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Central American leaders confident Trump won’t revoke CAFTA

Central American government and business leaders said it would make no sense for Trump and the U.S. to axe the Central America Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA.

U.S. woman to be deported after living in airport in Colombia

A U.S. citizen is to be deported following several weeks living at a Colombia airport.

PHOTOS: Hurricane Otto begins path of destruction through Central America

Hurricane Otto's force is being felt throughout Central America as Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama have seen significant damages to their Caribbean coasts.

Nearly 150,000 Central Americans expected to seek asylum this year

“People are fleeing,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, "They will not stop tomorrow or the next day.”

Costa Rica ‘cautiously’ rejoins SICA

Foreign Minister Manuel González announced Thursday that Costa Rica would rejoin the Central American Integration System, SICA, after a six month hiatus.

Anger builds where Obama seeks shelter for migrant children

The Obama administration is attempting to assemble a network of shelters on U.S. military bases and other federal facilities to lodge thousands of children awaiting immigration proceedings after fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

US religious groups offer sanctuary to immigrants targeted in new raids

The announcement recalled the sanctuary movement of the 1980s that provided safe haven to several thousand people fleeing civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, with churches in Los Angeles, Chicago and other cities sometimes filled with people seeking asylum in the United States.

Central America’s violent Northern Triangle registers 17,422 homicides in 2015

Central America's so-called Northern Triangle -- Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras -- recorded a total of 17,422 murders in 2015, 11 percent higher than for 2014, according to preliminary police tallies.

In Costa Rica visit, Guatemala president-elect Jimmy Morales reaffirms opposition to drug decriminalization

“At this time, Guatemala’s vision is not decriminalization, nor legalization, nor anything in that direction,” Morales said Thursday.

U.S., Mexican scholars launch ambitious dialogue on Central America migration issues

Three Latin America-focused think tanks have teamed up to publish the first seven of a planned 15 policy briefs analyzing various aspects of Central American and Mexican migration at its points of departure, transit and settlement in both Mexico and the United States.

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