Central America

Central America will be one of the regions hit worst by climate change. Two record-breaking hurricanes show why, with more people fleeing to the U.S. in search of refuge.

The new documentary “Blood on the Wall” examines the human face and root causes of Central American migrants’ yearning for a better life in America.

Acclaimed filmmaker Jayro Bustamante talks to Cassie da Costa about his latest, which explores Guatemala’s “Silent Holocaust” against the Mayan-Ixil through a ghost story.

Trapped in my apartment I pulled Joan’s books off the shelf. I wanted to learn again from her meticulous observation of detail, character and setting, and her great sense of irony.

Thousands who fled war-like conditions now linger on the brink of survival near the banks of the Rio Grande. Neither Mexico nor the U.S. take responsibility.

Forty years ago Friday—July 19, 1979—a revolution in Nicaragua promised hope and dignity to the people of Central America. Things didn’t work out that way.