Ep. 55, SPECIAL with LATINO USA: This year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of U.S. taxpayers’ dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to justify gutting USAID, which has provided aid worldwide for over 60 years.

In this episode produced with Latino USA, we travel to Guatemala to uncover the truth, hear from local organizations caught in the controversy, and learn how losing USAID funding has affected these LGBTQ+ organizations and damaged U.S. credibility abroad.

This episode was produced by Reynaldo Leaños Jr. It was edited by Mitra Bonshahi and Peniley Ramírez and mixed by Julia Caruso. Fact-checking by Roxana Aguirre. Fernanda Echavarri is the managing editor of Latino USA.

Production for El Faro English by Omnionn, with editing by Roman Gressier and photography for the web version by Carlos Barrera.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 54: On Thursday, four days after the Honduran election, representatives of two major parties denounced irregularities in the preliminary vote tally, which as of Friday morning gave the lead to Trump’s candidate Tito Asfura over Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.

In Honduras, electoral disputes have been waged with violence for almost two decades. Why has that not happened yet? El Faro English reports from Tegucigalpa that seven political, electoral, and diplomatic sources point to party negotiations to avoid violence, in exchange for a majority alignment in Congress.

This episode of Central America in Minutes was written by Yuliana Ramazzini and Roman Gressier, with additional reporting from Sergio Arauz. Sound design by Omnionn. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, and iHeart podcast platforms.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 53: One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side.

This seventh issue of Central America Monthly seeks to answer the question: What comes after deportation?

In our podcast today, we present the Letter from the Editor.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 52: Nayib Bukele has dealt with three U.S. administrations. He went from conservative darling to pariah under the early Biden years’ anti-corruption agenda. Outlasting and outmaneuvering the Democrats, Bukele bet on Trump’s return, catapulting him back to the seat of U.S. power.

This special November episode of Central America in Minutes was written by Roman Gressier. Sound design by Omnionn. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, and iHeart podcast platforms.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 51: In Honduras, questions about a militarized election deepen. The head of the Joint General Staff wants to run a parallel vote count on November 30. Meanwhile, the attorney general’s office announces its newest investigation into the National Electoral Council.

In a new coup effort in Guatemala, an internationally sanctioned judge orders the removal of the president, two-dozen legislators, and a mayor elected with Arévalo’s party. But the Constitutional Court issues a biting rebuke and reverses the order.

This episode of Central America in Minutes was written by Gabriel Labrador, Yuliana Ramazzini, and Roman Gressier. Sound design by Omnionn. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, and iHeart podcast platforms.

Ep. 50, SPECIAL with LATINO USA: Thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the first Trump administration. And while a court ruled the government should reunite these families, hundreds still remain apart.

In this episode, we travel to Guatemala to meet a father who was deported from the U.S. without his 14-year-old son. In theory the families should be able to reunify on U.S. soil. Lawyers and advocates are working tirelessly to track down missing families. But in practice, the new Trump administration is making these reunifications even more complicated.

This podcast episode was produced by Latino USA and co-published in partnership with El Faro English.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 49: Guatemala’s former minister of governance, whose office oversees the police and prisons, resigns and leaves the country after the public learns of the escape from prison of twenty 18th Street gang members.

In El Salvador, a new Law Against Money Laundering in fact significantly loosens controls. Attorney general Rodolfo Delgado argues compliance officers relied too heavily on press reports in sanctioning individuals accused of money laundering.

This episode of Central America in Minutes was written by Gabriel Labrador and Roman Gressier. Sound design by Omnionn. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, and iHeart podcast platforms.

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 48: Crackdown tactics emerging from El Salvador’s Casa Presidencial and the U.S. White House have something in common: the willingness to sow fear and enact cruelty onto a population deemed criminal or expendable.

This sixth issue of Central America Monthly focuses on a single question: What is really happening in the world's most publicized prison system? Evidence of barbarism and state crimes emerging from Salvadoran prisons could constitute crimes against humanity.

In our podcast today, we present the Letter from the Editor.