Juan Orlando Hernandez

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Nayib Bukele, the winner of El Salvador’s presidential election, with his wife Gabriela de Bukele, addresses supporters in San Salvador on Sunday. Photograph: Jose Cabezas/Reuters
Anti-corruption campaigner sweeps to victory in El Salvador election
  • World
  • February 4, 2019, 09:48

A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador’s presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-pa(...)

Central American migrants walk along the highway near the border with Guatemala, as they continue their journey trying to reach the U.S., in Tapachula, Mexico. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
US-bound Honduran migrants arrive in Mexican border city
  • US
  • October 22, 2018, 07:16

A US-bound caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants whom US president Donald Trump has declared unwelcome, crowded into the Mexican border cit(...)

Honduran migrants aboard a truck arrive in Guatemala City, while taking part in a caravan towards the US. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images
Trump threatens to bring in military to close Mexican border
  • World
  • October 18, 2018, 15:04

US president Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern US border on Thursday as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thou(...)

Honduran migrants, part of a caravan trying to reach the US, in Zacapa, Guatemala, on Wednesday. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Migrants make their way towards US despite Trump warning
  • World
  • October 17, 2018, 20:52

More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make (...)

A demonstrator holds a sign showing Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and former president Anastasio Somoza during a protest against police violence and Ortega’s government in Managua on Monday. Photograph: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters
Daniel Ortega holds on to power as protests rock Nicaragua
  • World
  • April 25, 2018, 11:13

“Wanted, for destroying the country,” read a protester’s placard emblazoned with the faces of President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, th(...)

Supporters of the Opposition Alliance face off with police during a protest in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on January 20th. Photograph: Gustavo Amador/EPA
Honduran security forces battle protesters as election chaos lingers
  • World
  • January 21, 2018, 11:01

Honduran soldiers and police clashed with protesters blocking roads across the Central American country on Saturday, as discontent continues to fester(...)

Honduran military police on the streets of Tegucigalpa, where a 10-day curfew has been imposed by the government to stop violent demonstrations triggered by claims of presidential election fraud. Photograph: AFP/Orlando Sierra
Curfew enforced in Honduras as election protests continue
  • World
  • December 3, 2017, 20:08

Honduran security forces fanned out on Saturday to enforce a curfew as sporadic demonstrations continued over a contested presidential election that t(...)

Supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, protesting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Wednesday. Photograph: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters
Protesters gather in Honduras as TV star’s election lead withers
  • World
  • November 29, 2017, 19:10

A TV host who seemed poised to win Sunday’s Honduran presidential election brought thousands of protesters onto the streets on Wednesday, as his early(...)