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The flourishing industry of presidential pardons breaks records in Trump’s Washington

Iker Seisdedos García — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The latest beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s clemency were five retired American football players. Convicted of drug trafficking and perjury, they joined the crowded club of those pardoned by the U.S. president on February 12, following his return to the White House. That list already included cryptocurrency billionaires, Republican politicians, reality TV stars, and even former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced to 45 years for his role in smuggling hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

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Honduras’ Xiomara Castro begins power transition to Nasry Asfura after election standoff

Carlos Salinas Maldonado — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:30:53 GMT

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has reluctantly ordered the start of the transition of power in Honduras to conservative politician Nasry Asfura, declared the winner of last November’s presidential elections after a long and chaotic vote recount process that plunged the Central American country into uncertainty.

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Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old judge appointed by Bill Clinton, to preside over Maduro’s trial in New York

Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:41:21 GMT

Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old Orthodox Jewish judge appointed by Bill Clinton nearly three decades ago to federal court, will preside over the trial of Nicolás Maduro. The Venezuelan president was captured Saturday by U.S. military forces while he slept in Caracas and taken to the Brooklyn Detention Center to await his arraignment, scheduled for Monday.

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The war on drugs, Trump’s double standard in Latin America

Pablo Ferri — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:07:10 GMT

The war on drugs has returned to the forefront in Latin America, led by the United States and its president, Donald Trump, as it was decades ago. The capture of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on Saturday, in an operation rarely seen in the region, marks this new paradigm. Drugs have once again become the number-one public enemy for the U.S., just as Islamist terrorism had been until recently. However, Trump’s recent moves reveal certain contradictions, which are exemplified by the now‑pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras.

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Honduras reacts with mixed feelings to the release of Juan Orlando Hernández

Carlos Salinas Maldonado — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:17:04 GMT

Omar owns a small fleet of cars in Tegucigalpa, works as a driver, and manages other drivers. His small business survives despite the constant threat posed by gangs and organized crime networks that conduct their illegal business in Honduras, a country mired in violence. “I have to pay extortion,” he says. “Otherwise, I can’t work.” He’s referring to the threatening calls he receives regularly demanding payments. This robust man supports the conservative National Party and makes no secret of his sympathy for former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was released by a pardon from Donald Trump after being sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for his ties to drug trafficking. Omar’s reason for supporting the politician is simple: he says he felt safer under Hernández’s government. His support is a reflection of how divided the country is after the release of a president also accused of corruption on a massive scale.

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Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who flirted with drug trafficking

Carlos Salinas Maldonado,Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:25:46 GMT

Juan Orlando Hernández, 58, left the Hazelton maximum-security prison in West Virginia on Monday, where he had been serving a 45-year sentence for his ties to drug trafficking. Hernández, who was president of Honduras between 2014 and 2022, was released thanks to a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump, who also tried to influence last Sunday’s presidential election in the Central American country by endorsing the conservative candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, who belongs to the same political party as Hernández.

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Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers

AP Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:45:12 GMT

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States.

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New York prosecutor accuses former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández of ‘protecting’ drug traffickers

Carlos Salinas Maldonado — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:39:07 GMT

The trial in New York against the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has begun with explosive allegations from the prosecution. U.S. authorities accused the former president on Wednesday of having used the police, the army and the judicial system to “protect” drug traffickers and amass a fortune.

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The hidden folds of the delicate waist of America

Sergio Ramírez — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:27:52 GMT

The scientific name of the banana is musa paradisiaca. A muse that rots if it lacks proper care, from the time the bunch is cut from the plant, transported by ship in refrigerated warehouses, and stored in ripening chambers until it reaches the supermarkets.

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