Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?
SAN SALVADOR — The last time I was in El Salvador, nearly a decade ago, the capital was gripped by the violence of gangs who terrified…
Best Salvadoran restaurants to try in Los Angeles right now
Newlywed chefs Rene and Stephanie Coreas launched Walking Spanish in 2020, after losing their jobs at Bon Temps, the Arts District restaurant where they met.…
Trump’s foreign strategy rests on courting autocrats
SAN SALVADOR — When El Salvador’s autocratic president, Nayib Bukele, celebrated his inauguration this summer, guests of honor included Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson and Rep.…
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele cements power as he begins second term | Politics News
After February landslide win, 42-year-old set to govern for another five years with near-total control of parliament and other state institutions. El Salvador’s President Nayib…
Dane Henry, Ziggy Mackenzie win titles at World Junior Surfing Championship in El Salvador
In short: Team Australia has won the ISA Junior World Surfing Championship.Fingal Head surfer Dane Henry and the Gold Coast's Ziggy Mackenzie won their individual…
Jonas Meskis is living teenage dream of international surfer
Jonas Meskis, 17, acts like every day is a good day. “I’m living the good life,” he says. “It’s incredible.” He’s a surfer traveling the…
L.A. couple’s case sheds light on immigrant visa rejections
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month in the case of a Los Angeles man who was denied a green card after…
Human rights crisis in El Salvador ‘deepening’: Amnesty | Human Rights News
Rights group says President Nayib Bukele has reduced gang violence by replacing it with state violence. As El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele embarks on his…
Kamala Harris was tapped to fix the immigration crisis. Then the problem shifted
WASHINGTON — President Biden, facing a political crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border in the early days of his administration, tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead…
El Salvador votes with Nayib Bukele poised for second presidential term | Elections News
The country is voting in both presidential and legislative polls; incumbent Bukele faces virtually no competition. Voters in El Salvador are casting their ballots in…
‘Trapped in this hell’: How one El Salvador town transformed under Bukele | Human Rights News
Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador – The day the military swept through Puerto el Triunfo is etched into Rosa’s memory like a painful scar. Rosa,…
The Bukele Effect – Modern Diplomacy
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has been making his mark on Salvadoran society as a president focused on security and violence reduction through his “Mano…
‘Unwaveringly loyal’: Why El Salvador’s Bukele is poised for reelection | Elections News
San Salvador, El Salvador – He suspended civil liberties. Led a mass incarceration effort. And provoked international criticism for human rights violations. But five years…
Supreme Court might hear case of man denied green card over tattoos
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prominent Los Angeles civil rights attorney Sandra Muñoz spent her eighth Christmas countries apart from her husband, Luis Acensio Cordero, after the federal…
Israel is taking scorched earth policy to a new level | Gaza
In October, shortly after the start of the Israeli war on Gaza that has now killed nearly 20,000 Palestinians, Israel pledged to wipe Hamas “off…
Latino-owned places to shop this holiday in L.A.
On a mission to reclaim space in the now gentrified neighborhood her dad grew up in, Destinie Escobedo left a career in commercial photography to…
Mexico president slams U.S. aid before Kamala Harris meeting
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sharply criticized U.S. aid to a group in his country hours before he met virtually on Friday with…
El Salvador’s Congress votes to allow mass trials in gang crackdown | Crime News
El Salvador’s justice minister says up to 900 alleged gang members could be prosecuted at once under the new law. El Salvador’s Congress has approved…
El Salvador ex-president sentenced to 14 years over gang talks | Courts News
Mauricio Funes, who currently lives in Nicaragua, denies the charges and says 2012 truce was brokered by the church. A court in El Salvador has…
El Salvador’s Prison State | Crime
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25:00 Fault Lines reports on El Salvador’s war on gangs and investigates claims of abuse and deaths in prison.…