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Central America in Minutes is a short-form podcast from El Faro English delivering reported briefings and analysis on the politics shaping our region.
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Stripped of Nationality in Nicaragua, Then Detained by ICE (opens the original)
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Episode 89: Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano is detained by ICE despite his asylum case, adding to the list of exiles arrested under the Trump administration. An exiled Nicaraguan campesino leader survives an assassination attempt in Costa Rica, where the government has not commented on a string of attacks and murders. In Panama, unions and social organizations uncover police espionage which they allege is aimed at breaking resistance to mining and other policies under President José Raúl Muli
Trump Stalls on TPS Decision for El Salvador (opens the original)
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Episode 88: TPS for El Salvador was set to expire this week, but DHS temporarily extended protections from deportation until a final decision is made “at the appropriate time.” DHS awards private contracts to collect fines from deported Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Mexicans for immigrant law violations. The fines add up to $423 million dollars. September 5 marked two years since 135 former Nicaraguan political prisoners were suddenly flown to Guatemala. Over two-dozen still live stateless in prec
El Niño Drought Devastates Central America (opens the original)
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Episode 87 : As extreme climate hits Central American crops, countries issue alerts and states of emergency while Nicaragua declares that the effects will be “limited.” Buoyed by high popularity and his constitutional rewrite allowing indefinite reelection, Nayib Bukele will seek a third term in 2027 facing no major opposition. Amid budget rollbacks and public sparring with the Judiciary, President Laura Fernández denies that “Bukelization” is taking place in her country. This episode was writte
U.S. Deports Mexican Nationals to Central America (opens the original)
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Episode 86: In the last year, in its push for countries to receive third-country nationals, the U.S. deported over 2,000 Mexicans to Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica. Trump reinstates the U.S. travel visas of three Salvadoran officials close to Bukele but pulls the visas of members of the board of Costa Rica’s newspaper of record. An Argentine advisor to right-wing politicians in Latin America, including the president of Honduras, is arrested in Bolivia on charges of attempted femicide. This
United States Tip-toes Around Military Cooperation with El Salvador (opens the original)
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Episode 85: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touts military cooperation with Panama, Honduras, and Guatemala, but tip-toes around ties to El Salvador, despite reports of logistical support for U.S. boat strikes. The Honduran Ambassador in Washington calls the termination of TPS for thousands of Nicaraguans and Hondurans living in the United States a “humanitarian crisis.” El Salvador’s security minister announces the arrest of a fugitive Salvadoran gang leader whom El Faro interviewed last ye
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