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I’m a journalist in Guatemala City and the editor of El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social.

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At @elfaroenglish.bsky.social we got off to a busy start this year. In our first newsletter on Saturday night, the @elfaro.net editorial board called Trump's kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro "a direct affront to all Latin Americans." beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
Trump Seizes Venezuela
The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it.
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By joining our crowdfunding community, you can help El Faro English keep reporting the uncomfortable truth. bit.ly/3TFWLzu
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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After the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, the Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens state surveillance, Nayib Bukele mocks Maduro to settle a score, and Panama calls for the Venezuelan opposition to be put in charge.
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Podcast: Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela Polarizes Central America
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela sends a shockwave through Central America, Trump picks new envoys to Costa Rica and El Salvador, and the number of undocumented migrants passing through the Mexican…
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January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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There is no legal justification for the military incursion into Venezuela. This is probably the greatest damage: finishing off the international order of coexistence among nations established after World War II. #efEditorial
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Trump Seizes Venezuela
The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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This issue ends on a photo concert set to music by Omnionn, looking at a prolonged new kristallnacht in the United States. Nine photographers reveal how the persecution of immigrants is unfolding during the Trump era. beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...
“ICE is here!”
This photo concert, set to music by Omnionn, looks at a prolonged new kristallnacht in the United States. Nine photographers reveal how the persecution of immigrants is unfolding during the Trump era.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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#2025InReview 🗞️ From Nicaragua to Guatemala to El Salvador, a new Central American exile is upon us.

Read “Letters on Exile,” our July issue of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Issue No. 3 - July 15, 2025
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January 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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We're back in the saddle with our first episode of #CentralAmericaInMinutes this year. What did the leaders of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama have to say about Trump's invasion of Venezuela?

New episodes every Friday podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Podcast: The U.S. invasion of Venezuela sends a shockwave through Central America, Trump picks new envoys to Costa Rica and El Salvador, and the number of undocumented migrants passing through the Mexican migrant town Tapachula plummets. #CentralAmericaInMinutes beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
Podcast: Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela Polarizes Central America
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela sends a shockwave through Central America, Trump picks new envoys to Costa Rica and El Salvador, and the number of undocumented migrants passing through the Mexican migr...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Melinda Hildebrand fue nombrada por el presidente Donald Trump como embajadora de Estados Unidos en Costa Rica.
Melinda Hildebrand, embajadora de Estados Unidos, asume oficialmente funciones en Costa Rica
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January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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#2025InReview 🗞️ The dictatorships in El Salvador and Nicaragua share a playbook of repression: total power, police states, foreign-agents laws, exiles, and political prisoners.

Read “Silencing Dissent,” our June issue of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/issue-jun...
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Former Constitutional Chamber magistrate Sidney Blanco (left) joins a September 2021 march in El Salvador against the purge of 30 percent of judges ordered by the Bukele-controlled Legislative Assembly. Photo: Víctor Peña/El Faro
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Second is a mini-portrait of Bukele's Legislative Assembly: the legislature hires an associate of one of the president's former secret negotiators with gangs, and the deputies rewrite the constitution to strip the Judiciary of financial independence. mailchi.mp/elfaro.net/w...
Who gets a job in Bukele’s Assembly?
Deputies rewrite constitution — again.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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At @elfaroenglish.bsky.social we got off to a busy start this year. In our first newsletter on Saturday night, the @elfaro.net editorial board called Trump's kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro "a direct affront to all Latin Americans." beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
Trump Seizes Venezuela
The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it.
beta.elfaro.net
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it. #efEditorial @elfaroenglish.bsky.social

beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
Trump Seizes Venezuela
The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it.
beta.elfaro.net
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it. #efEditorial beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
Trump Seizes Venezuela
The United States’ attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife are a direct affront to all Latin Americans. Trump has not liberated Venezuela; he has seized it.
beta.elfaro.net
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Exclusive: The Central American Parliament found that former president Carlos Hernández, of El Salvador's Nuevas Ideas party, handed out cash and luxury gifts among members of a mission to Morocco, in exchange for support for Morocco in Western Sahara. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...
Parlacen Sanctioned Salvadoran Rep for Louis Vuitton and Cash Gifts in Morocco
An ethics report by the Central American Parliament and interviews with representatives reveal that former president Carlos Hernández of El Salvador handed out gifts among members of a mission to Moro...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
ORDER For the reasons stated in the foregoing Memorandum Opinion, it is this 11th day of December, 2025, by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, ORDERED that: 1. Petitioner Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s Petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 at ECF No. 1 is hereby GRANTED; 2. Respondents SHALL release Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately; 3. Respondents SHALL notify Abrego Garcia’s counsel of the exact time and location of his release no fewer than four hours prior to releasing him, and notify the Court of the status of Abrego Garcia’s release by email to chambers no later than 5:00 p.m. today, Thursday, December 11, 2025; 4. A representative of the United States Pretrial Services Office for this District SHALL separately contact Abrego Garcia’s criminal counsel with further instruction for installation on the release conditions previously imposed in his criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); 5. Respondents SHALL immediately transmit this Order and the accompanying Memorandum Opinion to all relevant officers, agents, and employees under their control and who are involved in this matter and the pending criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); 6. Within a week of the date of this Order, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025, the parties SHALL submit a joint status report as to the parties’ position regarding resolution of Respondents’ pending motion to dissolve at ECF No. 72; and 7. The Clerk is DIRECTED to transmit a copy of this Order to all counsel of record. December 11, 2025 /s/ Date Paula Xinis United States District Judge
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody
The judge's order represents an immediate affront to senior Trump administration officials, who once vowed Abrego would “never walk America’s streets again.”
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December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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What Washington is engineering in Honduras is a throwback with a modern twist: anti-communism fused with raw pragmatism, writes @ricardovalp.bsky.social. The ballots are not yet counted, but for Trump, Honduras is less an election than a prize already won. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
The Only Clear Winner of the Honduran Elections Is Donald Trump
What Washington is engineering in Honduras is a throwback with a modern twist: anti-communism fused with raw pragmatism. The ballots are not yet counted, but for Trump, Honduras is less an election un...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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HONDURAS RECAP | Ten days after election day, there are no results, but figures point to defeat for Libre, which accused the opposition of fraud and Trump of an “electoral coup.” Salvador Nasralla, in close second place, also claimed fraud. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...
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 sour...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Thanks for sharing @santoscardonapr.bsky.social 🙌
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Here’s the English version, which has an intro essay: beta.elfaro.net/en/exclusive...
Charli’s Confessions: Interview with Gang Leader on His Secret Pacts with Nayib Bukele
In January, El Faro interviewed two leaders of the 18th Street Revolucionarios gang who not only cut deals for years with the entourage of Nayib Bukele, but also escaped the country with the complicit...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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
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Don’t miss our third –and most consequential– report from Tegucigalpa 👇
elfaroenglish.bsky.social El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · Dec 4
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
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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 1:43 AM