Central America in Minutes is a short-form podcast from El Faro English delivering reported briefings and analysis on the politics shaping our region.
El Faro English
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Central America in Minutes is a short-form podcast from El Faro English delivering reported briefings and analysis on the politics shaping our region.
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4/1/2022
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Recent Episodes
May 29, 2026
Sweeping Abuses in Costa Rica Against U.S. Deportees
<p><strong>Episode 74:</strong> Costa Rican authorities find 200 migrants deported there from the U.S. in 2025 were subject to de facto deprivation of liberty, passport retention, discrimination, and physical injury due to the prolonged use of shackles.</p><p>Despite a constitutional mandate to promote home ownership, El Salvador has a shortage of around 400,000 homes, with many living in precarious housing called mesones.</p><p>In Panama, hundreds protest the reopening of an open-pit copper mine with a thermoelectric power plant, falling short of international commitments on decarbonization.</p><p>This episode was written by <a href="https://x.com/glabrador"><u>Gabriel Labrador</u></a>, <a href="https://x.com/iamleyri"><u>Leyrian Colón Santiago</u></a>, and <a href="https://x.com/yuliramazzini"><u>Yuliana Ramazzini</u></a>, with editing by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/romangressier.com"><u>Roman Gressier</u></a> and sound design by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Ad6Q8b4DSoZzA36sgCqL9"><u>Omnionn</u></a>. Stream Central America in Minutes on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-america-in-minutes/id1617223682"> <u>Apple</u></a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3TaESG2BINoktFGP8BA8oy"> <u>Spotify</u></a>,<a href="https://music.amazon.com/es-ar/podcasts/af0dee75-5ec7-46c7-96d7-d7f2bd67d509/central-america-in-minutes"> <u>Amazon</u></a>,<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-central-america-in-minutes-228613132/"> <u>iHeart</u></a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"> </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"><u>YouTube</u></a>.</p>
May 23, 2026
Political Prisoner Ruth López Hits One Year in Bukele’s Dungeons
<p><strong>Episode 73:</strong> One year after her arrest by the Salvadoran regime, Ruth López’s family, international organizations, and groups in exile call for her release and for information on her health.</p><p>Audio published by Hondurasgate and amplified by international media allege an international plot in favor of Juan Orlando Hernández, but skip journalistic due diligence.</p><p>Guatemala’s new attorney general ends the eight-year tenure of Consuelo Porras, sanctioned by more than 40 countries and known for criminalizing journalists, judges, and political foes. </p><p>This episode was written by <a href="https://x.com/yuliramazzini"><u>Yuliana Ramazzini</u></a>, <a href="https://x.com/iamleyri"><u>Leyrian Colón Santiago</u></a>, and Gabriel Labrador, with editing by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/romangressier.com"><u>Roman Gressier</u></a> and sound design by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Ad6Q8b4DSoZzA36sgCqL9"><u>Omnionn</u></a>. Stream Central America in Minutes on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-america-in-minutes/id1617223682"> <u>Apple</u></a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3TaESG2BINoktFGP8BA8oy"> <u>Spotify</u></a>,<a href="https://music.amazon.com/es-ar/podcasts/af0dee75-5ec7-46c7-96d7-d7f2bd67d509/central-america-in-minutes"> <u>Amazon</u></a>,<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-central-america-in-minutes-228613132/"> <u>iHeart</u></a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"> </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"><u>YouTube</u></a>.</p><p><br></p>
May 15, 2026
A Friend to Trump, Netanhayu, and Bukele Takes Office in Costa Rica
<p><strong>Episode 72:</strong> Laura Fernández is sworn in as president of Costa Rica, promising an El Salvador-style crackdown on crime. The Israeli government says Costa Rica is willing to open an embassy in Jerusalem. r</p><p>U.N. experts demand proof of life for Nicaraguan Indigenous leader and political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. They denounce forced disappearances, inhumane conditions, and dozens of remaining political prisoners under the Ortega-Murillo regime.</p><p>New reporting shows the government of El Salvador tried to acquire spyware through an international web of intermediaries around 2024, after the deployment of Pegasus against civil society was revealed in the country in early 2022.</p><p>This episode was written by <a href="https://x.com/yuliramazzini"><u>Yuliana Ramazzini</u></a> and <a href="https://x.com/iamleyri"><u>Leyrian Colón Santiago</u></a>, with editing by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/romangressier.com"><u>Roman Gressier</u></a> and sound design by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Ad6Q8b4DSoZzA36sgCqL9"><u>Omnionn</u></a>. Stream Central America in Minutes on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-america-in-minutes/id1617223682"> <u>Apple</u></a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3TaESG2BINoktFGP8BA8oy"> <u>Spotify</u></a>,<a href="https://music.amazon.com/es-ar/podcasts/af0dee75-5ec7-46c7-96d7-d7f2bd67d509/central-america-in-minutes"> <u>Amazon</u></a>,<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-central-america-in-minutes-228613132/"> <u>iHeart</u></a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"> </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqJvA0ji3Ds4El6MgJmK343llgSDPvRj"><u>YouTube</u></a>.</p>
163 total episodes available
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