To read the story in Spanish: https://bit.ly/2QdiwWO Students led anti-government protests and many have sought security abroad since a bloody crackdown began nearly two years ago. Engineering major Arturo* was in his fifth and final year of college when anti-government protests broke out in his ...

To read the story in Spanish: https://www.acnur.org/noticias/historia/2019/10/5da88a1f4/nicaraguenses-hacen-de-una-fabrica-costarricense-abandonada-su-hogar.html#_ga=2.150702582.134431261.1583859174-1181030147.1578932055 With its roof and walls made out of corrugated tin, a single spartan bathro...

For Santiago Ávila, the fight against the powerful street gangs that terrorize communities throughout his native Honduras is deeply personal. He was 19 when his 16-year-old brother Mauricio was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by violent criminal gangs known as maras. But the tragedy did not end th...

Going to school was already a daily challenge for many displaced children around the world. Now there are fears some may not return after COVID-19 lockdowns lift. Isai* missed two years of school while his family was avoiding social unrest in his home country of Nicaragua and then fleeing first to ...

To read the story in Spanish: https://bit.ly/2TOkleY Even after the initial surge of violence in April 2018 subsided, Nicaraguan students, human rights defenders, journalists and farmers continue to flee their country at an average rate of 4,000 people every month. With no resolution to the interna...

To read the story in Spanish: https://bit.ly/2TR7Mj7 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the commitment by six Central American countries and Mexico to strengthen their efforts to address and prevent forced displacement in their region, in line with the spirit of solidarity and shared responsibi...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes El Salvador’s passage of legislation to protect, aid and offer durable solutions to people internally displaced in the Central American nation due to violence from organized crime and criminal gangs, as well as those who may be at risk of displacement.

Right now, someone is fleeing for their life because of their gender identity, sexual orientation or sex characteristics. Read the story in Spanish: https://www.acnur.org/noticias/historia/2020/5/5ec300614/lo-que-significa-ser-una-persona-refugiada-lgbti.html