Tag: Central America

A new round of illegal immigration to the United States could be sparked by the recent upsurge in political violence in rural Guatemala. (iStock)

Guatemalan violence may spark new wave of illegal immigration to the U.S.

Richard Pollock · September 18, 2014 9:00 am

Alvaro Ramazzini, Guatemala's longest-serving Catholic bishop, thinks President Obama should resign because he has "compromised his integrity" on the issue of illegal immigrants. (AP File Photo/Moises Castillo)

Influential Guatemalan bishop calls for Obama resignation, return of Nobel Peace Prize over immigrant deportations

Richard Pollock · September 5, 2014 12:00 pm

A rescued miner, center, is greeted by another miner while being helped by a rescue worker as he leaves the El Comal gold and silver mine in Bonanza, Nicaragua, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The first 11 of 24 freelance gold miners trapped by a collapse in a mine have been rescued and crews were working early Saturday to free more, officials said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Trapped miners rescued in Nicaragua; 5 remain

manuel-galeano, esteban-felixluis · August 30, 2014 10:50 pm

Members of Jewish sect leave Guatemala village

Members of Jewish sect leave Guatemala village

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 12:21 am

Costa Rica to investigate US anti-Cuba program

Costa Rica to investigate US anti-Cuba program

Javier Cordoba · August 23, 2014 12:47 am

Guatemala’s human smuggling network is big business for ‘coyotes’

Guatemala’s human smuggling network is big business for ‘coyotes’

Richard Pollock · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

If you want to know who was the greatest baseball player of all time, please check out the pitcher who led the American League with the lowest earned run average in 1916. (Getty images / Jim McIsaac)

Random thoughts

Thomas Sowell · August 20, 2014 1:19 am

Two of the helicopters on the flight line in Guatemala. (Washington Examiner/Richard Pollock)

Joint U.S.-Guatemalan anti-drug program jeopardized by Central American government’s late payments

Richard Pollock · August 18, 2014 9:00 am

(Examiner/John Irons)

Nine ‘coyotes’ arrested in joint U.S.-Guatemala operation

Richard Pollock · August 7, 2014 11:03 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, Roman Catholic priest Antonio Rodriguez Tercero explains the function of the youth center in the San Salvador suburb Mejicanos, El Salvador. More charges have been filed against a Spanish priest arrested July 30, 2014, accusing him of getting imprisoned gang members transferred to less harsh prisons and helping them continue extorting people from inside their cells, Salvadoran prosecutors said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)

El Salvador add charges for priest in gang case

Marcos Aleman · August 5, 2014 11:12 pm

"Meet the Press" featured a segment this week that illustrates the planted liberal axioms that dominate our political culture. The topic was Congress's failure to "get anything done" this term.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

‘Do-nothing’ Congress

Mona Charen · August 5, 2014 3:04 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, Roman Catholic priest Antonio Rodriguez Tercero explains the function of the youth center in the San Salvador suburb Mejicanos, El Salvador. Police in El Salvador arrested the Spanish priest, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, on charges he tried to get favorable treatment for gang members and smuggled contraband into prisons. The priest had been involved in programs aimed at rehabilitating gang members. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)

El Salvador charges priest with helping gang

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 11:32 pm