(2020-05-18). Nicaraguan government lets COVID-19 spread freely, covers up toll. wsws.org The Ortega regime's response demonstrates the inevitable outcome of Sandinismo and all petty-bourgeois nationalist movements that have historically defended capitalism.
(2020-05-15). El Diego: the Two Lives of Maradona. counterpunch.org 
22 June 1986. A world cup quarter-final is about to play out in the Estadio Azteca stadium at the heart of Mexico City. Under the billowing blue skies and the streaming sunlight the pitch is shadowless and pastel green. The teams line up. The English in white. The Argentinians in blue. As the Argentine anthem plays, the camera moves across the team, before lingering momentarily on the solemn, stormy features of the captain — a small, squat man, a head shorter than his teammates, his dark, handsome features shadowed with determination. Diego. Armando. Maradona. Despite the blue, open vistas of the sky and th…
(2020-05-15). Massive protests in El Salvador against President Nayib Bukele. peoplesdispatch.org Salvadorans are protesting over the lack of food and economic aid to poor and unemployed people, the shortage of personal protection equipment for health workers, and the delay in the return of people stranded abroad…
(2020-05-15). Coronavirus lockdowns in Central America, exploited by criminal gangs. news.un.org Chronic violence, insecurity and now COVID-related restrictions have put tens of thousands of Central Americans at risk of increased hardship and even death, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
(2020-05-15). "The Wuhan of the Americas": U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala. democracynow.org 
The United States continues to deport thousands during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean. We speak with Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat, who says "U.S. deportations to Haiti during coronavirus pandemic are 'unconscionable,'" and go to Guatemala City for an update from reporter José Alejandro García Escobar.
(2020-05-19). US Is Using Pandemic as an Excuse to Send Asylum Seekers Back Into Harm's Way. truthout.org Fernanda* doesn't know what to do. She fled Honduras with her husband and their toddler last year after death threats from gang members she says work with police officers in the family's neighborhood to extort local businesses and workers. They made it more than 1,500 miles north, hoping to seek asylum in the United States, where Fernanda's husband has an uncle who could provide them housing and support. | "We just want to be safe and work and contribute," Fernanda told Truthout. | The family…
(2020-05-19). Nature unloads on Cancun, Mexico with waterspout, solar halo, lightning, wind & hail (VIDEOS). rt.com 
Residents in Cancun, Mexico were stunned when a massive waterspout appeared just 500 meters offshore of the area's normally picturesque beaches. It wasn't the only unusual natural phenomenon to hit the area, however. | Terrified locals watched the waterspout descend on their peaceful coastal village at approximately 15: 45 local time following a bout of ferocious winds and lashing rain which hit the north of Quintana Roo state on Monday. Eyewitness video captured the stomach-churning sight, as residents faced the tough choice of whether to run or hide. | Global warming is getting real. Tornado cuerpo de agua…