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…
Socialist Salvador Illa elected leader of Spain’s Catalonia | Catalonia News
Illa’s confirmation by Catalan parliament ends a decade of separatist regional rule in the northeastern Spanish region.Catalonia’s parliament has confirmed Salvador Illa, an ally of…
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…
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…
El Salvador president gets big welcome at U.S. conservative event
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to “unapologetically fight”…
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,…
El Salvador sends 8,000 troops, police to rural province in gang crackdown
Thousands of Salvadoran soldiers and police officers on Tuesday surrounded the central agricultural region of Cabanas – home to some 150,000 people – as part…
U.S. extends protections for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua nationals
The Department of Homeland Security rescinded the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua on Tuesday, while…
Ex-El Salvador president sentenced in absentia to 14 years
1/2 Former President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador was sentenced in absentia Monday to 14 years in prison. File Photo by Alex Wong/UPI/Pool | License…
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…
At least dozen killed in El Salvador football stadium crush | Football News
The police said initial reports point to a crush of fans who tried to enter the stadium to watch a match in the capital. At…
El Salvador vows harsh response after slaying of police officer | Police News
Thousands of soldiers and police have encircled the city of Nueva Concepcion after the killing of a police officer. The government of El Salvador has…
More than 100 Dems urge White House to redesignate TPS for Honduras and El Salvador
President Joe Biden has leaned on TPS as a tool to grant immigration relief to hundreds of thousands of people. Source link
Man arrested in N.J. over El Salvador civil-war-era massacre
Roberto Antonio Garay Saravia was arrested Tuesday in New Jersey on accusations of being involved in the 1981 El Mozote Massacre, during which some 1,000…
El Salvador committing ‘systematic’ abuses in gang purge: Amnesty | Human Rights News
Government has committed abuses such as torture, enforced disappearances in year-long gang crackdown, rights group says. Authorities in El Salvador have committed “systematic” human rights…
El Salvador: A nation under hypnosis | Opinions
In May, a 40-year-old woman – we’ll call her “Ana” – was arrested in downtown San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. She presided over…
El Salvador extends emergency powers in year-long gang crackdown | Prison News
Measures enjoy widespread support, but rights groups say they have led to arbitrary arrests and prison overcrowding. Lawmakers in El Salvador have once again extended…
El Salvador transfers 2,000 gang members to mega-prison
1/3 Officials in El Salvador have transferred 2,000 convicted gang members to a mega-prison for terrorism amid President Nayib Bukele’s war on organized crime in…
El Salvador moves 2,000 alleged gang members to new ‘mega prison’ | Prison News
The Salvadoran government has been accused of widespread abuses as it waives civil liberties to combat gang activity. The Central American nation of El Salvador…