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8,000-strong migrant caravan heads for US border

Blinken heading to Mexico to discuss border crisis, as families spent Christmas Day sleeping on scraps of plastic and being fed bananas and sandwiches in southern Mexico

The Independent UK

French Authorities Detain 300 Indians Suspected in Human Trafficking

300 Indian citizens suspected of human trafficking have been sequestered in a small airport in France. Judges to decide their fate. Urgent situation.

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Plane grounded in France over suspected human trafficking freed to leave for India

A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left some 300 Indians en route for Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. A lawyer for the airline says most of…

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About 300 Indian travelers are sequestered in a French airport in a human trafficking probe

Authorities in France say about 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America are sequestered in a French airport for a third day because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking

The Independent UK

Some 300 Indian travelers are sequestered in a French airport in a human trafficking probe

About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking, authorities said.

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Honduras To Receive Over $600 Million Loan As Part Of Highway Rehabilitation Program

The amount will be used to rehabilitate and widen 308 kilometers of highway on five different routes throughout the Central American country's north and east.

Latin Times

Coffee Closes Moderately Lower as Honduras Coffee Exports Jump

March arabica coffee (KCH24 ) on Friday closed down -0.35 (-0.19%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24 ) closed down -39 (-1.49%). Coffee prices Friday gave up an early advance and posted moderate losses on signs of larger coffee supplies after Honduras, Central America's biggest coffee-producing country, reported its Nov...

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Coffee Prices Fall Back as Honduras Coffee Exports Jump

March arabica coffee (KCH24 ) this morning is down -0.40 (-0.22%), and Jan ICE robusta coffee (RMF24 ) is down -29 (-1.11%). Coffee prices this morning gave up an early advance and turned lower on signs of larger coffee supplies after Honduras, Central America's biggest coffee-producing country, reported its Nov...

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Canadian Mining Firm Seeks To Suspend 7,000 Workers In Panama

Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals on Thursday asked Panama's government to suspend the contracts of some 7,000 workers at Central America's biggest copper mine, due to be closed under a court ruling.

International Business Times

Top Panama Court Says Contested Mining Contract 'Unconstitutional'

Panama's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that a contract allowing a Canadian company to continue operating Central America's biggest copper mine was "unconstitutional."

International Business Times

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead

Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast

The Independent UK

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar heads toward El Salvador and is expected to bring heavy rain to Central America

Tropical Storm Pilar threatened to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to El Salvador and other parts of Central America as it sat just off the Pacific coast

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Central America scrambles as the international community fails to find solution to record migration

Panama and Costa Rica have set up a bus system to speed the flow of migrants from the Darien Gap to Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua

France 24

From Senegal to Central America: Would-be migrants hope to reach US

Increasing numbers of would-be Senegalese migrants are heading to Central America in the hopes of making it to the United States. But the journey is often fraught, expensive and uncertain. Also, in Kenya, the rising cost of living has added to the mental health struggles of many who are finding…

France 24

Human rights probe on Ethiopia scrapped

In tonight's edition: A UN human rights probe on Ethiopia will soon wrap up after no international attempt was made to extend it. Also, increasing numbers of Senegalese migrants are heading to Central America in the hope of eventually making it to the United States. Finally, a young Guinean cycles…

The Independent UK

How to help migrating hummingbirds and see their antics up close

Most of the hummingbirds that visited our gardens over the summer are now on their way to winter homes in Central America

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How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia

What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia’s cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal.

The Independent UK

Trial to begin in Texas in lawsuit over Biden policy letting migrants from 4 countries into the US

A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean is set to be debated in a Texas federal courtroom

The Guardian - US

Guatemala elections to serve as crucial test for democracy in Central America

Polls show centre-left anti-corruption candidate has the lead as Sunday’s vote takes place against backdrop of smear campaigns

The Independent UK

Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74

Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer

The Guardian - AU

‘Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy

Scientists stunned by unprecedented heat-stress event say they can only hope it ‘motivates and unites people’

The Independent UK

New ferry linking El Salvador and Costa Rica aims to cut shipping times, avoid border problems

A new ferry line for commerce moving through Central America began operating Thursday, directly connecting El Salvador and Costa Rica to the exclusion of Nicaragua and Honduras

The Independent UK

State Department sanctions 2 former Salvadoran leaders, dozens of officials in Central America

The State Department says it's imposing sanctions on two former Salvadoran presidents and dozens of other officials and judges in Central America

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