Guatemala’s community journalists silenced as promises of change go unfulfilled

By Silvia Higuera September 17, 2025 Indigenous peoples’ support for the election of Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo in 2023 and through his inauguration in January 2024 was vital in preventing efforts to block him from taking office. As a...

Witness the new hybrid era: Chery Super Hybrid (CSH) TECH DAY LATAM + extreme battery challenge

In the tropical rainforests of Panama, Chery's Pan-American Challenge across 10 countries is underway in full swing In the tropical rainforests of Panama, Chery’s Pan-American Challenge across 10 countries is underway in full swing. Three core...

Panama Commits to Technological Sovereignty Amid Security Risks

Panama’s Ministry of Public Security (Minseg) has reactivated the Inter-Agency Microwave Network project, a strategic initiative to modernize the communications of the nation’s security forces. The project is receiving support from the United...

Treating tungiasis: PAHO issues first scientific guide

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published its first evidence-based guide to the treatment of tungiasis, a neglected tropical disease that affects millions of people in Latin America, the Caribbean and...

Ask questions, make mistakes: Succeeding as a young engineer

Manufacturing engineer Fernando Sarmiento describes his journey from watching airplanes fly overhead to helping build them. Fernando Sarmiento grew up watching airplanes. Now, as a manufacturing engineer at Swift Engineering, he’s helping them...

Standing for our rights in the Sarstoon 

By Colin Hyde The PM had publicly advised Brother Wil Maheia and the Territorial Volunteers to not travel to Sarstoon Island to plant our flag this year, because of some misbehaving Guatemalan soldiers (GAF). The 1859 treaty establishes the...

A celebration of shared freedom: Central American unity and Qatari friendship

Ashraf Siddiqui HE Milton Eduardo Umaña Acevedo, the Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador to Qatar, on behalf of El Salvador and fellow Central American nations of Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras emphasized that the celebration was not...

‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang

In the summer of 1970, a group of aspirant revolutionaries arrived in Jordan from West Germany. They sought military training though they had barely handled weapons before. They sought a guerrilla war in the streets of Europe, but had never done...

Reunited After 45 Years: Chilean Mother Embraces Stolen Twin Daughters in Emotional Homecoming

In a heart-wrenching yet ultimately triumphant story of resilience, love, and reunion, María Verónica Soto, a 64-year-old Chilean woman, has been reunited with her twin daughters, Maria Beatrice and Adelia Rose Mereu Chessa, after 45 years of...

GoB will seek investors for US$400+ million PBL expansion and modernization

Project includes 400-acre mangrove park from dredged material Design of PBL expansion and modernization project BELMOPAN, Fri. Sept. 12, 2025 During the opening ceremony at Grand Caribe for the Belize Investment Summit, one of the project...

Resistance, rhythm kick off Latino Heritage Month

EIU students, staff and community members gathered around the South Quad student flagpole and Latinx & Spanish Language Academic Hub (Rincón Latino) on Monday to celebrate the start of Latino Heritage Month. This year’s theme was “resistance and...

Albania’s cashless ambitions; Saudi seeks digital remittances

Homepage > News > Finance > Albania’s cashless ambitions; Saudi seeks digital remittances Albania has announced plans to phase out cash-based transactions in its economy by the end of the decade, eyeing a slew of benefits from the move. According...

Ultracem Guatemala launches 6500 PSI bag

Ultracem Cement Guatemala has unveiled its latest innovation, the 6500 PSI structural cement bag, the most resistant product in the local market, aimed at projects requiring maximum strength, safety, and technical backing. “This is the best cement...

Allen County Coroner asks for more money as office sees more cases in 2025

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The Allen County Coroner asked Allen County Council for $65,000 extra than was budgeted for 2025. The $65,000 is in addition to the approximately $1.1 million that was originally allocated to the office for the year. The...

L.A. vs O.C. : Just How Different Are They, Anyway?

WHAT IS IT between Los Angeles and Orange counties? Are we not warmed by the same ultraviolet rays, quenched by the same pirated water, ensnared in the same gill net of freeways? Are our differences really any wider than the line on a...

Impeachment Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the process of impeachment, a misconduct charge that leads to a trial to determine whether a public official is guilty of abuse of power or other offenses. A conviction leads to removal from office....

‘Inhumane’: Trump’s mass deportations ensnare noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Juan and Madison Pestana went on their first date in 2023, Juan vowed to always keep a bouquet of fresh flowers on the kitchen table. For nearly two years, he did exactly that. Their love story was a whirlwind: She...

Trump was barely stopped from deporting a plane full of Guatemalan kids. That could just be the beginning

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) — Junior Clase’s cluttered kitchen table paints a picture of his life in the United States. Scattered across it are bottles of deodorant and conditioner that he sends back to the Dominican Republic, a Spanish-language Bible and...

How tech companies directly infiltrated Latin American regulators

“What should we, as members of Congress, be doing about artificial intelligence?” asks Diego Caicedo, a young Colombian congressman, in a video posted to his Instagram profile. Standing beside him is Pablo Nieto, another Colombian, who answers:...