has vowed to end the poverty and violence that have sent Guatemalans fleeing to the U.S. Analysts doubt he'll make real reforms.
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U.S. Sends First Migrant To Guatemala Under Asylum Agreement
A Honduran seeking asylum in the U.S. has been sent to Guatemala where he must first seek asylum under a deal brokered with Guatemala in July. He is the first to be removed under the agreement.
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President Nayib Bukele Promises To Transform El Salvador
El Salvador's new president ran his campaign largely on social media and his first actions as president have been made through tweets. His supporters love it. His detractors describe it as autocratic.
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Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis
Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.
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More Honduran Migrants Make Their Way From Guatemala Toward The U.S.
The migrants are encountering crowded shelters, strained resources, and residents who are not as generous as they were with a previous caravan that was making its way to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Journalists Demand Nicaragua Stop Attacking Reporters
Worldwide journalism groups are demanding that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stop its attacks on journalists. Costa Rica wants an imprisoned TV journalist released too.