Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela Polarizes Central America

CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 56: 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.The White House declares a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, shaking up its envoys to Central America. Trump taps a billionaire couple who donated to his 2020 campaign for Costa Rica and a top deportations official for El Salvador.A new report in Plaza Pública shows the number of undocumented migrants passing through Tapachula, the Mexican town bordering Guatemala known in the Biden years as “prison city,” dramatically fell by three quarters between 2024 and 2025.This episode of Central America in Minutes was produced with support from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives. It was written by Yuliana Ramazzini and Roman Gressier. Sound design by Omnionn. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube.