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Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and dipl...
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Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Bukele has dealt with three US administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele’s bet on Trump catapulted him back to the seat of US power. beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...
Podcast: Bukele and Washington: Honeymoon, Breakup, and Back Together
Nayib Bukele has dealt with three U.S. administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele bet on…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Bukele has dealt with three US administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele’s bet on Trump catapulted him back to the seat of US power. beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking.
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The Sandinistas and the Rubble of Revolution
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era in Central America. As revolutionary movements wound down in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Central…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking.
beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
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In Honduras, electoral disputes have been waged with violence for almost two decades. El Faro English reports from Tegucigalpa that seven political, electoral, and diplomatic sources point to party negotiations to avoid violence, in exchange for a majority alignment in Congress
Podcast: Anatomy of (Yet Another) Disputed Election in Honduras
On Thursday, representatives of two Honduran parties denounced irregularities in the preliminary results favoring Trump’s candidate, Tito Asfura. Behind the scenes, seven political and diplomatic…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In Honduras, electoral disputes have been waged with violence for almost two decades. El Faro English reports from Tegucigalpa that seven political, electoral, and diplomatic sources point to party negotiations to avoid violence, in exchange for a majority alignment in Congress
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...
Irrefutable Images
One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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A Salvadoran mayor was mentioned over 140 times in a trial against a death squad on accusations that he ordered and financed 36 murders between 2015 and 2018. Yet, no arrest warrant has been issued against him.
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Death Squad Agent Accuses Salvadoran Mayor of Paying for Three-Dozen Murders
A cooperating witness from Halcón 32, a death squad within the Salvadoran Police, confessed to 97 murders, including a priest, businessmen, and alleged gang members. He told prosecutors that Salvador…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Salvadoran mayor was mentioned over 140 times in a trial against a death squad on accusations that he ordered and financed 36 murders between 2015 and 2018. Yet, no arrest warrant has been issued against him.
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She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...
Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
She walked barefoot, leaving footprints of human blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen and become a virgin again. She had a doctor injected her in the…
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December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country…
beta.elfaro.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature.
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and…
beta.elfaro.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature.
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
The Sandinistas and the Rubble of Revolution
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era in Central America. As revolutionary movements wound down in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Central…
beta.elfaro.net
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Guatemala’s Tarmac of Tears
In Guatemala City, Trump’s deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the trite world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When…
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December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
On Thursday, four days after the Honduran election, representatives of two major parties denounced irregularities in the preliminary vote tally, which as of Friday morning gave the lead to Trump’s candidate Tito Asfura over Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.
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Podcast: Anatomy of (Yet Another) Disputed Election in Honduras
On Thursday, representatives of two Honduran parties denounced irregularities in the preliminary results favoring Trump’s candidate, Tito Asfura. Behind the scenes, seven political and diplomatic…
beta.elfaro.net
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On Thursday, four days after the Honduran election, representatives of two major parties denounced irregularities in the preliminary vote tally, which as of Friday morning gave the lead to Trump’s candidate Tito Asfura over Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.
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What we already knew is now evident. @elfaroenglish.bsky.social has been publishing on this for years now, but it’s not until these past months that people have started to pay attention to it.
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Las confesiones de Charli: entrevista con un líder pandillero que pactó con el Gobierno de Bukele
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December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What we already knew is now evident. @elfaroenglish.bsky.social has been publishing on this for years now, but it’s not until these past months that people have started to pay attention to it.
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A Salvadoran mayor was mentioned over 140 times in a trial against a death squad on accusations that he ordered and financed 36 murders between 2015 and 2018. Yet, no arrest warrant has been issued against him.
beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...
beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...
Death Squad Agent Accuses Salvadoran Mayor of Paying for Three-Dozen Murders
A cooperating witness from Halcón 32, a death squad within the Salvadoran Police, confessed to 97 murders, including a priest, businessmen, and alleged gang members. He told prosecutors that Salvador…
beta.elfaro.net
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A Salvadoran mayor was mentioned over 140 times in a trial against a death squad on accusations that he ordered and financed 36 murders between 2015 and 2018. Yet, no arrest warrant has been issued against him.
beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...
beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country…
beta.elfaro.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
The Honduran ruling party Libre claims Trump's endorsement of Tito Asfura and announced pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández points to an opposition plot to steal the election, while candidate Salvador Nasralla denies that he fell from Trump’s good graces.
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Trump Endorsement Turns Honduran Election into Referendum on Narco-President JOH
The Honduran ruling party Libre claims Donald Trump's endorsement of Tito Asfura and announced pardon of convicted narco-president Juan Orlando Hernández points to an opposition plot to steal the…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Honduran ruling party Libre claims Trump's endorsement of Tito Asfura and announced pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández points to an opposition plot to steal the election, while candidate Salvador Nasralla denies that he fell from Trump’s good graces.
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature.
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and…
beta.elfaro.net
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature.
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and dipl...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Don’t miss our third –and most consequential– report from Tegucigalpa 👇
Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right
Three days after the election, the first results in Honduras do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Rixi Moncada of Libre. With the final tally far from sight, political and dipl...
beta.elfaro.net
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Three days after the Honduran election, the preliminary results do not give a presidential result, but do project defeat for Libre. Political and diplomatic sources point to negotiations to avoid violence and secure the key to the coming legislature. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
The Sandinistas and the Rubble of Revolution
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era in Central America. As revolutionary movements wound down in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Central…
beta.elfaro.net
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...