Central America Tries to Shake Trump’s Hand

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 3: In congratulating Donald Trump on his return to the White House, Nayib Bukele flashes his teeth at his critics. The Honduran foreign minister says a hardening of U.S. immigration policy will “affect the whole region.” An El Faro investigation reveals that, while Bukele was running for reelection last year, the Office of the Presidency bought plots of land around his personal residence — despite the fact that a presidential residence already exists. A Guatemalan court orders the release of over a dozen military officers in one of the most infamous forced disappearance cases in Latin America. The attorney general fires the prosecutor leading the Ixil genocide case against Benedicto Lucas García. El Faro English translates Central America. Listen to Central America in Minutes every Friday on major podcast platforms.Help fund independent journalism in Central America by joining our crowdfunding community at support.elfaro.net. Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review. Our mantra this year at El Faro English is simple: Journalism must go on.