CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 38: A prisoner exchange between the United States, El Salvador, and Venezuela sends 252 men deported by the Trump administration and imprisoned in Salvadoran megaprison CECOT back to Venezuela, in exchange for 10 U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela.
A new investigation by InSight Crime reports that at least 23 environmentalists were killed in the country between 2023 and 2024. Since 2011, when Pepe Lobo declared Honduras open for business, deforestation and forest fires have increased at an alarming rate due to criminal interests.
The Guatemalan Teachers’s Union, headed by internationally sanctioned unionist Joviel Acevedo, camped out across the Central Plaza demanding higher salaries. But they were fined and evicted as President Bernardo Arévalo locked horns with Acevedo, who exiled prosecutors say is protected by the attorney general.
This episode of Central America in Minutes was written by Edward Grattan, Leyrian Colón Santiago, and Yuliana Ramazzini. Editing by Roman Gressier and sound production by Omnionn. Help us shine a brighter beacon on Central America at support.elfaro.net.
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