Bryan Avelar

The plants that grow these sweet fruits are cultivated with extreme care. But those who pamper them are despised and exploited

Salvador Menéndez governs the municipality of La Paz Oeste and is a member of the party through which El Salvador’s president came to power in 2019

A group of about 1,000 people are walking north from Tapachula with the goal of staying in Mexico City instead of crossing the border into American territory

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician describes the state of political resistance, denounces harassment, and shares her fears about living in a country without judicial guarantees

New legislative reforms join other tough measures against any suspected gang member approved during over three years of the emergency regime in El Salvador

The government has instigated a tightening of rules of conduct as part of the war against gangs

The constitutional reform that allows for indefinite re-election in El Salvador is just the president’s most recent move to cling to office

The UN warns that Bukele may be responsible for enforced disappearances of Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador. And in Costa Rica, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of individuals deported by the US

The delegation has gone to various judicial and government agencies without receiving a response, and plans to ask the Pope for help

The latest poll gives the Salvadoran president an 85% approval rating, and only 1.4% of respondents believe that the concentration of power in a single figure is a problem for the country

In his annual address to the nation to observe his six years in power, the Central American leader attacked human rights groups and the media

The president’s approval ratings remain high as he nears six years in power, but both his image and leadership have evolved significantly

The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war

In an interview with ‘El Faro,’ Charli, leader of a faction of Barrio 18, details how the rapprochement with the president’s circle began

In the last three years, 42 members of the Salvadoran gang have been arrested in Mexico, one of the refuges from Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency and where they already had long-standing ties to organizations such as Los Zetas or the Sinaloa Cartel

A Salvadoran law firm hired by the Maduro government says there is no legal basis for keeping Trump’s deportees in prison

The gang member, deported Sunday, is a founder member of the Ranfla Nacional, the criminal high command that negotiated homicide reductions in exchange for prison benefits with several Salvadoran governments, including Bukele’s

The controversial transfer of migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador will bring its president more than just economic benefits, according to analysts

A new law ushers in the return of an industry that’s been prohibited since 2017, threatens to send workers back to the absolute control of foreign companies — and, environmentalists warn, comes at a high ecological cost

During State Secretary Marco Rubio’s visit, the government of El Salvador also announced that it will promote a nuclear energy project with Washington

The retired colonel’s tenure as ambassador to El Salvador lasted less than two years, but it was enough for him to forge a personal friendship with President Nayib Bukele. During the country’s civil war in the 1980s, he led combat and counterinsurgency operations

Since the Republican magnate’s victory in the United States, between 800 and 1,200 migrants have been crossing the river from Guatemala every day, while stalked by organized crime. This is more than double the figure recorded on previous dates

The report, which elicited a furious response from the president and his brother, details the acquisition of 34 new properties valued at $9 million during the first five years of his administration