Central America (EN)/Gangs

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026

01/21/2026

Arévalo Accuses 18th Street Gang of Assassination Plot during 2023 Campaign

The Guatemalan government reports dozens of arrests in two days under state of siege. Arévalo avoids naming the “political structures” he accused of colluding with 18th Street, but now singles out and accuses the gang of conspiring to assassinate him in 2023.

Roman Gressier

Central America (EN)/Gangs

Arévalo Accuses 18th Street Gang of Assassination Plot during 2023 Campaign

Central America (EN)/Politics

Arévalo Begins Third Year under State of Siege amid Clashes with 18th Street

Roman Gressier, Yuliana Ramazzini and Carlos Barrera

Central America (EN)/Politics

Honduran Parties Negotiate Non-Violent Exit to Elections Won by the Right

Roman Gressier, Yuliana Ramazzini, and Sergio Arauz*

Central America (EN)/Politics

Trump Endorsement Turns Honduran Election into Referendum on Narco-President JOH

Roman Gressier and Yuliana Ramazzini

Central America (EN)/Politics

Honduras Heads to Election Day Amid Infighting, Lawfare, Fraud Accusations

Yuliana Ramazzini and Roman Gressier

Central America (EN)/Politics

Rodrigo Chaves Stirs Up Costa Rican Election without Being on the Ballot

Gabriel Labrador

Central America (EN)/Politics

How Central American Autocrats Are Seeking to Erase University Autonomy

Leyrian Colón Santiago

Central America (EN)/Violence

Investigation into Murder of Nicaraguan Exile Underscores Insecurity in Costa Rica

Yuliana Ramazzini

Central America (EN)/Impunity

Appeals Court Allows El Faro’s Pegasus Lawsuit to Proceed in California

Central America (EN)/Politics

“It saddens me that Semilla has been unable to uphold the party’s values”

Yuliana Ramazzini

Central America (EN)/Politics

Honduran Agrarian Reform Talks Continue with Elections in Full Swing

Yuliana Ramazzini and Roman Gressier

Central America (EN)/Violence

A Palm Oil Revolution in Honduras

Daniel Valencia