central america

With the operational ties between gang members in both countries so strong, it made sense to develop a relationship between prosecutors to fight back.

No matter what you believe about the border crisis, we can all agree that Salvadorans should have a real chance to thrive in their home country.

In Highlandtown and other Baltimore neighborhoods that are home to many Hispanic immigrants, the Trump administration’s threats have stoked fears.

Instead of building a wall to keep out jobless, why not spend those billions creating jobs south of the border?

CR Luxury is the vacation rental and travel agency luring social media influencers to Costa Rica. Overseeing multiple luxury properties on the Los Suenos resort, they have managed to attract the likes of Lele Pons, Ale Mora, and even music festivals. Their game plan is simple. For a fee, they cover all your travel. Everything from flight to accommodation to your daily activities in Costa Rica. Social media influencers boasting a large enough following can get the entire trip for free in exchange for promotion on their social media channels. I sat down with the CEO, Dan Gaddu where he ...

Three weeks ago I traveled to Dilley, Texas, to assist the hundreds of migrant mothers and young children detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center. After prodding these mothers with endless questions, I was left with one thought: The women had no choice but to come to save their kids.

Cal Thomas suggests that the Democrats are funding the wave of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

Since the Office of Refugee Resettlement began sharing information for immigration enforcement, nationally, ICE has arrested more than 40 people who came forward in the sponsorship process.

By Thalia Juarez

Oct 25, 2018

The Baltimore office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a New Carrollton woman who had feared deportation for months, according to activists who have been outside of the office since 9 a.m.

Trump administration will end protected status for Hondurans, affecting nearly 2,000 in Maryland

Instead of building a wall to keep desperate migrants out, how about we help make their communities safe so they'll want to stay. After all, we helped cause their problems.

Costa Rican military officials in Baltimore on Tuesday raised their country’s flag on a refurbished ex-U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat, one of two outdated vessels the U.S. is donating to the Central American nation to help fight drug and human trafficking.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 13, 2018

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she was appalled by President Donald Trump’s recent comments, in which he reportedly used a slur to describe immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations.

By Talia Richman

Jan 12, 2018

As if expelling DREAMers wasn't enough, now Trump goes after Salvadorans who have lived in U.S. for nearly two decades.

Maryland needs to join the group of states that says that they will stand with the nearly 200 countries that have signed the Paris accord, even if the current president will not.

The Trump administration’s recent decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguans living in the country for nearly two decades has made life uncomfortable for some 20,000 Salvadorans living in Maryland under the same status.

By John Fritze

Nov 7, 2017

Soccer can provide a respite for undocumented immigrants during anxious times. It frequently attracts players who grew up playing the game in other countries and consider the sport part of their cultural heritage. But undocumented players are worried about new federal policies.

By Jeff Barker

Nov 6, 2017

I will soon complete my first year as a volunteer "Reading Buddy" at Milbrook Elementary School in Baltimore County. The students are Milbrook are an interesting melting pot of America — native born and immigrant children from countries as diverse as Guatemala, Russia and Uzbekistan. All of the children wear typical American clothing — jeans, colorful tops and athletic shoes. Sometimes, I read books with young girls who wear hijabs. Ethnicity doesn't matter when the students share

Jose Ortiz Morales has led a very quiet life since crossing into the Texas illegally in 1988. The Guatemala native made his way to Washington D.C., settled in

The two teenagers accused of raping a ninth-grader at Rockville High School last week were among tens of thousands of young people who crossed the

The United States under-20 men's national team entered its match Friday night in Costa Rica needing a win or draw against El Salvador to advance to this

By Jonas Shaffer

Mar 3, 2017

Sunday Rodricks column on arrest of Honduran immigrant in Baltimore by ICE

By Dan Rodricks

Feb 18, 2017

The most expensive destroyer ever built for the Navy suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to a berth in Panama.

State health workers will get a crash course on the mosquito-born Zika virus Wednesday as more cases are expected to hit the United States as the weather gets

Katherine Dilworth, a Woodbine artist and parishioner at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, in Glenwood, shot the photos during one of the church's annual week-long mission trips to the capital city of Tegucigalpa.

The Peace Corps has suspended operations in El Salvador because of a murder rate that has made it one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jan 23, 2016

A state of unease approaching panic has set in for Central Americans living in the country illegally after the Obama administration announced this month it is targeting recent border crossers under a stepped up enforcement effort.

Organizations that help undocumented children find homes in Maryland say there has been a spike in the number of unaccompanied children from Central America reaching the U.S. border — to the highest levels since the surge of 2014.

By Michael Dresser

Nov 26, 2015

Each piece in the group show "Después de la Frontera/After the Border" tells stories about people migrating—and seeking refuge—from their homes in Central America. People leave for a variety of reasons, including poverty and gang violence, and because the works in this show are so varied in media and approach, "Después de la Frontera" comes at these issues from multiple angles and offers a closer look at the realities that people face when they leave their countries, in addition to

Rebuilding Baltimore is about repairing our relations with each other.

Southwest Airlines is adding international service between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Liberia, Costa Rica.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 14, 2015

The mega-trade deal in the Pacific — and upgrades to the Panama Canal — spell opportunity for East Coast ports

A proposal to give the president greater authority to negotiate international trade agreements has become an issue in Maryland's nascent Senate race after Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Wednesday accused her opponent of attempting to back away from past support of those deals.

By John Fritze

Apr 16, 2015

Nearly 800 former research subjects and their families filed a billion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the Johns Hopkins University, blaming the institution for its role in 1940s and 1950s experiments in Guatemala that infected hundreds with syphilis, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases.

By Scott Dance

Apr 1, 2015

Obama administration should spend money on U.S. needs, not ship it to Central America

I have been to Honduras twice with Towson University Students Helping Honduras. Students Helping Honduras is a movement through which college students can lend a hand by helping to construct much-needed buildings in the poverty-stricken country of Honduras.

Rodgers Forge 17-year-old Killian McGinnis has made several trips to El Salvador to help people in an urban slum there. Her interest in working with people from other countries has led to her work with Education Based Latino Outreach as well as ESL classes at Dumbarton Middle.

The France rally isn't the first time U.S. officials have failed to show up.

Now a senior at Towson University, I have been an active member of Students Helping Honduras — SHH — since the fall of 2013.